Life Travels

Friday, May 30, 2008

It's supposed to be a happy ending

I just received my results today and it was supposedly a happy ending. I saw an A grade for my 16MC honors thesis and A+ for an advanced organic chem mod and A+ for financial accounting. i was initially happy cos theoretically it means i obtained my 1st class honors but there wasn't any statement on my graduated honors status below my updated CAP. I checked with all my friends and they all got something printed out there. Upon calling Science Dean office, i was informed i didnt graduate cos i only did 3 breadths out of the required 4.

So what really happened is this: i did a total of 5 breadths. 2 of which was taken during my SEP stint at UCLA (Geography related modules) and i have checked that they can fulfill breadth requirements but i will be given a dummy code as instructed by Science Dean Office as there is no exact mapping from our geography dept. When i returned, they were mapped successfully to SX2000 codes as planned, so everything was smooth. And when i filed for graduation (when one file for grad, the admin have the responsibility to check that you are going to fulfill what is needed to grad), alarm wasn't sounded off to me. So i thought everything is ok.

However i was informed only today that SX codes are meant to be Science modules and my Geography modules, despite their arts nature of content, could not be used as Breadth requirements because their codes are SX now and only placed under UE. There was obviously miscommunication as how would I know SX codes are science modules?

The immediate solution is to fulfill my last breadth and i can convert one of these two to a breadth. To do that,

1) i have to go thru Arts Fac's approval which should be on the way now (Science Dean Office is helping me with that).

2) take another breadth (must be level 2000 and without pre req for my case) during special sem which has started already. i cant do this due to my bond obligations.

3) internal recognition by science dean

Now i dont even have any mood to try my graduation gown cos i might be taken out of commencement ceremony or just grad under the category of no honors lor.. Why must such excitement only happen to me??

blabbered by Jinzhan at 11:07 PM |