Abby in Peru: I should have known better

I thought things were going too well. On Sunday, I made up two different schedules of possible courses to take. I chose one option and started attending the classes and so far, so good. One class I don't really know anything about because the teacher didn't show up either of the two days we had it, but I made a friend while waiting for the class, and he is really nice and says it should be ok and will help me if it's tough. I also went to a history class that I REALLY enjoyed and another class that didn't really spark my interest too much the first day, but the syllabus looked cool, and I've stepped out of my comfort zone to take a dance class and had a great time the first day. Too easy, right? Right.

On Tuesday I got an email from IU saying that my application to enter the School of Education was declined because i didn't have enough courses in my concentration area (Spanish) .. WHHAAT? I didn't freak out because I figured I knew the reason for the problem, which I did.. that my classes from Spain weren't placed on my transcript yet. So I contacted IU and got 7 emails the next day from 3 different advisors (one from the school of Education, one from the overseas study office, and the other from the Spanish Department) .. the first one said the only thing I could do was write a letter asking for temporary/conditional acceptance into the school and show them later that i have enough credits.. to do this, I'd have to have the letter to them by 5pm on Wednesday the 20th.. uh, hello?? that was an hour before I checked my email and only ONE day after I received notification that my application was denied. How do they expect a person to do that?! But then, I read the following emails and my Spain classes were quickly put onto my transcript and that part is taken care of.

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Now that the classes are on my transcript, I know now for sure what credits my courses transferred as. That changes everything. Now some of the classes that I've chosen for here are unnecessary. So I need to find other classes that will hopefully transfer as something else I need for my major. Not as easy as it might seem. I've been writing emails and calling IU all day today. There's a course that MIGHT be able to be counted as an Education course, but I was told that the school of Education RARELY transfers study-abroad classes because they and the state are super strict about the education of future teachers. There's a credit that MIGHT be covered by a class I took in Spain that was transferred as a different credit, an unnecessary one. If it's not covered, I need to find a class here that will. The class in which I made the friend but the teacher didn't show up to is "definitely" going to transfer as a different credit that I need.. awesome, now I just hope it's a good class that won't kill me (it's called Theory of Language).

IF I don't need to take an extra class for the spanish credit and IF the education course won't count.. I think i'm just going to take Gym and be done with it. Might as well get a little exercise while I'm here.