College Registration Sucks!

Starscream · 12-18-2008, 09:11 AM

Anybody else have this problem? It seems like everywhere I go trying to get back in to the university gives me the runaround. I go to the registrars office to the education department, back to the registrars office, then to another school to get a transcript which has already been sent to the university once (they lost it somewhere). Then I go back to the other school again to get another transcript. Finally I am able to register (at least I thought so), but then the Education dept will not clear a flag until I fill out an application w/ them and wait for it to be processed... This blows!

Tell me i'm not the only one that universities do this to.

Mugen910 · 12-18-2008, 09:45 AM

Yeah..College is a great place to learn how to talk to people and using the old saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know."

Everyone's had the same problems Andy...it's part of the college experience.

Starscream · 12-18-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mugen910

Yeah..College is a great place to learn how to talk to people and using the old saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know."

Everyone's had the same problems Andy...it's part of the college experience.

It is about who you know. Thank God my father is a professor at the university. He's pulled a few strings, but I still get the runaround. I also assumed that it would be easier as an Alumni to return and take a few courses, but I assumed wrong.
We all know what happens when we assume.

Trace63 · 12-18-2008, 10:28 AM

Mine was easy....

Got accepted...registered online = WIN!

Starscream · 12-18-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Trace63

Mine was easy....

Got accepted...registered online = WIN!

I have to register online, but I have to meet with people and fill out more paperwork before they lift a flag which will allow me to register.

12-18-2008, 10:45 AM

Really depends on the school, currently it's a snap... for once.

Seanohue · 12-18-2008, 11:12 AM

www.rose-hulman.edu

Try there

Hope you like engineering! My application process for all the schools I applied to was pretty painless though.

gettysburgfreak · 12-18-2008, 04:48 PM

Its all red tape bs, nobody has a clue whats going on with other departments.

Starscream · 01-08-2009, 09:05 AM

Only four days into the semester, I've finally registered for my courses. Online courses are great! I started the registration process on Dec 8th. It's now Jan. 8th. A month of going through red tape and forms and applications and phone calls and e-mails and anything else the beauracracy can throw at me. Now I have to pay for the classes and then catch up on the work (Classes started on Monday, I just got in Thursday).

01-08-2009, 09:27 AM

I am a full time student at a community college, and a "transient student" at the local university where I am in a AFROTC program. It is insane the amount of time I have spent trying to do paperwork and register. When I started this I needed to fill out applications at 2 different schools, then make sure each one has the appropriate transcripts, test scores etc. and of course the military has a stack of paperwork they want filled out, some of which requires multiple medical appointments, and they wanted medical histories and transcripts and a million different other pieces of paperwork. My academic plan had to be signed off on by all 3 different groups, requiring 5 trips to talk to advisers. Registration is a mess too, i have to register at 2 different schools every semester, my schedules can't conflict etc. My class schedule seems to get totally restructured multiple times before it finally works. I honestly have spent dozens of hours talking to people, filling out forms, and waiting to talk to people in the last 6 months.

Graduation and Commissioning will make it all worth while though

short version: paper work for 2 colleges and the military all at once is a nightmare, i feel your pain

Lorglath · 01-08-2009, 09:55 AM

It is a lot of work, however, totally worth it when you get that $40,000-60,000 piece of paper!

01-08-2009, 10:07 AM

Mine is rather easy - register online and they send me a bill.

Starscream · 01-08-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorglath

It is a lot of work, however, totally worth it when you get that $40,000-60,000 piece of paper!

I've already got the degree, I'm going back for a teaching liscence. And it's only a $31k paper for now.

Blueface · 01-08-2009, 11:34 AM

My friend, one day, you will find yourself knocking on 50 and looking back at college and wondering where has all that time gone and how much you would give to endure that all over again.

Don't see it as a obstacle. See it as an experience of a lifetime, that lasts a lifetime.

Starscream · 01-08-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

My friend, one day, you will find yourself knocking on 50 and looking back at college and wondering where has all that time gone and how much you would give to endure that all over again.

Don't see it as a obstacle. See it as an experience of a lifetime, that lasts a lifetime.

The experience will last a lifetime at my rate. Three more courses for liscensure, then off for a master's degree, and maybe one day if I last that long a P.h.D.

It only took me from '97-'06 to get my B.A. in English.

01-08-2009, 07:32 PM

For a lot of people I think it is their first, shocking experience with a massive, faceless, inefficient bureaucratic quagmire. That's okay, it prepares you for the workforce later on.

At least I'm sure course registration will probably be better these days. It wasn't that long ago, but I remember doing telephone registration curled up in a blanket on the couch in the wee hours of the morning with one hand on the phone hook and the other on the "redial" button....

SmokeyJoe · 01-08-2009, 11:35 PM

My son has had some issues this semester getting everything lined out as he is in the process of transferring to a new school. More than a few headaches.

Starscream · 01-09-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by totallytentative

For a lot of people I think it is their first, shocking experience with a massive, faceless, inefficient bureaucratic quagmire. That's okay, it prepares you for the workforce later on.

Well said.

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Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

My son has had some issues this semester getting everything lined out as he is in the process of transferring to a new school. More than a few headaches.

