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[nyanko]

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Right but the mechanisms are totally different. Come on, we're (sort of like) scientists, aren't we? 😉

 

[badcats]

Nyanko way to use what we have been talking about in nutrition!
And it doesn't happen in lecture, I usually hear about it outside of class from someone who heard it from someone else but won't tell me who so that no drama is created.

Pennyonthefloor, to be honest sounds like your bf is kinda a dick the way he picks fights. Granted we are only hearing your side of the story, but this side appears to suck balls. Good luck and I hope you figure it out/things mellow out soon.

 

[quantized]

Whoa people are doing that kind of ****? Kind of makes me glad I don't go to lectures too often...I pretty much miss out on all of that.

I don't think we sit on the drama filled side of the room or something. Or it could be because we're old fogies 🙁

Badcats, come hang out with us. You can have nyanko's seat, since she's never in it!

 

[LivestockDoc]

Ok so usually not one to vent, but God damnit can people just come to me when they have a problem with me?!! If you are offended by how I dress, what I do in my free time, or just think I am a ****ing **** come tell me to my face instead of spreading **** around the vet school like a passive aggressive 10th grader or bitching to your friends about it. Some of these rumors are down right hilarious, the thought of having diseases I didn't even know about cracks me up. Feel free to stop them anytime.

Hey, you may dress like a freak, have gross hobbies, and have lots of weirdo diseases (seriously? That's what people are saying??), but you have a wicked cool avatar! 😉

 

[168135]

Just dumped my boyfriend of 3 years.

I think what did it was that my birthday is coming up... he's gotten me nothing for my last two birthdays. I handmade him cards, bought him gifts and once even shipped it halfway across the country. It's not about the material items... but it bothers me that he doesn't get that you're supposed to do special things for someone on their birthday... it just hurts.

Also... my friend is in a 4 year relationship. They're common law now... never going to happen between my ex and I. He's going to school away... and would be too stingy to ever live with me if we were ever in the same area.

And I don't know any of his friends... apparently, they're all jerks and/or don't like to hang out with chicks.

He was sooo sweet for the first year. What the hell happened? I cornered him on that once... poured my heart and soul out to him about everything I missed. All he said was "Sorry. I'm not like that."

Yeah yeah... we're perfect when we're together. But I see him like 6 times a year now. Totally not worth it.

It's late... I should be in bed... but I'm totally not understanding Stats at the moment... I want to cry but I have too much to do... so I'm going to go do that.

 

[twelvetigers]

Sister, you don't need that fool. Said it before, say it again.

There's better out there for you!

 

[Minnerbelle]

Sister, you don't need that fool. Said it before, say it again.

There's better out there for you!

Yeah seriously! One thing I've learned in recent years is that it's really easy to feel (esp your first couple 'real' relationships) that you NEED to work things out because if you loved someone you could make it work... and plus there's that nagging feeling that you won't ever find anyone else. All of that is total BS!!! Very proud of you for dumping that SOB, that's hard to do.

Yes, relationships take work, but compatibility is a huuuuuuge factor. As long as you are true to yourself and are willing to put work in a relationship and be understanding, there's someone out there that can make you happy without forcing it.

 

[thedogisgreen]

Agree with TT and Minnerbelle, good for you, scarcelyheard! You're way better off without someone who treats you like that. 👍

For my rant, aghhh stupid roommates. First I get two calls in the same hour to drive people home from places (not far, but seriously, the moment I get home, I have to go out and chauffeur again, and this is during rush hour and crazy long red lights). Not that they both meant to need rides at the same time, but.. aghhh!
And then I get home, make dinner, and try to do my dishes, but both sides of the sink and the counter around it are full with dirty dishes. I ended up having to do a bunch of the dirty ones there to even be able to fit mine under the faucet to wash. I don't remember the last time the sink was empty. Everyone says they aren't theirs.. well they must belong to somebody! I purposefully wash all my dishes right away or stick them in my room until I have time to wash them so they don't get buried in the bottomless pit of the sink. But nobody's going to claim these or ever get their act together and just do their dishes before they forget they have dirty dishes. I used to be good with living in a big household, but I'm so not living with another big group again! 😡 Unless they honestly pinky swear they'll actually do their dishes.

