it started of with finishing exams and passing that disastrous unit 260 (on the dot) thaaaaank god.
then it was off to melbourne and sydney for a whirlwind holiday for 10 days. don't get me wrong, i had a really good time but i was just completely exhausted towards the end of it. my advice is to never go on holiday directly after exams, especially a holiday where you're going to be running around alot.
anyway, after the trip to the east it was a month worth of "full time" work. this meaning 8 shifts (8 hours a day) in a row with one day off and then 8 shifts again. i was lucky enough, however, to get 12 shifts in a row with one day off then 8 days again. that month working like that during christmas quite nearly killed off all my spirit and tolerance towards human nature. people are just so stupid....sometimes.
but wait, it gets better... after working those insane hours for a month and a bit, i had summer school!! oh yippee dee doo dah day!
the good thing about this was that i was now working a quarter of what i was, which means i was a much more nicer person and had a more positive outlook on life.lol.
summer school was ok. i'm just sooo glad its over, but it wasn't that bad.
i would, yes i would, do it again.
so all this while, when i'm going through horrible horrible work, and boring boring summer school when i could actually be relaxing and completely enjoying myself in asia somewhere with my friends/family- i had the fact that i was going on exchange to USA to comfort myself....
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
NOW after all that suffering during summer i put myself through, those damn bastards at university of oregon have informed curtin and me that they can't guarantee me a spot in the units i want to take. the only way i can secure a place is when i fly allll the way there and register.
this would all be dandy if i had a lot of units i could take, but i can only take 3 units over there, no more no less (because its in the final year of my degree and the amount of units i can take overseas is ridiculously limited).
if i do fly all the way there and register, i have to prove that i have satisfied the prerequisites and if that is fine, then i am faced with the possibility that the classes that i want may be full.
also, if i can't take any of those units, say i can only get into 2 and not 1, i will have to fly all the way back because of the conditions of my visa.
ALSO, for every unit i take over there that is not credited towards my degree, curtin will charge me $1,600 per unit ON TOP of HECS.
this is a complete nightmare.
i have no idea in the freaking world why they couldn't tell me all this BEFORE i started applying AND paying for my visa, booking AND paying for my flights and paying for the campus housing that i was going to stay at.
not only have i wasted so much money, i have wasted sooo much tiiiiiiiiime and i was so so superrr excited to go.
its so completely depressing and disappointing.
the past week i have been trying to study for my exam and dealing with this crap. sending emails here and there to try and sort out what the hell was going on. i was well and truly burnt out and overwhelmed.
now curtin is meeting with the director to try and reimburse all the money that i have spent and if they aren't changing their policy, then curtin is cutting of the exchange agreement between them.
but..whateveeerrrrrrr.
i am so over it all now. applying for exchange, organising the exchange, paying for it then to have it all blow up in your face a month prior to departure really isn't fun.
recommendation? never try to go on exchange in your final year where your unit selections are so limited.
well on the upside, i have one less unit to do this year. lol.
i think i'll end this whinge whing whinge post.....
....with a photo of my visa that i spent $500 getting and that is now completely and utterly useless!!!!!
don't laugh at the photo ok, i had to take it myself lol (long story).
oh and uni in 2 weeks yay yay yay yay yay yay- what a blast this summer has been!
