Am I fucked?
I have a great job lined up after graduation. Just got an email from academic advisor telling me I won’t be able to graduate this semester. I need one more bullshit class that has nothing to do with my major in order to graduate. The class won’t be offered until Fall. What should I do? It’s my fault for not looking at all the required classes, but I honestly thought I was set. Maybe I’ll look at another campus and see if they’re offering it over Zoom, that way I can take it and work. Fuck me did not expect this at the start of spring break,
Kind of shocked your advisor waited so long to bring this up since you didn’t notice yourself. I would see if there is a class u can take over the summer or something
It’s not available over the summer. Only the Fall, I have call with him on Monday I’m going to tell him to either let me bypass the “requirement” or if I can do it on Zoom. There is no way I’m going to give up the job I got to take this class. Its one of those once a week, evening class that are three hours long. I wish he told at the start of the semester, I could of done something about it then.
Is your job and school in different cities or within commuting distance ?
Yeah, it’s about two hour commute each way.
Worst case, you commute to that class for the one or two days you’ll have it per week. If it’s more than two days, it’ll be tough, but I guess it’s something you’ll have to do. You can tell the firm and I’m sure they’ll understand. Not an ideal situation and it’s an added burden, but just want to point out that the worst case scenario isn’t awful, relatively speaking. You should still be able to start your job and will just have to put up with the bs of that class for another semester.
Commuting and working assumes that having graduated with a degree is not a requirement for your new job. Have you skied with your new company to determine that is actually an option?
If the firm want you they should be able to make it work. Important to try deal directly with someone in group / team etc you'll be working in rather than HR who can be inflexible on what are typically seen as requirements. They'll probably think it's a pretty stupid and careless mistake that you weren't aware what classes you needed to complete, so be ready to address this.
Colleges allow certain core courses to be taken at other colleges to count for credit. Sometimes they count it toward GPA, often times not. You should still be able to walk in graduation. The fact that your advisor has not told you this means they suck.
I would ask your advisor which schools the college generally allow credits from. The positive is they don’t count it towards GPa, then all you have to do is pass.
The advisor might suck but it’s also my own fault for not checking the required classes. I think it’s going to be okay, I should be able to take the class over Zoom once a week at another campus.
keep hounding this academic advisor on other options in order to graduate by end of summer.
if you go nowhere with them, escalate to the department head of your major, then the dean etc. keep escalating. ensure you let them know that you got a strong employment offer (be detailed about the starting salary and firm name).
your department probably publishes an "employment report" each year showing what offers students got, firm name, average starting salary etc. They will not want to lose your stats for their report over a stupid once a week class. if this is truly a good job you got lined up they will do what they need to do to ensure you graduate and they can pump their employment numbers up.
Is there an online class you can take at another university that you can "transfer" to your university to meet the requirement? I went to a big state school and could simultaneously take courses at other colleges in the state's system? Probably a longshot.
I go to a large state school as well, we have multiple campuses and I take the class online at another campus. Either that or I might be able to get the requirement waived we’ll see.
I really feel for you man. You've owned up to the mistake, but the point of an advisor is to make sure this doesn't happen. When I was in college I knew exactly what classes I needed to take to graduate by when, and when those classes were available. What's the advisor getting paid for?
I can't agree more with some of the other comments - escalate this if your next meeting with your advisor doesn't go well. This is a daily check-in. The advisor is probably having an oh shit moment as well and best case scenario for them is no one above them finding out (see above - what are they getting paid for).
The point of college is to get people good jobs. I know some people will say "the pursuit of knowledge", but that's obviously not true. If this class has nothing to do with your major, cooler heads need to prevail here. Get as many people involved with your business school as you can...they are far more likely to be rational about this than a run of the mill administrator.
OP I really feel for you and I'm praying for the best, but I want to point out how something has to change bro.
Is there a name for this "industry" or group of jobs that somehow involve the most lazy, incompetent and inconsistent group of people who have 0 critical responsibilities 90% of the time and then that 10% of the time they NEED to be useful they just horrifically fail to do so? You guys know what I'm talking about:
Guidance counselors
College advisors
Human resources
"Talent" coaches
Administrative assistants
It's literally this separated yet together(?) universe of jobs that are NEVER useful when they need to be and it seems like they NEVER solve the ONE problem they are designed to solve? It's so fucking tiring bro. So many incompetent fucking people in this "field" of jobs. Rant done.
I'm sorry your advisor is an incompetent idiot that wasn't capable of doing their due diligence of making sure you graduate on time. Please, please take this matter to the dean/dept head.
Luckily everything worked out. They’ll waive the requirement and I can graduate on time.
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