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[sontres]

I talked to my aunt about the problem (a professor at U.T.) before I went to the registrar. She said that if I had to, I could appeal this all the way to the dean of the college. She said that my advisor is responsible and so are the people in the registrar's office, and most likely they will want to avoid me appealing this, because they could get

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[melytha]

Yay - glad they at least fixed the problem!

It's weird that they'd say that about you not bringing up the problem and them not noticing for months. But if they're worried about being fired or something I guess it kinda makes sense... to try to put the blame on you =oP

[sontres]

Nah, they didn't seem to be trying to put the blame on me. They just said that without me mentioning it, they wouldn't have noticed for a while.

[melytha]

Ok :) I guess it just sounded like that to me since they mentioned that if you hadn't noticed it they wouldn't have noticed... but anyway! That's good!

[erinfondue]

ack! I just saw this post and the one about your grandfather. Roslyn, I'm so sorry. Useless but sincere condolences all around.

I am baffled by how inept universities seem to be at orchestrating graduation. This little bureaucratic error of yours was taken right out of my nightmares. I e-mailed so many people throughout December, making them check and double check my records, because no one had told me for sure that I was okay to graduate. They hadn't told me what to expect. They were very late with my grades...The whole process was extremely opaque, and I can easily see how they could flub it up. At least you got it set straight. Congrats (also useless but sincere)!

[sontres]

Yeah, it does seem very nightmarish. :( I'm surprised I haven't dreamed this very thing, though I have had tons of very similar dreams.

Also, apparently this sort of thing is extremely common. I talked to Damien, and his sister had something similar happen to her, so that after she received her diploma, the college tried to revoke it, saying that she was one credit short. She actually had to get another credit though...

I also mentioned my scare to a guy at work, who said something similar happened to him when he graduated from Binghamton. He had received his diploma and found out a couple months later that he actually hadn't met requirements. He didn't have to make it up though.

Thanks for your thoughts, by the way. :)

[nathanomir]

YAY!

So ...

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!

Not just for graduating, but also for challenging "city hall" and winning.

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[gothirishrose]

Great news! Now you can put that stress behind you. *hug*