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[rynne]

Dear University of Puget Sound,

If you say you're going to call me on Friday morning, please to be doing that. If I leave a voicemail, call me back, and if I get a receptionist, don't just give me the runaround before telling me that the person I need isn't available. I am trying to get things set up for when I go back in the fall, and I'd really like to get that taken care of.

No love,
me

Just came back from an end-of-school party at velesia's. Did not drink enough to get more than a bit tipsy, but am still SO SLEEPY. Going to bed early tonight.

And I want my grades for the semester to be posted. I am confident I got As in both of them, but I'd still like that confirmed.

Comments

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

*Sigh* Univesities are pains sometimes.

Thinking of that, I really need to check mine's all sorted for next year…

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are. Especially when you're going back after taking a year and a half off. I'd like to get things all sorted, but it's difficult when they don't cooperate. XD

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm going back after a year off. This doesn't bode particularly well, does it? XD

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe the UK is more competent than the US. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. :p

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA... oh, you were serious? :P

It could go either way, to be fair. I am the first person to take a year out in my department in long enough that they're asking me to write some of the literature. That said, they have acknowledged that I will be returning, which is promising.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Half-joking, but really, sometimes it's hard to get more incompetent than the US. Your uni would have to be something...impressive. XD

I think taking time off is fairly common here. I'm not sure what that says about our system. *g*

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Time off depends on discipline in this country. I'm maths and no maths students bother, but it's actually required for a lot of engineering degrees that you do a year's placement in a relevant industry, so I think the engineering depts are probably better at dealing with it!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Huh, that's interesting. Here, what major you are doesn't really have anything to do with it. I'm English, and my twin, who also took a year off, is Physics/Astronomy, and my best friend's boyfriend, who's also been out a year and a half, is Computer Science. For job placements in relevant industries, we do summer internships, then back to school in the fall. Department doesn't really have anything to do with taking time off--at my school, at least, it's Academic Advising and Student Services who deal with it.

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

I think most people here, once they've started their degree, keep going until the end. I'm working, yes, but it was counted as suspending my course for a year, which is uncommon and mostly associated with people who drop out because they need time off (which is effectively why I did it, so no criticism, I just have an office job which makes it look legit, as opposed to a retail/burger-flipping, which would look like just something to do before going back to uni).