Good luck with the transfer. May it be as easy as possible and prosperous.

12-18-2008, 09:11 AM	#1
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	College Registration Sucks! Anybody else have this problem? It seems like everywhere I go trying to get back in to the university gives me the runaround. I go to the registrars office to the education department, back to the registrars office, then to another school to get a transcript which has already been sent to the university once (they lost it somewhere). Then I go back to the other school again to get another transcript. Finally I am able to register (at least I thought so), but then the Education dept will not clear a flag until I fill out an application w/ them and wait for it to be processed... This blows! Tell me i'm not the only one that universities do this to. __________________ Insert quote here.

12-18-2008, 09:45 AM	#2
Mugen910 I <3 Huy Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Location Location: First Name Posts: 8,387 Trading: (106)	Re: College Registration Sucks! Yeah..College is a great place to learn how to talk to people and using the old saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know." Everyone's had the same problems Andy...it's part of the college experience. __________________ I'm not antisocial, I just think people are stupid.

12-18-2008, 10:28 AM	#4
Trace63 We're all mad here Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kamil Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 428 Trading: (5)	Re: College Registration Sucks! Mine was easy.... Got accepted...registered online = WIN! __________________ [replicant_argent] 11:07 am: Wasn't wayne a busboy at the last supper? [Dooge] 10:49 pm: just judo chopped a fly

12-18-2008, 10:45 AM	#6
Ace$nyper Guest Posts: n/a	Re: College Registration Sucks! Really depends on the school, currently it's a snap... for once.

12-18-2008, 11:12 AM	#7
Seanohue Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Sean Posts: 277 Trading: (7)	Re: College Registration Sucks! www.rose-hulman.edu Try there Hope you like engineering! My application process for all the schools I applied to was pretty painless though.

12-18-2008, 04:48 PM	#8
gettysburgfreak Patriot Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Mitten Posts: 1,442 Trading: (2)	Re: College Registration Sucks! Its all red tape bs, nobody has a clue whats going on with other departments. __________________ Author ofeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.

01-08-2009, 09:05 AM	#9
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: College Registration Sucks! Only four days into the semester, I've finally registered for my courses. Online courses are great! I started the registration process on Dec 8th. It's now Jan. 8th. A month of going through red tape and forms and applications and phone calls and e-mails and anything else the beauracracy can throw at me. Now I have to pay for the classes and then catch up on the work (Classes started on Monday, I just got in Thursday). __________________ Insert quote here.

01-08-2009, 09:27 AM	#10
j-easy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: College Registration Sucks! I am a full time student at a community college, and a "transient student" at the local university where I am in a AFROTC program. It is insane the amount of time I have spent trying to do paperwork and register. When I started this I needed to fill out applications at 2 different schools, then make sure each one has the appropriate transcripts, test scores etc. and of course the military has a stack of paperwork they want filled out, some of which requires multiple medical appointments, and they wanted medical histories and transcripts and a million different other pieces of paperwork. My academic plan had to be signed off on by all 3 different groups, requiring 5 trips to talk to advisers. Registration is a mess too, i have to register at 2 different schools every semester, my schedules can't conflict etc. My class schedule seems to get totally restructured multiple times before it finally works. I honestly have spent dozens of hours talking to people, filling out forms, and waiting to talk to people in the last 6 months. Graduation and Commissioning will make it all worth while though short version: paper work for 2 colleges and the military all at once is a nightmare, i feel your pain

01-08-2009, 09:55 AM	#11
Lorglath Still Watching My Back Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 75 Trading: (0)	Re: College Registration Sucks! It is a lot of work, however, totally worth it when you get that $40,000-60,000 piece of paper!

01-08-2009, 10:07 AM	#12
silentjon Guest Posts: n/a	Re: College Registration Sucks! Mine is rather easy - register online and they send me a bill.

01-08-2009, 11:34 AM	#14
Blueface Gramps 4x's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Horatio Seymore Hiny Location: Boca Raton - North of La Habana Posts: 8,774 Trading: (8)	Re: College Registration Sucks! My friend, one day, you will find yourself knocking on 50 and looking back at college and wondering where has all that time gone and how much you would give to endure that all over again. Don't see it as a obstacle. See it as an experience of a lifetime, that lasts a lifetime. __________________ Little known fact: I am a former member of the Village People - The Indian

01-08-2009, 07:32 PM	#16
totallytentative Guest Posts: n/a	Re: College Registration Sucks! For a lot of people I think it is their first, shocking experience with a massive, faceless, inefficient bureaucratic quagmire. That's okay, it prepares you for the workforce later on. At least I'm sure course registration will probably be better these days. It wasn't that long ago, but I remember doing telephone registration curled up in a blanket on the couch in the wee hours of the morning with one hand on the phone hook and the other on the "redial" button....

01-08-2009, 11:35 PM	#17
SmokeyJoe Chief Wannastogie Lounge Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Joe Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 3,160 Trading: (28)	Re: College Registration Sucks! My son has had some issues this semester getting everything lined out as he is in the process of transferring to a new school. More than a few headaches. __________________ "I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God..." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon, British Baptist preacher