<p>You’re all really cruel. I’m sitting here weeping.</p>
<p>You asked us for advice and you have shot down every suggestion. You’re right, we do not know the situation, but you do, so why are you asking us and not your parents and loved ones, and just try getting away from the college.</p>
<p>Pretty much all lawyers do a certain number of pro bono hours. There’s zero chance that there isn’t a single lawyer in Chicago willing to take your case for free. In fact here is a list of organizations that specifically provide legal services pro bono in Chicago. One of whom even lists academic discipline as a specialty: <a href=“http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/CHICAGO_AREA_LEGAL_SERVICE_PROVIDERS012013.pdf[/url]”>http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/CHICAGO_AREA_LEGAL_SERVICE_PROVIDERS012013.pdf</a></p>
<p>I found that after about 1 minute - you’ve been dealing with this for how many years?</p>
<p>You could even go to the media if things get really desperate.</p>
<p>I never said I knew what was going on. I just found it so astounding that this much DOCUMENTED illegal stuff could happen to someone who had never sought out a lawyer (you only now mention that you’ve sought one out) and every time I have seen someone post on an anonymous online forum about how someone/something is out to get them slowly but surely it comes out that the person is misinterpreting/misrepresenting the situation because things rarely get to such extremes as is often painted in the original post. Maybe you are the exception to the rule.</p>
<p>As I said in my original post, I filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights. Lots of probono organizations can’t/won’t take my case because I’m a citizen of FL not IL.</p>
<p>My family hates me. They don’t care.</p>
<p>The office of civil rights is at your own school, right? Of course they won’t help you. Are you saying that if a student at a Chicago school is in need of legal counsel not a single lawyer will do it pro bono? I find that a little hard to believe. You could try contacting other Chicago schools for assistance since they won’t have the same conflict of interest your own school’s office does.</p>
<p>You could still try local media</p>
<p>Or maybe you don’t have the evidence you think you do</p>
<p>You really do have a problem if everybody hates you.</p>
<p>Your room mate.Your school. The police. Your family.</p>
<p>Go to a legal aid society, or to a law school legal clinic (all law schools have them, and there are several law schools in Chicago). Their services are free. They will determine if you have a legal case, or not. You could also go to the Chicago Bar Association–they would help you find a lawyer either pro bono (for free) or else on a contingency fee (if you win damages, they get a share–if you lose, you don’t owe them anything).</p>
<p>But please look in the mirror. Maybe analyze how you come across to people. The pattern you are displaying indicates a real problem.</p>
<p>You seem to think everyone everywhere hates you, all without reason. Have you thought about making an appointment with a counselor/therapist? I am not in any way suggesting that you are mentally unstable so please don’t respond with that. It’s just that sometimes it helps if someone who is not close to you and is unbiased can look at your situation to offer an evaluation. I have found in general that when someone thinks that everyone hates them, it is often because they don’t like themselves and so project that image to others. You sound pretty unhappy and it might be nice to try to figure out why.</p>
<p>I really think you should have called the police and reported the death threats because they will be taken seriously especially if you had evidence of emails and phone records. </p>
<p>Besides that, I am really sorry that you had to endure that.</p>
<p>I just saw your schools website and they offer housing for graduate students so how could they not offer housing for you? Call the housing office again and speak to the director, not her lackey who answers the phone</p>
<p>I’ve read through this entire thread. I have to say that there are some blaring warning signs here, starting with the username “nobody” and that you seem to think everything hates you, is out to get you, is cruel, etc., when these people are actually trying to help you. None of these people have a horse in this race, so why would they be out to get you? I have to agree with others that it could really be beneficial to talk to a mental health care professional. Your self-esteem seems to be suffering right now. I know you have been through a lot, but your health needs to take priority over your education. In addition, please realize that these people aren’t acting out of malice. This is a public forum and most people on here are adults who don’t sugarcoat things.</p>
<p>bribythewater - I posted about a situation that is very painful to me in desperation since I can get no help from anywhere, and I get a bunch of accusations of lying. My comment wasn’t directed at everyone in this thread, but those that accused me of lying.</p>