 

[Chinola]

And then I get home, make dinner, and try to do my dishes, but both sides of the sink and the counter around it are full with dirty dishes. I ended up having to do a bunch of the dirty ones there to even be able to fit mine under the faucet to wash. I don't remember the last time the sink was empty. Everyone says they aren't theirs.. well they must belong to somebody! I purposefully wash all my dishes right away or stick them in my room until I have time to wash them so they don't get buried in the bottomless pit of the sink. But nobody's going to claim these or ever get their act together and just do their dishes before they forget they have dirty dishes. I used to be good with living in a big household, but I'm so not living with another big group again! 😡 Unless they honestly pinky swear they'll actually do their dishes.

👎 roommates who are messy. That's why I lived by myself this year after 4 years of roommates/housemates and I loveeeee it! The only dirty dishes that I have to see are my own! Btw...how many people do you live with? A "big group" sounds like a lot!!

 

[thedogisgreen]

👎 roommates who are messy. That's why I lived by myself this year after 4 years of roommates/housemates and I loveeeee it! The only dirty dishes that I have to see are my own! Btw...how many people do you live with? A "big group" sounds like a lot!!

Yeah, I'm thinking in vet school I'll want my own room but share the place with one person just so it doesn't get too lonely. Right now, there are five of us with two shared bedrooms. At least the rooms are big!

 

[pennyonthefloor]

badcats- he is really a sweet guy but both of us are stubborn perfectionists... I know I whine about stupid little things when it comes to my relationship (the aforementioned arguments have been spaced out over 8 months....) but I always fail to mention the good.... which I've learned that the good must significantly outweigh the bad otherwise you should pack your bags and go....

Scarcely- I know how rough ending relationships can be... but keep your chin up! You deserve better....

 

[Chinola]

Yeah, I'm thinking in vet school I'll want my own room but share the place with one person just so it doesn't get too lonely. Right now, there are five of us with two shared bedrooms. At least the rooms are big!

I was freaked out by the "totally alone" thing for about 3 days and now I love that too! And 5 people in 2 bedrooms??? Jeez! The most I ever lived with was in the dorms a bathroom connected 2 rooms (jack and jill set up) and each room had 2 people. Once I moved off campus I had at most 2 other roommates each in our own rooms and that was enough!

 

[flyhi]

And, i've noticed when you live by yourself, it's REAL easy to get friends to come over and visit if you want, because most of them are living with roommates and cherish the idea of getting away from it all. There is enough daily interaction with peeps at school, i cherish my alone time. 😀

 

[168135]

Yay, my first snow day in two years! Morning classes are canceled!

But if afternoon classes aren't cancelled, I have to figure out how to get to the bus stop in this mess. Not looking forward to it.

 

[Coquette22]

Yay, my first snow day in two years! Morning classes are canceled!

But if afternoon classes aren't cancelled, I have to figure out how to get to the bus stop in this mess. Not looking forward to it.

Halifax has about an inch of slush on all the sidewalks. The bottoms of my pants are very wet (but at least I found out that my boots are waterproof). The worst part though is that the temperature is dropping and all that slush is freezing. The walk back to campus this afternoon for my chemistry lab is going to suck.

 

[that redhead]

Having trouble with travel plans. Any way you cut it, I'm going to have to miss a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of classes that week. This includes two biochem lectures. I could take an extra day (Monday) and drive up there (18hrs, yikes!) which I would prefer because a. it's cheaper and b. I wouldn't have to fly, which I really don't like to do. I worry that with the weather a flight might get canceled (then what?!). I'll probably just end up flying but ugh. Do not want.

