Up to speed..

Now in Quarter 4

So far had one complete bitch of a teacher. I believe she was fired nobody liked her.

Showed up for my portfolio review but they decided to review someone else instead of me. Never sent me an e-mail drove all the way there with my stuff and waited by the door. Got pissed so I left.

Degree audits were handed out in class mines stated I needed to take Developmental Math 2. Uh.. What? I passed college algebra. I need to speak to the director but he is usually nowhere to be find when I am looking.

Layout and Design is a horrible course. I do not understand why I am taking this as an IMD student. It seems beneficially to graphic design students but to me it's a waste of time and money.

Concept Design that's another pointless class. Took it last quarter and I still do not understand what it was about.

Failed POD1 which really set me back had to take it over again passed with a D+. Art by hand is not my thing.

The school seems to be in some hiring troubles. A lot of the classes during the summer do not have teachers. It says "Staff" on the schedule.

They keep taking the teachers they do have and shoving them in classes where they have little to know knowledge about the topic.

Currently I owe 30k in student loans.

Final grades..

History of Western Art I C
Developmental Math I A-
Psychology of Personality A
Beginning Drawing B

I got the minimum 3.0 gpa needed to take online classes. The developmental course did not count towards my gpa and is not counted in my total credits. I find that to be odd because I had to pay for it. At a non profit University when a course does not count towards your gpa and it is not counted in the total credits you do not have to pay for it. Yet the Art Institute charged $1200+ for the Developmental Math course because it was supposedly 4 credits.

Finals week...

Finals week is fast approaching and I am glad to have this term over with. Since midterm I have raised my grade in some classes that I was doing bad in and bombed in classes I was doing good in. I am crossing my fingers and hoping for a 3.0 at least.

Accreditation issues?

There is a rumor going around that the AI I am attending may loose its accreditation. Just a rumor I sure as hell hope!

Another day another buffet..

There was another free buffet held in the culinary department. The food was not as good as last time and they had tiny little plates so I did not get a chance to sample everything. Crabcakes were great though!

More credits transfered in!

I finally got the copy of the form I signed that had the transfer in courses and I had a meeting with the director today to review my transcripts. Everything that could possibly transfer in did.

Out of 16 courses I took at other schools 11 transferred. Which means I saved $18,396 and time.

General education

One thing I hate about school is you are REQUIRED to take specific general education classes. At a normal university you have options like you can pick any social science course you want as long as it satisfies the requirement. Not at the Art Institute I MUST take classes like History of Architecture, Contemporary World, etc. None of which is offered online so I MUST sit through these 4 hour long classes. It's just moronic to say the least.

Currently I am in Psychology and Art History which are the most mind numbing classes. I have no interest in these subjects at all and even though the quarter is only 3 months long it feels like forever and I just want it to end. I don't even want to think about the fact that I have to sit through two more of these gen ed courses the thought would make me cry.