how University of Maryland ****ed me over, i hate this ****ing place **** ****

Yeah, I'd be wary of any college that has a turtle as their mascot...

 

I don't mean to piss you off even more but I have some questions. Did you not get a bill? If so, did you not see there was a balance on it? When did they put the stop on your record? Did you not see an advisor to plan out which classes to take this semester? If so, did they not mention that you had a stop? If they put a stop on there just a couple of weeks before registration started without any warning I could understand why you would be pissed, but when things like that happen here, the stop usually goes on in the middle of the semester at least a month before registration starts after a bill has gone unpaid.

Anyway, I will give you same advise I give students here. If a class does get full and you need it (like really need it, not just want to take it) talk to the department about it IMMEDIATELY.

 

I assume it is safe to say, this wasn't an english/grammar scholarship....

Just giving you a hard time, I'm sorry....but that does stink, however seems par for the course for universities and how they handle their business and students. I hope everything turns out ok.

 

One thing I learned in college was that pretty much anything is possible if you talk to the right people, both financially and in terms of taking classes. but you have to suck it up and talk to someone. The people working at universities tend to be very nice and understanding on the whole. There are a few hardasses, but most of the time you get what you want and what you need if you talk to the right person.

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of big state universities, where the bureacracy is thick and plentiful..

I got screwed over a few times by both my undergrad, CAL,and my grad school, U of MN, for all sorts of snafus like this. Don't take its personally its just part of the redtape in government institutions.

 

Don't be dissin my alma mater!

Fear The Turtle!

 

OK, that sucks. You have every right to be completely pissed. Just remember this one thing and you will have successful dealings with all levels of University employees. BE NICE. It's OK to be pissed off in private but if you get cross with anybody that works for the University, they will automatically do the absolute minimum required to help you. While that is not true for all of them it is true for most. You have to understand the mentality of a University / State worker. They don't make jack crap and get absolutely no recognition for what they actually do accomplish. The only thing they have is a very limited amount of power and they will use it to either help you as much as they can or crush your existence. So BE NICE and don't whine. That doesn't mean you have to bend over and take it, you can advocate for yourself and they will repect that you are doing so, but you have to be nice about it. Just imagine that you are speaking to a Judge that can either waive a hefty fine or send you jail.
Oh and good luck.

 

My University is shutting down the small house (dorm) in which I live after this semester. Sucks because it's an academic one (24 hour noise restrictions) and my girlfriend lives here too. So the only way I can stay with my current roommate (who I chose) is to move to a small house far away from campus that isn't academic.

 

Weren't you in my anger management class last semester?

 

Have you registered for SSS?

 

**** the Teraphins!

 

Anyone who spells "lose" as "loose" doesn't deserve a scholarship anyway.

 

And people who like to kick others while they're down are dicks

 

Way to go homey. Genuflection is good for the soul and in this case, the ends justified the means.

 

That is sound advice for everything in general my friend.

 

My old buddy Steve-O can pull some strings for you. He is alum.
Go Terds!