During my first attempt at a Bachelor’s degree, I was loathe to visit my advisor. The Computer Science advisor was… well, I have no good words for her. I waited months for appointments with her, and then she’d simply not show up. I did not recognize that I had power to stop this from happening, if only I’d pursue the right channels. Instead, I would simply be frustrated. Other times, I would simply be overwhelmed by everything that I needed to accomplish.

When would ask me where I was, as far as graduating was concerned, I didn’t really have an answer. I’m fairly certain that this was frustrating to him.

I had a meeting with my advisor yesterday, so now I know exactly how close I am to graduating.

The “Degree Navigator” tool that MSU provides attempts to match your degree’s requirements with the classes you’ve taken, and it does an okay job. It’s certainly better than it was back when it was first introduced (yes, I was there for the beta). It had this bit, though, that said I needed about 20 more credits in Religious Studies classes before I could graduate. This struck me as odd, as that’s about 2/3 of the entirety of the classes that the REL department offers.

After straightening things out, and doing some calculation on my own, I have come to a realization.

If I go to Japan this summer to finish my language requirement, I will have 2 (two) classes left to take upon my return. One class for my cognate (mini-major) and my senior thesis. That is it.

Boom.