Man talk about a long phone call! I don’t mind, what’s gotta be done gotta be done. I will just have to be very careful of my cellphone usage here now but that’s okay. Tomorrow I will have a phone call at 8am to help me with the Financial aid filing. Fun Fun. I can’t wait! Okay I don’t like talking on the phone, just rather not. I guess it has something to do with when I used to work at a call center and that’s all I did all day long. It’s been a year since I been in class, and boy a lot has changed. I am hoping I will be okay with the new style of education my college went to but I should be fine now. I am going back with the UOP, Minnesota campus. I am looking forward to going back and I have done very well with them in the past.
I had to take a leave of absence, my leave of absence lasted more then a year because I found my self losing my Financial aid, and well not enough money to deal with it right away. I ended up with a shortfall for funding and had to come up with quiet a bit of money. Today I found out that they received my payment and it would be about 2 weeks before it was all processed through their system. I just wanted to talk to the enrollment counselor about what hoops I have to jump throw now. I had to re enroll to the college because of my long absence. Before I was allowed to do this, I guess I will say I had to write a paper! Thank G-d they didn’t give me a word count because I would have probably fall right on my face with it. I was given 1 1/2 hours to complete this little assignment. It was my emergency plan and my homework plan. It ended up being like 2 pages, I am proud of myself I struggle to write my thoughts and normally get done pretty quickly with my thoughts. I finished it within the hour. I read through it 3 or 4 times, and ran it through Microsoft word a couple of times. I don’t want the person thinking I am stupid, so I was trying to make sure it flowed well.
She called me back, and told me I did a good job on the paper. I was surprised, because I felt I would have been able to do better with more time. Before the UOP, I really thought I was stupid and could never accomplish college. I had been in college once before and it was hurtful! It was a bible college of all places, to leave from there more damaged then when you entered. My husband encouraged me alot and one day I decided I would look into college. I had filled out a couple of the please contact me forms for other college. The first college to call me was UOP, and it was the same day. I responded very guarded. My enrollment counselor back then was great, she also encouraged me and got me to try a class. When I had arrived on campus my first time she gave me a mustard seed with a scripture on it. I still have it and it’s in my office on my desk. When ever I think about giving up I just look at that and pretty much remember what she told me that first day of classes. I got an “A” in my first class. Wait a minute you mean to tell me I just got me a “A”.
Well I ended up passing all but one class with flying colors, then I had a family emergency and had to take the time off. I have been wanting to return for months, and now I finally can. While talking to my enrollment counselor I found out they changed my program. Okay I can handle it, I will now have to be on campus once a week not 2 times a class. There will be no on line participation, this worries me because I am not always a very outgoing in person. I tend to try to well find a way not to be seen or heard in classes. I did this a lot growing up because I haven’t exactly had the most positive experience, this will challenge me to well be out going and take a chance on other people. The classes are small, which is great.
Today my enrollment counselor stayed on the phone with me the whole time during the application process just to make sure I didn’t have any issues, and tomorrow she will be there on the phone with me for the Financial aid processing just in case I have trouble. It is amazing how helpful they are willing to be to make sure their prospective students have no trouble. I am really looking forward to going back. I will probably need to find my pocket watch to make sure I am on time to everything and I guess I will need to arrange stuff around the house so my husband can eat the nights I am at class. I will probably do what I was doing before since traffic is bad on most routes back to the school, is just grab something on the way school.