I've got a problem.
So in the event that the waiting list for Ferris gets up to #195, I will have to have completed English Composition 2 in order to go in the fall. This would be my Baccalaureate-Level Writing course, which is unique depending on your major of choice. Mine being biomed, I'm supposed to take Human Physiology to fulfill this requirement. I've heard bad things about this class--nothing more difficult than any other slightly harder science course, but this one happens to be five credits, a ton of work, and an enormous time consumer. This would be ok if I didn't have to take it in the summer.
Taking it in the summer would mean three things:
1) I would have the lecture four days a week for two hours, and the lab two days a week for three hours.
2) I would hardly be able to work at all due to the inconvenient time frame the class if available for.
3) It would cost over $1,200 of my own money to take it.
All of this makes me so frustrated I almost want to cry. I feel like I leap one step forward only to immediately take two steps back. I'm not afraid to take a difficult class in a short amount of time, but I have to pay for it on my own, I have to sacrifice work hours to take it which means less money to help me pay for it, and I might not do well in it under such conflicting time restraints, which means my GPA would go down. And considering this is one of Ferris' prereqs, it would not be a good thing to do poorly in this one. Not when I am this close to getting in.
Perhaps the most distressing of all is that I want to say, 'fuck it' and just take it in the fall when I had planned to, do well and get a good grade, retake Gen Chem II this summer like I have already scheduled, and retake the PCAT to improve my score. Then re-apply to my pharmacy schools this winter. My every rational instinct tells me this is the best and most logical way, but naturally my heart is screaming an entirely different thing.
What if they get to #195, and I can't go?
I wish I knew what the heck to do. I wish I had a friggin' clue.
1 comment:
hey! thee called? um..my cell needs charging now and i can't find the charger *eek* about this situation..i think it would be helpful for you to take phys either way..because if you take it during the summer, and you get into ferris, then you'll have the requirement fulfilled, and if you take it this summer and not get in..then atleast it will MAJORLY help you on your next PCAT!!! no kidding. the only disadvantage i can see is the work thingi..maybe you could find hours besides those under which you currently work..or maybe you could work part-time elsewhere! i shall call as soon as i charge my cell dude. :) *don't freak!*
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