<p>I was contemplating transferring for a while and decided to start applying to some schools. I didn't want to wait until the last minute to fill out these applications since I know I'd have to send out transcripts and write essays and such, it seemed logical to start looking and working ASAP.</p>
<p>Well, I started registering late Sunday night. I began with the Art Institute of Pittsburgh simply because it's one of the few schools that I know of near my home that offers Web Design that my Dad wouldn't have a cow over me transferring into. I got to the essay, though, and quit. I've written maybe 7+ admissions essays in the last 2 years. I hate them, I'm tired of them and understandably so. I thought, "Screw this, I'll finish it later if I haven't changed my mind."</p>
<p>Well, yesterday I got a phone call. I missed it because I mute my phone when I'm in class and have a horrible habit of forgetting to un*mute it. I didn't get the call until about 10:00 or 11:00 last night...actually, I didn't get the *calls until 10:00 or 11:00 last night.</p>
<p>I'd missed four phone calls, all from the same number. When my boyfriend looked up the area code, it said it was a Pittsburgh land line. Okay... I got calls at 3:20, 3;25, 4:20, and 7:32. I'm not from Pittsburgh...I don't know anyone in Pittsburgh...it makes no sense for someone to be trying to reach me from there besides that school.</p>
<p>I got another call this morning while I was in math class. It just about has to be them but is that even normal? I've applied to 7 or so schools to date...3 when I was first looking to start and 4 or 5 when I transferred...none of them ever called me like that. And now that I'm thinking about it, I believe they sent me a brochure at some point, either when I was first applying or when I was transferring and I had never even heard of them.</p>
<p>That really turns me off, the obsessive calling, assuming it's them. All the other schools I applied at basically made me work for my admission, they didn't beg and where I'm at now is tough enough that they only have like a 60% retention rate so I feel like I've earned my spot.</p>
<p>And I just got an email stating that class registration is starting soon, **? I haven't even applied! I got to the essay and quit! These people don't have any SAT scores or high school grades (I know they're not required at this point, just saying) or college transcripts, they know *nothing about me as a person or a student! And if class registration and the courses themselves are starting that soon, what makes them think I could even get settled in that quickly? I'm still in school! I can't go to two schools at once and remain sane! I feel too rushed, what's up with this school? >.<</p>