The end of the semester came and is gone and I am now on summer vacation. However, I need to back up and share the last week of finals.
I shared about the flood, but I don’t remember if I shared my two options. Because of the flooding and the fact that many students are commuters, MTSU decided to cancel finals Monday and moved them to Friday of the same week. My professor, however, gave us the option of doing our final on Friday OR on Tuesday with the other Patho class. Once I knew that information, I spent Monday in the library for four straight hours studying with a few friends from nursing school. Essentially, I decided to do my final on Tuesday because I didn’t think any extra days of studying would help me out. Once I made the decision I found out that because finals were now on Friday as well, I had to work my normal schedule at work. I realized that finding someone to cover my hours would be difficult, so I opted to just stick with my decision.
Tuesday morning I took my final and was informed it would be several days before my grade would be posted. SEVERAL DAYS OF AGONY.
Well, I had another final Wednesday morning so I had to get to work studying for that final and we all know I hadn’t studied for it at all. I looked through my notes twice, once Tuesday night and once Wednesday morning. That’s all. Folks, that final was pretty easy…. I ended up making a B on the final and hopefully a B in the class (not verified at the time of publishing). Thank goodness for that!
Well, that day at lunchtime, I met up with Maggie and Hilary at Camino Real and had a margarita. I had earned the drink and just needed to relax some. Days went by and then Friday afternoon Hilary texted me, letting me know final exam grades were posted. I freaked out, called Gray in, and we opened up to D2l, only to be faced with my grade. I made a 81 on the final, I need a 84 to pass the class. You can imagine the thoughts that went through my mind for the next few hours.
I texted my fate to Hilary who suggested I email the professor and see if I had a chance. So I did, I e-mailed her and asked if she could find my points. My total grade was a 74.2 and I needed a 75 to pass the class. 2 points people, TWO POINTS. Saturday morning the professor e-mailed me back and essentially said no. I understand her reasoning, but at the same time I’m like, TWO POINTS.
The funny thing is right before I got her e-mail on Saturday I prayed and told God that I was ok with not passing if he provided the money and opportunity to take the class again in the fall. See, this second degree is funded by loan money and if you are a second degree student, they watch you like a hawk. I understand, they don’t want any more octomoms living off the system, it just makes my life very frustrating.
So once I knew my grade, I e-mailed my advisor and the lady in the loan department that I needed to talk to. My advisor taught the class that I mentioned previously, where the final was on Wednesday. She is a sweet woman and reminds me of my mom… I love having her as my advisor! Anyway, she knew about my situation because I was going to try and take Patho over the summer, but long story short, I can’t.
So yeah, I ended up getting an e-mail from the loan lady Monday morning which was very confusing. She would grant me loan money to take Patho and another elective class, and I thought that meant only six hours. She called me back (after a long-winded phone message from me) later Monday afternoon and explained that it didn’t limit my loan money, just that I had to have six hours of required classes from my degree.
In other words, I can be full-time in the fall, keep my campus job, and I will take a few extra classes that are not required, but helpful to fulfill the full-time status. Right now those are looking to be Patho, a nursing elective, Nutrition, and either another nursing elective or Abnormal Psych.
That’s all for now, more on the anniversary and other stuff later.
ETA: I should say that the loan lady was actually VERY nice and helpful and was sorry I had hit this “road block.”