 

[Coquette22]

Redhead, are you talking about AVC? It might be cheaper to fly into Halifax and rent a car and drive the 4 hours to PEI. It's a pretty simple drive.

 

[cowgirla]

Having trouble with travel plans. Any way you cut it, I'm going to have to miss a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of classes that week. This includes two biochem lectures. I could take an extra day (Monday) and drive up there (18hrs, yikes!) which I would prefer because a. it's cheaper and b. I wouldn't have to fly, which I really don't like to do. I worry that with the weather a flight might get canceled (then what?!). I'll probably just end up flying but ugh. Do not want.

I think I would worry more about the roads heading up through Maine than flying. I've driven up that way a few times this time of year, and either A) its snowing or B) snow is melting and the left lane of 95 floods really. freaking. easily. Last time I headed up was about three days after a snowstorm, the left lane was closed for miles and miles, and when it was open, it was covered in slushy water stuff that was about 6-8 inches deep. People tried to drive in it and would just flyyyyyyyyyyyy off the road or into my lane.

So, just something else to keep in mind-- don't count on the roads being in great shape, especially once you get farther north! In the past they've always seemed to do a good job of clearing fresh snowfall, but there's only so much they can do about melting crap.

I would try to get an early enough flight so that there's another 1 or 2 after it, just in case of delays or cancellations due to weather up in the sky. Would worry less about landing, because areas that are used to snow will hopefully be able to do a pretty decent job at cleaning things up.

 

[that redhead]

I think I would worry more about the roads heading up through Maine than flying.

I would try to get an early enough flight so that there's another 1 or 2 after it, just in case of delays or cancellations due to weather up in the sky. Would worry less about landing, because areas that are used to snow will hopefully be able to do a pretty decent job at cleaning things up.

Yeah, the roads are likely to be bad in early March even around here; I can't begin to imagine up there. I think flying is really the best option (and I know it). All of the flights leave where I am at like, 7am with one or two stop overs, with maybe a couple leaving later. I'll probably just have to cross my fingers that things work out well - worse case scenario (I hope?) would be I'd have to catch the one later flight. I'm already going to have to miss three days of class so hopefully nothing crazy happens. I guess if I'd applied to a Carribean school this wouldn't be a problem

 

[princesspeaches]

I just did my taxes -- I owe almost as much as I earn in a month! (which isn't a lot, it's a grad student stipend.) I'm so broke.

I live in a state with no income tax right now for grad school, but I've kept my Michigan residency because I want to stay a Michigan resident for vet school, and basically I just got way screwed over income tax-wise. I've spent so much money already applying to veterinary school. It's such a long shot to get in anyway, so this pretty much feels like I'm throwing my money into a bottomless pit. I'd probably have a better return on my investment just going to Vegas.

Hoping I get a big packet in the mail soon that might mean my money was well-spent...

 

[kaydubs]

I am becoming a firm believer in you get good & bad (usually at the same time). Currently, my mom has not stopped lashing out at me since....like awhile now. It's my mom and she is probably the person who gets under my skin the easiest. So, here's to returning to the insanity of work & school so I get out of my house.

I thought about saying "I may be gone in a year for a loooong time. What will you think then when you treat me like crap now?!" I know it's terrible & I'd never say it....but sometimes thinking it is almost as bad 😳 I never speak my mind...I don't see the point of being nasty and ruining another person's next few minutes of life. *sigh*

On a happy note: I'm off to post on the RAVE thread. I try & keep it balanced when I can!!

