Impending graduation & stress!

PackMom
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:26:04 +0000

OP, S2 is in a somewhat similar situation. He will finish all classwork in May and will be allowed to participate in May graduation but will not receive his diploma until completing a summer internship (for nine credit hours that count as a summer sch. class). It has to be in his major,unpaid and must work 375 hours during the eleven week summer session so has to be full-time. The university provides no assistance in securing the internship (although we have to pay the univ. for a nine hour summer sch. class).

He has applied for quite a few but at this point has heard nothing. To say we are a little tense is putting it mildly. So like your S, S2 is looking at a summer with no plans and even worse than your S…will have no diploma/degree without the internship.

S2 is very down about the whole thing which throws quite a pall on graduation. Don’t know if he’ll even want to attend the grad. ceremonies without the internship that guarantees a diploma in hand. I hate that his college days are ending on a stressful sour note. Wanted graduation day to be jubilant for him but may just be a day of disappointment.