Completely frustrated!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Mount Holyoke College
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<p>I'm sorry, but I'm really frustrated! Do the admissions people even read our messages or do they merely glance at the subjects?</p>

<p>I've asked them 3 questions so far, and while they did reply, none of them answered my questions!</p>

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<li><p>For the first one I asked about the admissions packet and financial aid documents, which I've yet to receive (but that's no fault of theirs) and I asked about visas for International Students.
-They completely ignored the bit on visas and only sent me a reply saying that they'd sent the package already and that it should be on the way (which is a valid ans and one which I'd been looking for, but they just ignored a large bit of my question!)</p></li>
<li><p>I asked them about the transfer of credits for A levels (whether I could use my grades to meet pre-requisites for advanced classes rather than to gain credits)
---They said, "MHC gives credit towards the higher level IB courses with a six or seven on the exams. Your academic advisor will be able to assist you in having those credits meet pre-requisites rather than transfer credits.
...no really! can you believe it? A level---IB how can you mix them up! And I'll only be able to see my academic advisor once I actually get there. If it's at all possible that I can be placed in higher calculus, I need to start revising now (I've forgotten a lot)</p></li>
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<p>3.Obviously frustrated with the previous answer, I replied asking how I could contact the Department itself so that I may learn for myself their stand on credits and pre-requisites
---And they send me a copy-pasted answer from the MHC website (like I haven't read that yet, why do they think I'm emailing them?) about the max number of credits we can get outside MHC and how they award credit for the Caribbean Advanced Examination Placement (o.O) and the A levels.</p>

<p>The first time this happened, I could overlook it a bit, thinking that, hey they're probably insanely busy at this time. I could understand, too, the second time, and actually asked how I could ask other people so that I didn't have to keep bothering them. But really.</p>

<p>Perhaps, once you've sent in your enrollment deposit, you're just not that important anymore.</p>

<p>On a nicer note, the financial services people are absolutely wonderful and really helpful (they're very polite and their mail is more as though they're actually replying to -me- rather than merely copy-pasting from their website)</p>

<p>If anyone here could answer my questions about the credits, it'd be really helpful!</p>

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<p>Hey.
I’m not totally sure, but I think the credit-transfer is made after your enrollment (for international students). Did you send your mails to the admissions office? If yes- I don’t think they can help you. I think it is the Office of the Registrar you have to mail. Secondly, your visa. I’m an international student and was accepted under ED. Last week, I received a form (Certification of Finances) which is the beginning of the visa process. The McCulloch Center answers all visa questions. When I asked them some questions they were really friendly and helpful. So did you asked them about more information? Again, I don’t think that the admissions office can answer such questions.</p>

<p>Hope I was able to help you :slight_smile:
C.</p>

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<p>@Charlotte:
o.o Thank you so much for this! It helped a lot!!!
Just a question, the Cert of Finances form didn’t arrive with your admissions packet/financial aid packet right?</p>

<p>As for the credits stuff, I wanted to know if I could just straight away be placed in an advanced math class without getting the credits for the lower level classes (because I’m interested in a lot of things at moho and I wanted as many credits available to me as possible without exceeding the 128 limit-cos I’m on finaid). And if it is possible for me to be in an advanced class with my grades, I really need to revise/refresh my memory about calculus, so I wanted to know this asap.</p>

<p>The thing is, if they couldn’t answer those questions, they could’ve at least pointed me to people who can. What frustrated me was that they apparently didn’t even bother reading my question cos their answers were so absurdly different.</p>

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<p>No, the form came later. Have you already send in your deposit? I think it will arrive some time after you did.
So for the credits, I would send an email to the office of the registrar (I asked them something about the course catalogue and majors/ minors and they were really nice). Or you ask a member of the faculty. On the ISIS website for admitted students was a section where you can fill out a form to meet a professor and then one will send you an email. I did it to ask some questions and a really nice prof wrote me an email and said that I could ask if I have any questions. Maybe they can help you… </p>

<p>I totally understand why you’re frustrated. I think at the moment they’re really busy at the office. </p>

<p>Are you a fall admit, too?</p>

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<p>Yea, I’ve sent in my deposit, about a week or two ago, I think.
I’ve sent an email to the Office of Registrar :slight_smile: (thanks for that, I had no idea that they’re the ones we’re supposed to contact for this lol)</p>

<p>And actually, I did fill up that form on the ISIS website to get in contact with a professor, but I haven’t received a reply yet :frowning: When did you send in that form?</p>

<p>And yup, I’m a fall admit :D</p>

<p>Actually, I wouldn’t have minded if they took a bit long to reply as long as they’d given me a good answer…but oh well, it’s no big deal now :)</p>

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<p>Do not obsess right now about which math or science class you should be in. No matter what you register for in June, EVERYTHING can be changed in September after you meet with your advisor. It’s only APRIL. September is pretty far away. Stay calm, finish you classes, and have a good summer. Also, don’t start obsessing about dorm room or roommate assignments. Last year, they went out during the second week of August, although they had been promised for July. Things will get done.</p>

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<p>@ConCernedDad:</p>

<p>I can understand where you’re coming from from.</p>

<p>But…
I wrote my A level exams and graduated from High School last November and have been completely free since last December (well, except for a bit of internship/volunteers, but that’s only a brief stint). </p>

<p>I need to know whether they will allow me to be placed in a higher level calculus class (without transferring credits) because, if so, I really need to revise a lot of the calculus stuff (although the A level Maths in my country is very rigorous, I’ve practically forgotten everything in this long break!) to survive in a higher level calculus class. </p>

<p>And I need to know whether I can use my A level grade as a pre-requisite instead of gaining credits for it because, if I must have the credits added to be placed in a higher course, then I may as well just take the class again in Uni instead of trying to get myself used to the American way of studying calculus now (I intend to stay in Moho for the full duration of four years and make full use of all the opportunities Moho provides, so it makes no sense to cut short my time by transferring credits), and I can do something else useful like studying/revising for the French placement test so I can be placed in a higher level course for French xp.</p>

<p>But thanks for your thoughts anyway :)</p>