Still a student

Well, as close as I am to graduating and as much as it felt like I was barely a student anymore... today came the indicator that for a few more months, I am still very much a student. Albeit, not a full-time one.

Finding out that other students had already received their financial aid refunds from IUPUI while mine was still stuck in "anticipated aid" status, I made a phone call this morning to the financial aid office. I found out that my financial aid money was on hold because it was calculated for full-time enrollment, and I'm only enrolled in one class (because I only need one more in order to graduate). However, apparently you must be enrolled in at least six credit hours to qualify for financial aid of any kind. So... since I need financial aid money in order to not only pay for my last class, but also to help me survive for the next few months, this brought me to the realization that I must add another class to my fall schedule. Yay. (Can't you just SMELL the sarcasm?)

One more class. Any class, as long as it's three credit hours. So I began to dig into the fall course offerings. I learned several things:

- I'm sick of online classes.
- Herron (art) classes take longer than others, for some unknown reason. (Like why the heck is a three credit hour class 2 1/2 hours twice a week??)
- Not enough classes are offered on Saturday morning.
- All the really fun classes are only one credit hour.

So here's what I came up with: Saturday mornings, 9:00am-11:50am, "First Aid & Emergency Care". I think it will be an interesting and useful class to take, and I'm not really all that upset that I have to take one more class. It's really just a mild annoyance more than anything else. The class is on campus, however, and just means that I will have to pay $62 for a parking pass for another semester as well as buying the book for this class.

Yup. Reminder that I am yet still entangled in the woes of college life...