 

[pennyonthefloor]

I hate the GPS on my phone. HATE HATE HATE it. My b/f asked me if I'd drive to let his brother's dog out tonight.... fine... no biggie.... not exactly thrilled about packing up my stuff at one coffee shop to go let the dog out but I know the deal and his brother has done the same for us when we can't make it home. Turn on GPS... think I know where I'm going... nope. Turn down this ominous looking road.... leading up a hill... not very well lit... (mind you, I have a tiny little car that does not handle well on snow)... I get to the top of the hill (which there are train tracks at the top)... see to the bottom and realize "oh... this is a dead end... I'll go down the hill and turn around." Yeah. Not a good idea. I got to the bottom of the hill (mind you- you slide off of this hill and you'd sink your car in a river), turn around and try to get up the hill. No go. First try I made it 1/2 way up. Second try about 3/4 the way.... I slid back down and my car nearly went sideways. By try #3, I'm bawling hysterically and don't know what else to do. Finally got over the hill but I think my car needs new tires.... it reeks of burning rubber but at least I'm not spending the night trapped in my car....

 

[thedogisgreen]

It's so draining to have baby animals be euthanized. In two days of working, this was the second one. A kitten and then a puppy, both just recently in their new homes, had to be put down for really unfortunate reasons. From the wailing of the new owners to the frustration and helplessness that there is nothing left we can do to the despair of putting the warm tiny body in the freezer... there are days when this job gets to be too intense. 🙁
But all the good will make it worth it in the end.

 

[bee83]

I hate the GPS on my phone. HATE HATE HATE it. My b/f asked me if I'd drive to let his brother's dog out tonight.... fine... no biggie.... not exactly thrilled about packing up my stuff at one coffee shop to go let the dog out but I know the deal and his brother has done the same for us when we can't make it home. Turn on GPS... think I know where I'm going... nope. Turn down this ominous looking road.... leading up a hill... not very well lit... (mind you, I have a tiny little car that does not handle well on snow)... I get to the top of the hill (which there are train tracks at the top)... see to the bottom and realize "oh... this is a dead end... I'll go down the hill and turn around." Yeah. Not a good idea. I got to the bottom of the hill (mind you- you slide off of this hill and you'd sink your car in a river), turn around and try to get up the hill. No go. First try I made it 1/2 way up. Second try about 3/4 the way.... I slid back down and my car nearly went sideways. By try #3, I'm bawling hysterically and don't know what else to do. Finally got over the hill but I think my car needs new tires.... it reeks of burning rubber but at least I'm not spending the night trapped in my car....

Yikes!! Glad you made it home okay. I would have done the same thing--screw the tires, just get me out of here!

 

[ylrebmik]

It's only entering the second week of classes for the semester and I'm already incredibly stressed. Now that I finally know what I want to do with me life, I've been thinking a little ahead to the day I apply to vet schools.

And now I'm nervous. How do people deal with doing long-distance in vet school? I've done long distance with current boyfriend before, and it was incredibly hard and we almost didn't make it through. I can't imagine going through that again in such a crazy, demanding time of my life. So now all I can think about is that our relationship is a ticking bomb. ....:/

 

[nyanko]

I REALLY don't think that's something you need to be concerning yourself with now. Things have a way of working themselves out - you need to take care of yourself, focus on your classes and get good grades and get experience and get that application ready.

Any SO worth worrying about enough to potentially sabotage your plans will NOT require you to sabotage your plans.

Have you even talked to him about it?

 

[ylrebmik]

I REALLY don't think that's something you need to be concerning yourself with now. Things have a way of working themselves out - you need to take care of yourself, focus on your classes and get good grades and get experience and get that application ready.

Any SO worth worrying about enough to potentially sabotage your plans will NOT require you to sabotage your plans.

Have you even talked to him about it?

Yeah, I definitely know I don't need to think about it at all right now. I just needed to get it off my chest, and I felt better after just writing it. Yeah, I've mentioned it to him, but we both sorta just concluded it was too early to think about it. But it's still on the back of my mind. Front my my mind: making sure I make the grades first. lol But thank you for the words of wisdom 🙂

 

[kaydubs]

I REALLY don't think that's something you need to be concerning yourself with now. Things have a way of working themselves out - you need to take care of yourself.

Any SO worth worrying about enough to potentially sabotage your plans will NOT require you to sabotage your plans.

