So I graduated from college with a BA in 2008. I have a diploma and transcripts to prove it. But a while back in the mail I a postcard from my university, addressed to me, which displayed a picture of a person in graduation cap and gown and a diploma - only the person's face was a white blank space that read "your name here" and the diploma displayed these words. The rest of the message on the postcard read, "What's stopping you from filling in the blanks?" I saw this and began to worry, had I just imagined it? Was I lying on job applications? I rifled through my papers to find my transcripts and checked my graduation status online - yes I really have graduated.
Well, two weeks ago I was looking through the alumni directory and thought that it would be fun to see what other people see when they look me up, they had me down as a member of the non-degree alumni. BING! The light turned on and I gave the alumni center a call to set them straight. The girl I talked to said that since I got married and changed my name during my time there my credits probably didn't transfer. I got married really young and changed my name long before I declared my major so I highly doubt that's what happened, but now they at least know that I did fill in the blanks and am an alumna.
Moral of the story? Make sure that when you graduate you talk with the people in charge of alumni stuff at your school so that you don't receive any letters or postcards that could cause a heart attack! ;-p
1 comment:
Oh my gosh! I would have freaked out! Good thing you got that all straightened out.
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