Matriculated

It's official. As of 3:38 pm today I had been enrolled, paid, photographed, poked, prodded, and shuffled from one department to the other, but I finally left the campus officially a college student once again.

I have to go beg the professor to let me into BIOL 120 (Human Biology) so I can get moving down the biology track I desperately need. I'll see her Monday morning at 9:30 when the first class begins.

I also have no solid answer from the Fire Sciences director about whether I can enroll in FISC 170 - EMT Training - without actually passing the firefighter program at the local department. Hopefully I'll see him on Monday, but if not, I can catch him Tuesday evening when the first session starts.

All in all, it's been a rigorous and painful bureaucratic mess, but the folks at the school were at least nice about it.

Current Schedule
SPAN 101 (Intro to Spanish) 5 Credits - Need this to brush up, mostly; I'm sure this'll be a snooze class and easy A, but I do need some grammar rules clarified. Sadly, however, it's an 8:00 a.m. class. Geh. Beats calculus at 8:00 a.m., which I did many years ago.

HDEV 100 (New Student Orientation) 1 Credit - This was a complete waste of time, but a requirement for all "new" students. Heh. Been a while since I was new at anything.

AH 110 (Employment Issues in Healthcare) 1 Credit - One of the requirements for the RN program. Grabbed it while it was open.

AH 230 (Management Issues in Healthcare) 1 Credit - Ditto.

FISC 110 (Fire Prevention Chemistry and Physics) 3 Credits - I needed to get to the 15 Credit full-time slot, and figured this might go nicely with EMT and firefighter work with the local fire and rescue teams. This class covers the dynamics of fire, including chemical and physical properties of flammable materials and fire itself (fire characteristics of gases, liquids, and solids; fire extinguishing agents and procedures; movement of smoke; etc). I may end up dropping this if I can get into BIOL 120 and/or the EMT program. Not sure I could handle 29 credits!

PSYC 111 (Intro to Psychology) 5 Credits - Need this for the RN program. It falls on the same nights as the EMT class, however, so if I get into the EMT program, I'll drop this and catch it later. It's fairly easy to pick up almost anywhere, including online.

Total Credits: 16
Tuition Cost: $770
Book Cost: $325... and most of them were used.

More updates after I talk to the BIOL and EMT folks. A writing update will be forthcoming as well, but honestly I've been trying to jump through college hoops for two weeks, and the writing has been sparse.

More to come, I promise.