Agree with you, nyanko. 110% I just had a huge discussion with my SO. When I first told him "vet school" (we started dating after I established my choice of profession), he freaked the F*** out. Essentially told me it would never work. He's dragged (?) his heels ever since and when I got my acceptance to Oregon, he was all "Congrats, but we're not going to work..." Now, he's changed his tune a bit but who knows how long distance will go? I've done it 1 time before (my ex...it ended insanely bad mainly on his part. Main point: I could handle the long distance, he couldn't). I'm a mature individual and I know what it is to love someone enough to consider marriage. Yet, I don't need to be with my SO 24/7 to be happy like a reasonable amount of people do at my ripe old age of 22. My career comes 1st - my last breakup taught me that.

My rant: Everyone more or less is driving me bananas about vet school. I got an acceptance (which I'm so grateful and honored that my words are not enough to express my feelings to the utmost) and am still waiting on 3 more. But, my biggest issue (besides my own nerves about the process and decision making) is that everyone around me (besides the realists who told me I might not get in 1st round) is blowing off the excellence of this. I don't need a huge pat on the back, but people do not realize how insanely hard it can be to get into vet school your first time (many of you may share a similar sentiment?). I would love for people to understand my mixed feelings about the whole application process instead of "Of course you'd get in. Gosh, you're such a over-reactor, over-worrier, Debbie Downer, etc..." I know my stats and I'm a realistic pessimist (believe it or not...). I knew my chances weren't terrible, but I have my backup plan of which schools to reapply to all figured out (just got to check tuition)!

Again, off to the rave thread (spoiler alert: it will be about how much I love the pre-vet forum)

 

[168135]

It's my birthday!

I'm really mad at my best friend. We hung out on Friday. I told her I needed to be home around 5pm. I needed to pack for an event and I was being picked up at 5:45. At 5, she wanted to get pizza. I told her that we wouldn't have time. So she asked if we could grab something at the local coffee shop. I said sure. She took the long way through traffic and we get there at like 5:15. I ordered a bagel to make her happy. She ordered nothing because she "didn't have time". On the ride back to my place, she called her mom to ask her if she wanted to go for dinner. Her mom said no and she whined. She basically made me feel like crap for not eating with her, even though I made it QUITE CLEAR THAT I HAD PLANS AND NEEDED TO BE HOME AT A CERTAIN TIME.

Got home at 5:30 and basically had to tear my place apart to get packed in time.

She wants to go for a coffee today. Totally not in the mood to do something with her.

Bus doesn't run on Sundays, so there aren't many places I can go.

It's 1 pm... and what did I decide to do today? Get all dolled up and get loaded. Oh yeah, I have a chem assignment I have to re-do.

I really hate birthdays. Probably because I spend them trying to please other people. The last three years, I've invited all of my acquaintances out for dinner. Since they all don't really know each other and don't know me that well, one of two things usually happens: no one talks to each other, or one or two people will talk to someone else at the table and completely ignore me. I'm usually the mediator, trying to get everyone to talk and have fun.

For once, I'd like to be the center of attention. Maybe next year?

Right now, I'm getting a ton of unwanted attention from two of my guy friends. It's creepy and makes me feel uncomfortable... and I've told them that.

My two bestest friends live 6 hours away. I wish I could be with them today.

End rant 😛

 

[scb44f]

Here's to the ****ing yearbook staff for taking my organization's (pre-health) photo, not getting a sheet of signatures to document who was in it, then emailing me (not even in the photo) months later to ask for names of people in order.

Ooookay... so I'm supposed to know peoples' names when the membership is constantly changing due to the nature of the organization (people change their minds away from medicine... or to medicine... go figure)? Eff that. Oh, and you want me to do the footwork because you were too lazy to just get it done in the first place? No thanks.

I already have a problem with the yearbook because they charge every student, but do not deliver books. In fact, they order a few hundred (for a population of 7000) then sit in one spot for a week and hand them to people who walk up, so everyone gets charged for something only a few people even look at. Sure... that sounds fair 😡😡😡.

