Employment With Summer Class

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>Alright, I'm in a major dilemma, one that should not have happened. </p>

<p>I recently interviewed for a very good position with a major insurance company. I ended up getting a call back the same day telling me they were giving me an offer. I was ecstatic. It was the perfect job for me and my skills. The next day I went to my university's registrar office to secure an official transcript as I was trying to be proactive thinking my employer would need one. Here, they proceed to tell me I'm one course short of being able to get my May diploma. I froze. On my online degree progress tracker for my school, it showed I had completed all of my requirements. I sat down with my career advisor and she also saw that the online system showed this.</p>

<p>Yet for some reason which they cannot fully explain, the online system info was different from the official university files. I tried to reason with the advisor but she insisted I would need to take this final course to graduate. This is just a general education course, both my major and minor requirements are completed and confirmed to be completed. Luckily the course I am taking this summer is an online one and only lasts about a month.</p>

<p>Now back to my employer, they said they would have to check for evidence of my degree, but with this turn of events I have no clue what to tell them. This course will in no way interfere with my ability to work, but what do I them? I'm still trying to schedule some meetings with school administration to figure out why this happened, but HR called today saying they will need me to sign my employment conract ASAP, which includes noting that I graduated. I'm terrified that they will withdraw their offer! If anyone can shed some advice on this situation, please do! </p>

<p>Maybe my school can send a letter confirming my major and minor requirements to be done?</p>

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<p>I think that the best thing to do would be to get a letter from your school explaining what what you just explained. That their online system confirmed that you had met all requirements for the degree and that it was in error and that you need one gen ed to finish your degree and that major and minor requirements are met.</p>

<p>Automated systems that tell you that you’re done can be wrong and there’s usually a disclaimer that the online system is subject to review and that it isn’t necessarily completely accurate. Son’s course analyzer had this disclaimer on it. Ultimately, your graduation analysis has to be reviewed by a real person.</p>

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<p>This seems like a small snafu in the grand scheme of things and shouldn’t impact your job as long as you do what BCeagle suggested. Just be up front about it… these kinds of things happen and can be frustrating, but they’re just a part of life.</p>