Graduation Problem!!!!

Hello everyone,

I MAY be runnning into this problem because of my stupid research mentor. As part of my major requirement, I have to complete a senior thesis. For this, there are two classes--part I and part II. For part I, my advisor (who is not the mentor), did not tell me that a proposal for the senior thesis was due at the end of last semester and so I have an incomplete for that. To make up this incomplete, I need to turn in my proposal before April 2nd. I have done the proposal, but the stupid mentor "hasn't found time" to do so. Anyway, I am supposed to START the research soon, but ****** mentor doesn't really help out--he is rarely in his office. Because of this stuff, I feel I may not be able to graduate during May. This will probably not be a problem other than that I would have liked to enjoy my "last" summer.

My concern is, just in case...just in case, I don't graduate by the end of June, I may lose my seat at Buffalo. What do you suggest I do? Does Buffalo really have that deadline--I thought it did, but not sure after looking at some of the papers they had made me sign. Should I let Buffalo know of this problem?

Thank you,

Mask667

P.S What's even worse is that I told my Dad (Mr. Tension) this and he started yelling at me, instead of comforting me. WTF?

 

Thank you everyone for answering. The thesis is a requirement for me to graduate as part of my major. The honors, I am not even worried about. I have been working on this project for about a year, but the mentor is such a lazy person that it was difficult for me to even do a pilot study.

My first semester, he just introduced me to some of the equipment and tried to figure out what projects I could do. The one that he had just finished was about cell phone use while driving. The study he wanted next was supposed to be a followup about the cellphone and driving. I was excited because we were using Need for Speed as the simulator. The next semester he turned in the IRB with me. That semester we didn't do anything until the very end because of IRB approval and stuff. Finally I got to do the pilot study. Since I had not fully done his project, out of formality I told him I would do this as my senior thesis, even though I hated the experiment--concept is good, but requires way too much knowledge with the equipment. The third semester (last fall), I was taking the DAT so I asked him that I will start after taking the test. He was okay with that. Soon I find out that he changed the simulator--18 wheels of metal to the pedal. More realistic because of traffic lights. The whole last semester I tried figuring the game out. This semester I did the same thing--except we started using other equipment with the game, but had lots of malfunctions. (Switching computers, installing video cards, and so on.) Now I only have a month, if I want to graduate in May.

The deadline I was asking about was that registration for classes start in July and I thought I had read somewhere that I need to have graduated by June 30th, but I am not sure. I wish they had said I didn't need to graduate, I would quit right now!!!!

Mask667

P.S Sorry about an essay, I am just really upset with the situation.