 

[Coquette22]

It's my birthday!

Happy birthday! 😀 (Sorry things didn't work out.)

 

[Lissarae06]

GI physiology...enough said.

 

[twelvetigers]

It is also scb44f's birthday. BTW.

Happy birthday to both of you! I'm lame and never wish people happy birthday on FB. 😀

 

[vetme]

I got a letter in the mail telling me I am accepted into Vet school. I was so excited...I started crying and then thought of SDN. I wanted to post it on here. Then I hear crying that isn't mine and open my eyes. The baby is hungry, and I was just dreaming about that beautiful letter😡 Stupid realistic dreams anyway!!!

 

[scb44f]

It is also scb44f's birthday. BTW.

Happy birthday to both of you! I'm lame and never wish people happy birthday on FB. 😀

Ha, thanks TT 😎

Vetme, that is a terrible feeling. Hopefully you actually get that acceptance letter and post here (SDN, not this thread of course).

 

[vetme]

Ha, thanks TT 😎

Vetme, that is a terrible feeling. Hopefully you actually get that acceptance letter and post here (SDN, not this thread of course).

Thanks, scb44f🙂

 

[Cautionary Tail]

My car key fell off at Texas Roadhouse last night (I hope, otherwise I'm screwed). They don't open until 4 pm. My alternate key is presently buried under four feet of ice. (And there's another storm coming.) I have a crapload of stuff to get done today. It's not happening. Lame.

And I was up all night the night before last because FAILCat attempted to hypo. Also lame.

Happy (belated) birthday, SH! Sorry about the friend issues (and the unwanted attention). Hope you simultaneously managed to have some fun and pull off the drunken chemistry rewrite.

 

[Whyevernot55]

I had a dream last night that I got waitlisted at one of my schools, and found out the day before my next interview. 👎 And I was SO DEPRESSED, and then they called me off the waitlist, and I was super super happy.

And then I woke up all angry about it.

 

[NittanyKitty]

My brain was going a mile a minute last night and wouldn't let me sleep. I think I got maaaaybe an hour and of course half of the vet school is sick and exams start this week. Pretty awesome.

 

[EllieGirl89]

My car key fell off at Texas Roadhouse last night (I hope, otherwise I'm screwed). They don't open until 4 pm. My alternate key is presently buried under four feet of ice. (And there's another storm coming.) I have a crapload of stuff to get done today. It's not happening. Lame.

I was coming here to rant about this exact. same. thing. I SWEAR I put my house key in my pocket before I took my dog to the dog park yesterday. I didn't use it to lock the door because my girlfriend locked the door after me with her key, but when I came home I couldn't find it. I'm PRAYING I took it out and set it somewhere and I'll find it when I have time to look around. If not, it's laying somewhere in the dog park and I'm going to have to get the landlord to change the locks. I REALLY don't have that money just laying around 😡

 

[EllieGirl89]

Today was supposed to be a good day, and it was going alright. Then I went to pay my past due balance in the Bursar's office. I knew that my account was passed due, and last I looked (like, I'm pretty sure it was a couple of days ago) I had a $100 late fee. Okay, I can totally live with that, I should have paid on time, even though I didn't have the money when it was due, obviously, or I would have paid it then. But whatever, it's my fault. Today I go up to pay the account off, with my scholarship check in one hand and my checkbook to pay off the difference in the other hand. When the guy at the desk read me my balance, it was TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS more than I had anticipated. I asked him if more late fees were assessed, and he said that yes, an additional $200 late fee was assessed on January 15th. Fighting back tears I told him that I had looked at my account since then and it said that I only had $100 in late fees. He told me I could go downstairs to student services and fight it and I was like "Well how would I ever prove that?" He was like "Oh. Good point." So I wrote the check. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS in late fees. REALLY?

