I got an email today from my direct boss (the one I like) thanking me for letting the integration of IT and Help Desk go smoothly. And for all the work I’ve done in that period. He says he really appreciates the effort, and I have no reason to believe that he doesn’t.
He knows I hate this work. He knows how much I want to leave.
It helps to know that he realizes what working this job is doing to me.
Oh, and my car repair is a fair price. I just need to wait until my tax check gets here, so I can cash it and pay for the repair. The car is leaking both inside and outside of the engine. Since the repair is eating all but 60 dollars of the tax return, I’m going to have to wait until March for my bonus to get my new computer. That kinda pisses me off, but what can I do.
I’m entirely taken with this car. A year from now, I’ll be able to afford a new car payment. And full coverage insurance. Especially with being 25 years old, and that nice drop that happens there. (Come to me quickly, month of May!) I want the All Wheel Drive model for the winter. Black exterior, of course. I will have to test drive one of these, to make sure that the sound system is all it’s hyped up to be. Can’t have a shitty sound system in a brand new car.
I sincerely wish Dell would use AMD chips again. The processors they offer now blow in comparison.
Somehow, I still seem to be making progress.
I’m lost forever.
Oh dear gods, a MUSH.
Anybody know a fair price to have an intake gasket and a distributor gasket replaced on a 1993 Chevy Lumina? They’re quoting me around $670, and I want to know if I’m being bent over the table, or if it really should cost that much…
Fuck me.
Dear Mr. Crampton,
As you note, the number of students interested in admission to Computer
Science at the upperclass level far exceeds the number of available seats,
faculty to teach them, and laboratories to teach them in, leading us to
require a 3.0 cum/tech GPA for readmission.
As you further note, you are essentially out of repeat credits, and it is
mathematically impossible for you to attain the 3.00 without them.
It is my opinion that there should always be a way for a student to salvage
a “bad start” after some time away. However, I am not able to do that by
conditional admission, as there are literally 50 to 100 students already
here, with 2.90 averages, who have never failed a course and have never
repeated a course, whom we are turning away every year.
Similarly, the number of people in your situation with truly good
intentions, exceeds the number that we are able to “bet on.” We must rely on
“demonstrated evidence” of new academic excellence, however you obtain it.
This could involve taking unrestricted courses here while in another major,
taking courses at another four-year school, or taking courses at a two-year
school (credits will not transfer, but the results can be used as “evidence”
in your application, and basis for a waiver for courses not yet taken).
I recommend you find and take the equivalent of
CSE 231 (replacement of your CSE 230, in which you received a 2.0)
CSE 232 (added since you left)
MTH 234 (you received a 0.0 followed by a 1.5)
PHY 183
whatever else you believe will help you demonstrate success..
Applying for readmission to Computer Science with a GPA above 3.5 for this
set of courses in hand would clearly make the case that you can now do work
equal to, or better than, those admitted under normal procedures.
———————————————–
Thomas F. Wolff, Ph.D., P.E.
So what now? *sigh* Should I re-apply to MSU under my old Religious Studies major, and just take the classes that apply for the CSE degree, and then change majors when I’ve got my GPA up high enough? I don’t think I’ve got enough repeat credits for that. :/ More research needed.
To everybody – My car gets towed to Jack’s Auto tomorrow. My fingers are crossed for that price, as well as for the news from Dr. Wolff at MSU. Also, I payed off car insurance and rent today (including late fee). Two days ago, I paid phone and cable bills. That’s everything for another month.
AIM has once again blocked Trillian users from using their network. Again. Luckily for Mac users, Fire seems to be able to connect without difficulty.
I am hanging out with a certain graduate student Saturday night, eating Chinese food, and watching the last episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
I’m waiting, rather impatiently, for a response from Dr. Wolff.
This is a letter I just sent to the Associate Dean of Computer Science at MSU:
Dr. Wolff,
My name is Dave Crampton and I am a past student at MSU. Since leaving MSU about two and a half years ago, I’ve been working in the field, and am now looking to return to MSU and finish my education. There are a few things about my standings as a student when I left that would limit my ability to return and gain the degree I’m after, which is why I’ve been referred to you.
I’m interested in obtaining a Computer Science degree. However, when I left MSU, my GPA was about 2.0, I hadn’t taken PHY 183, I was a Junior as far as credits were concerned, and my repeat credits were nearly maxed out.
If possible, I would like to return to MSU part-time, and in the College of Engineering on a probationary basis. I would take one or two classes a semester, and if I received anything lower than a 3.0, for example, I would be refused admittance to the College of Engineering.
Mathematically, I would need higher than a 3.0 in most of those classes to raise my 2.0 GPA to the neccessary 3.0 to officially enter the College of Engineering. If this is at all possible, I would be willing to start with the class I had the most trouble with and had to repeat the most times, PHY 183.
Please let me know what you think of this, and if this is even possible. Thanks for your time.
The move to D-town doesn’t appear to be happening. So I’m taking a secondary option. I am not sitting on my ass any more.