<p>I’m ignoring all the insults and accusations. </p>
<p>Sdgal - There’s no place for me to take anything without moving. I currently live in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>I did contact Western Michigan and they told me I needed the class before I apply.</p>
<p>I took the GREs 2 years ago, right before I thought I would be finishing my degree at SXU. I have a just over a 3.0 GPA. Another reason I wanted to finish my Philosophy degree was to take more classes to improve my GPA. I know it’s not bad, but it’s not competitive, I was diagnosed with ADHD a year after I dropped out and think that since I’ve gotten treated, plus learned to cope with it, I could do a lot better.</p>
<p>the problem is not with the school but in the mirror. From the rantings of his posts, I can’t blame either the roomie or the school for wanting nothing to do with him. A person who is 30 and mentally competent should have been able to get his act together a long time ago.</p>
<p>I can kind of see why you feel you are in a catch-22 situation…your reasons for wanting the Philosophy degree seem clearer now as does the reasoning behind wanting to take the extra courses to raise your GPA. I think the whole rest of your history was getting in the way of us seeing the bigger picture. It seemed that you wanted some measure of revenge on the roommate/school and I now see you just wanted a way back in to accomplish the above. Unfortunately, I know it’s not what you want to hear but I think that’s water under the bridge and you need a new plan. Are there any grad programs that would accept a 3.0 student and not need that particular course? What is your end goal- what jobs? Perhaps there is another grad degree major that could get you there?</p>
<p>Could you move somewhere closer to a university, get a job/ rent a room, take the course you need and apply to programs in a year or so? Where do you see yourself in five years? What are you doing right now where you live? Working? Could you do an online course?</p>
<p>They are not going to reject you on the basis of too many credits to transfer. I transferred with 3 years worth of credits. I just could not transfer more than 68 credits. They probably told you that you simply cannot transfer all those credits.</p>
<p>Right. When transferring, usually a school requires you to take at least the last year worth of credits at the new school. If that was unacceptable, that’s not the school’s fault.</p>
<p>And why would you ever want to go back to the same university?</p>
<p>I actually had similar troubles myself. Only difference was, I grew up in foster care. So, when my roommate shows up, and just like you, she had someone else she had wanted to room with and got stuck with me, she treated me in a similar way. And once it got out that I grew up in foster care, I started being treated horribly by administration, lost my job, everything. However, in my case, I went well above everyone’s heads who had been abuse regarding the bigotry. They acted like being in foster care was akin to being in jail, therefore, they had the right. They did not. They did get set straight by the actual state offices that they cannot treat me this way. But I moved on anyway. I left the state completely. Nothing could ever make me go back, ever. I would rather have no degree, than return to such a hateful place. And my children know about what I went through and will never go there either. I need to add that the job I lost was with the university, so it was all related. But legally, they could not do this. They would point to the university rule that no one with criminal convictions could be there, and I would remind them that being a foster child was not the same as being a criminal. I did nothing to cause myself to be in foster care.</p>
<p>I think the problem is that the OP was given a degree against her wishes…I think perhaps the school felt they could not accommodate her anymore and took the easy way out. As a degree holder she is now not able to continue as an undergrad to get the course she needs for the masters program she wants.</p>
<p>Sdgal2 - I had wanted a career in academia, but doubt that will ever happen now with my history. </p>
<p>I work a really low-paying job that is degrading. If I said what do, I’ll get made fun of, so I won’t mention it. I really cannot afford to move to take one class. </p>
<p>I tried explaining all of that to the school about my plans for grad school, but they just ignored me. </p>
<p>The school did nothing to accommodate me. They just don’t want me there.</p>
<p>rmelzer1986 - I understand about the credits and understand the rejections.</p>
<p>lmkh70 - I grew up in a similar situation. I think that is one of the reasons my roommate’s threats scared me so bad, she kept alluding to “family connections.”</p>
<p>I think it was brought up in this thread already, but some schools allow you to take the undergrad courses you need to pursue a graduate degree.</p>
<p>Actually yea, looking at post #81… just talking to one school and finding out that they require that one class before you apply doesn’t mean all schools do. You also don’t need to have a certain undergrad degree to pursue a particular graduate degree, which I believe has also been brought up.</p>
<p>That is correct about the grad classes. When I transferred, I had 3 years worth of credits but they could only take 2 yrs worth. I did not have to repeat anything, but I still had to do a full two years at the new university. However, many of my classes ended up being graduate level classes. I would have been a large part through my masters degree if I had gone on to that.</p>
<p>I am sorry that I have not read through all the posts though, as I might have missed something in my advice giving. I did learn something. Never let anyone know you came from foster care!!! I am 43 years old, and just now starting to tell people, and that is only when anonymous, online, like here. I already experienced the wrath from people who found out. </p>
<p>See if you can find out what the minimum classes are that you need to get in to the grad school program you want. Then take those classes, and then go to grad school. Good luck!</p>
<p>So, now it’s time to choose a new grad program to apply to…one that will fall in line with your Liberal Arts degree. That probably sounds daunting right now but you must do something positive for yourself right now, even if it’s baby steps. Research some schools where the Philosophy program does not need that specific course or will allow you to take it concurrently. Look for a masters in education degree at a school with a philosophy dept also. Once you start to slowly move forward inertia just might keep you moving.</p>
<p>@lmkh70 I’m sorry you had to go through that. No one should ever be treated differently just because they were put into foster care. One thing I find odd though; why would the OP want to go to a school that has treated them so awful? That’s something that I don’t understand. We’ve tried repeatedly to tell the OP to get some help (psychologist) but he/she has shot us down one by one for our advice, and he/she has also basically called all the people who talk to psychologists “crazy”. I honestly don’t think that the OP will even take your advice.</p>
<p>“Never let anyone know you came from foster care!!! I am 43 years old, and just now starting to tell people, and that is only when anonymous, online, like here. I already experienced the wrath from people who found out.”</p>
<p>lmkh70, since I don’t want to hijack this thread, would you mind pming me about this? I work with foster kids everyday, including some over 18 in transitional programs, and I’ve never heard that before. I’d like to understand.</p>
<p>i had a dream last night where i got mistreated by a medical professional. she was crazy and all over the place. omg. it was supposed to be one of those mental health evaluations and there were other clients and therapists too but i got paired off with her. she took me into a room and started asking me weird things and being mean (and making fun of my ID card). but i wasn’t scared. i tried to call her out on her condescension and unprofessionalism. eventually i got up and left, went to the secretary and asked if there was a “transcript” of the meeting. the therapist followed me and she was glaring at me while i did this but not saying anything - she had been caught and she knew it. i wasn’t going to take her abuse. i asked if other people had problems with her too - apparently 3 people had already filed complaints. she handed me the transcript which she “printed” out from somewhere and we looked it over (i was thinking the whole time how amazing it was that the speech to text translation of our discussion could be so good considering i had mumbled and talked so softly). then it gets vaguer but at one point another therapist (a guy, who seemed nice) lost his patience with what was happening (i don’t know what was happening but something was happening) and said she was an alcoholic as he was leaving. we (me and a few other patients) liked when he did that because up until then he hadn’t acknowledged there was something wrong with her. </p>
<p>im pretty sure this thread inspired the dream. i was intent on getting her fired in the dream but that seems out of character for me. i was strangely determined and willing to fight to right this injustice like the OP is determined to get back at her school for its mistreatment of her.</p>