I am so beyond angry and upset about this. It probably would have been more worth my money to overdraw my checking account earlier and just pay it on time. That is absolutely ridiculous, and I was completely mortified because I started crying in front of the guy behind the desk as I was writing my check. I wonder how often he sees that in his job. 🙁

 

[light10]

Aw, EllieG, that really sucks 🙁. Once you have a few deep breaths and a chance to collect yourself, I would go ask what the late fee structure is, just to make sure there weren't any mistakes. I've totally cried having to write unexpectedly large checks, you're definitely not alone.

I had a bursar-related heart attack last week - I paid all my fees, etc. at the beginning of the semester and then suddenly last week had a $1600 balance on my account 😱. Fortunately, it was a mistake related to having added hours late last semester and I only actually owed $130. Your post reminded me I need to go pay that!

 

[vetme]

Today was supposed to be a good day, and it was going alright. Then I went to pay my past due balance in the Bursar's office. I knew that my account was passed due, and last I looked (like, I'm pretty sure it was a couple of days ago) I had a $100 late fee. Okay, I can totally live with that, I should have paid on time, even though I didn't have the money when it was due, obviously, or I would have paid it then. But whatever, it's my fault. Today I go up to pay the account off, with my scholarship check in one hand and my checkbook to pay off the difference in the other hand. When the guy at the desk read me my balance, it was TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS more than I had anticipated. I asked him if more late fees were assessed, and he said that yes, an additional $200 late fee was assessed on January 15th. Fighting back tears I told him that I had looked at my account since then and it said that I only had $100 in late fees. He told me I could go downstairs to student services and fight it and I was like "Well how would I ever prove that?" He was like "Oh. Good point." So I wrote the check. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS in late fees. REALLY?

I am so beyond angry and upset about this. It probably would have been more worth my money to overdraw my checking account earlier and just pay it on time. That is absolutely ridiculous, and I was completely mortified because I started crying in front of the guy behind the desk as I was writing my check. I wonder how often he sees that in his job. 🙁

I'm sad with you🙁 BTW what is Bursars?

 

[Coquette22]

I'm sad with you🙁 BTW what is Bursars?

Might you know it better as a registrar?

I had a bursar-related heart attack last week - I paid all my fees, etc. at the beginning of the semester and then suddenly last week had a $1600 balance on my account 😱. Fortunately, it was a mistake related to having added hours late last semester and I only actually owed $130. Your post reminded me I need to go pay that!

I did that. My university has a weird way of applying student loans to your account, so it looks like you still owe them money. Plus I had a minor heart attack because they wait until the payment deadline to apply your scholarships to your account, so for awhile it looked like I owed them $2500 when I thought it should have been more like <$100.

 

[Minnerbelle]

Might you know it better as a registrar?

wait those are the same things? i thought the registrar dealt with transcripts and enrollment and stuff, and bursars dealt with money.

 

[twelvetigers]

From Wiki:

A bursar (derived from "bursa", Latin for purse) is a senior professional financial administrator in a school or university.
Billing of student tuition accounts are the responsibility of the Office of the Bursar. This involves sending bills and making payment plans with the ultimate goal of getting the student accounts paid off. Bursars are not necessarily involved in the financial aid process.
The Bursar Statement is also known as a tuition bill or a student account bill.

 

[EllieGirl89]

wait those are the same things? i thought the registrar dealt with transcripts and enrollment and stuff, and bursars dealt with money.

Yeah, Minnerbelle, I believe you are right.

 

[Minnerbelle]

Yeah, Minnerbelle, I believe you are right.

yeah, well, those people suck. couldn't they give you a break? ugh...

 

[EllieGirl89]

yeah, well, those people suck. couldn't they give you a break? ugh...

Right? Will you come up here and tell them that?

 

[Coquette22]

wait those are the same things? i thought the registrar dealt with transcripts and enrollment and stuff, and bursars dealt with money.

Ah, it's basically the same thing for me, and I'd never heard anyone use the term Bursar outside of Discworld novels. They're technically different offices, but we don't have a bursar we just have 'student accounts', who are run by the registrar's office anyway.