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.

Free food...

One good thing about art institute is the free food. The culinary department sometimes gives out free food and the school randomly gave out pizza a few weeks ago. Today I got free pizza again but I had to go to some club meeting. I didn't stick around though.

Need...More...Credits!!!

They finally looked at my official transcripts and a total of 36 credits transferred in. When I first enrolled in the Art Institute, the beginning of July, they looked at my unofficial transcripts and I could have sworn they said more then 36 credits transferred in. They then had me sign a paper with all the courses that transferred in of course me and my stupidity never asked for a copy. Now, I went to the registrars office to ask for a copy. They said come back later and they will give it to me. I smell bull shit perhaps they need enough time to "accidentally" drop it in the shredder.

Make sure to ask for a clear copy of the courses transferred in! I feel like a dumb ass now for not doing so I just figured that once they looked at my official ones they would add more.

First semester is almost over!

Well the summer semester is winding down. I am a little more settled and SO FAR things aren't as bad as thought. I do hate the mass amount of drawing courses I have to complete. I am struggling in Beginning Drawing which is a course meant for people to become better artists. It is kind of hard to become a better artist when I can barely draw a line. I want to design websites damnit!

I do enjoy the extreme smallness of it. The school I attended previously was a small private school but it did require a bit of walking compared to AI.

I like the way they schedule classes. Because each class meets once a week gives me plenty of time to do homework and because the classes are 4 hours long you feel like you are absorbing just as much if not more than if you were in an 1hr + 2 day a week course.

There have been some hiccups though I sent my official transcripts over 3 weeks ago and they still not have evaluated them and there is a hold on my account. When ever I go to ask about it the counselor tells me "Oh,we have them don't worry every thing is fine". Wtf is going on?

How it all began..

I started the Art Institute back in July after being denied readmissions into the university I was attending. AI seemed sketchy right off the bat. I mean school in an office building? Then it got even worse once they went through the long tedious process of reviewing my files, looking at my work reading my admissions essay they finally admitted me! It took a whole 2 minutes. Then I had papers shoved in my face to sign. Sat in that office for hours while they had me sign loan document after loan document. They kept asking me where my mother was. Finally they got through to my mom via phone and had her on the other line for almost two hours asking her for information so they can fill out the FAFSA. They were extremely pushy to the point of insanity!