<p>Update-Since last year the school has been trying to get me to change my major from Philosophy to Liberal Studies. I would only need 2 classes to graduate and it would take only 1 semester, as opposed to 6 classes and 2 semesters with the Philosophy degree. I have always refused.</p>
<p>In January they offered to waive one of the required classes (Speech) take the other (a senior seminar) online and it would all be free. I refused. I continued to be pressured to change my major. I was told I had to pay $650 “graduation free.” When I said I thought it would be free I was told that it would be free if I agreed to by 5pm that day. Which was 3 hours away. I was very sick so I agreed thinking I could change my major back to Philosophy later.</p>
<p>Shortly thereafter I was told that a class I had already taken could be used for my senior seminar and I was being issued a diploma. I got it in the mail it it’s dated last May, so I don’t even get to go to my own graduation.</p>
<p>What do I do? I don’t want the Liberal Studies degree.</p>
<p>I can’t stop crying. It’s like they just want rid of me. I don’t even get to go to my own graduation.</p>
<p>I am really hoping you are only a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Otherwise you have real and significant mental health problems. I am sure the school did not just randomly pick a file out of their file cabinet and decide to make life difficult for that student…</p>
<p>Obviously there is a lot more to your story than you are telling, and that is fine, you are entitled to your privacy.</p>
<p>But all I can think is that the school, for whatever reason, believed it was undesirable for you to be on campus and for them to be in any way liable for you; hence, they wanted to give you a diploma and get you out of their system once and for all and as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>I’m not a ■■■■■, and I’m NOT mentally ill. There’s nothing more to my story. Read my first post; I explain everything that happened with my roommate and her false accusations that I am mentally ill.</p>
<p>How old are you now? If a school wants to get rid of you then be happy. Personally, I wouldn’t want to be in a place that I’m not wanted. Go to another school if you want another degree. If not, just start on with you life and forget about all those people. You don’t have to deal with them any longer since you’re out of their school. </p>
<p>If your previous roommate disliked you that much, then she could’ve went to an RA and you both could’ve requested another roommate. It’s not that hard, and I’m sure switching rooms/roommates happens all the time in college; so the RAs know what to do in situations like this.</p>
<p>Talk to a psychiatrist, talking to them does not mean that you’re mentally ill. It can help you with all the problems that you’re having.</p>
<p>I’m 30. I know-I’m a loser. Every college I applied to rejected me for having “too many credits to transfer.” I applied to 9 colleges last year.</p>
<p>My roommate and I both requested a room change and were both turned down, until she went to the head of housing and made up a bunch of lies about me. When I was moving into my new building, I was waiting outside the door to my old building and ran into the RA who asked if I forgot my ID (they scanned to get into buildings and you could only use yours in your building, so I couldn’t get into my old) and I told her I got a room change and she was shocked.</p>
<p>I’m not crazy and I don’t need a shrink. I will not even consider it.</p>
<p>Is there any way I can get them to revoke my diploma or something because I’d rather continue applying to other schools?</p>
<p>Your 30 years old and still crying over this?? For some reason I though you were at least in your early 20s. I’m 22 years old and didn’t get to go to my graduation either, but it doesn’t bother me. It’s just a graduation, in the end all you really need is your diploma…</p>
<p>First off, your self esteem is REALLY low. You’re not a “loser” because you just graduated from college at age 30. Be grateful that you got the opportunity to go and you stuck it through and GRADUATED. There are plenty of people who would LOVE to go to school, regardless if the school ‘hates’ them or not and have the ability to graduate and have a diploma. </p>
<p>Your 30 years old, you should know that seeing a psychiatrist doesn’t mean that your crazy, I would suspect a teenager to say something not that. Not a grown adult. It’s kind of insulting when you say things like “I’m not crazy and I don’t need a shrink. I will not even consider it.” So you’re telling me that I’m crazy because I see a psychiatrist to help me with my personal problems?</p>
<p>I’m not upset that I didn’t get to go, but that SXU made it where I couldn’t go.</p>
<p>I would rather have no degree than a degree in Liberal Studies. </p>
<p>How do you know my self-esteem is “low?” For all you know it’s accurate. I’m a terrible person. There is nothing good about me.</p>
<p>Only crazy people see shrinks.</p>
<p>I found a lot of the things you said to me pretty “insulting.”</p>
<p>People who have self-esteem issues constantly put themselves down… Isn’t that what you’re doing by stating that your a terrible person?</p>