Must miss first 2 weeks of class...solutions?

idkmybffjil
Tue, 20 May 2014 16:56:36 +0000

I’m in a student in the b-school and I have accepted an internship offer this summer that lasts until the first week of Septemember, forcing me to miss the first 2 weeks of class. Before I get any comments about “You shouldn’t have accepted that offer in the first place,” well my main concern is to get work experience and I need to be flexible about that. The employment rate from Olin is high but generally, those who don’t get a job are those who aren’t flexible (i.e. must remain in a certain geographic region, or must work in this industry, etc.).

I’ve already contacted my professors for classes I registered for next semester, and my business class professors are okay with it. But I also registered for 2 Film and Media Studies classes and they say it’s unacceptable. I plan to graduate by Dec. 2014 and I need just two more 300-level electives (non b-school) to finish it.

Does anyone know any 300-level professors (outside b-school) who would be okay with it? And despite what the Film and Media Studies department already said, is anyone I can talk to [possibly] change their minds?

I’ve already tried negotiating with the employer but the program timeline is set in stone, and I don’t want to risk my offer being rescinded.