(this did not fit in original post)
The director of the Overseas Programs and the advisor treated me like a number. They failed to consider how my financial situation, necessary jobs, and engineering course load gives me a different educational experience compared to a wealthy IAS student. They use a 3.00 cumulative GPA as a blanket requirement for all study abroad programs so a Spanish major has the same expectations as a pre-med/engineer for study abroad qualifications. If they are going to do this, those administration that reject people based solely on GPA can just be replaced by a computer program like this:
String[ ] studentsName = new String [ ]; // student’s names (Last_First)
int[ ] studentsApplyingAbroad = new int [ ]; // student going abroad? yes = 1, no = 0
for (int i = 0; i < studentsApplyingAbroad.length; i++) {
if (cumulative GPA < 3.0) {
if (lastSemesterGPA < 3.0) { // student not going abroad, NO EXCEPTIONS
studentsApplyingAbroad* = 0;
System.out.println(studentsName* + " is NOT going abroad, sorry not sorry “);
}
else {
studentsApplyingAbroad* = 1;
System.out.println(studentsName* + " is going abroad”);
}
}
else {
studentsApplyingAbroad* = 1;
System.out.println(studentsName* + " is going abroad");
}
}