On The Fence

Well people I've hit my first snag. I had updated that I had received the formal acceptance letter and registration post card. I started going through all the paper work that came with the letter and I came across something really awesome(sarcasm). I have had a real problem with not receiving mail on time. I was looking at the financial aid info and the cut off date was two weeks ago and if you have not received a letter summarizing your financial aid be prepared to pay tuition on the day of registration. I filled out all the paper work and I know that I am more than eligible for the HOPE Grant. Monday morning will be spent talking with the financial aid office to see what I can do. I don't have the $690 for the first quarter and thats got me worried, I hope I can keep with the plan of going to school and have a reason to keep this blog going. I'll update more after I get more info Monday morning.

Waiting Game

Well people, class registration is, as I have found out, a huge waiting game. I know I have been accepted because I had to go to the registration office to bring copies of things I had already turned in. When I got there I had already been accepted. To register for classes you have to have your formal acceptance letter and the post card with your reg. time. I have yet to receive a formal letter or a post card. I never realized all the red tape that you have to put up with!

update: Class registration will be Sept. 10, I guess complaining on the internet got the universal wheels moving.

First Post

Hello and welcome to my blog. I got the idea for this because I thought it might help and maybe inspire people in my situation. I always said I was going to go back to school one day but once I did it I didn't realize how hard it would be. From the GED to getting accepted to a college to registering for classes to financial aid. I'm far from an expert but you just might learn something. I know I will. So with that I'll give you a little introduction and a welcome to Modern Geekery.

When I was 17 I dropped out of school thinking that I would be okay without any type of education. People do it every day, right? I worked alot of different jobs but my passion has always been computers. I finally landed what I thought would be a decent job for awhile and started to settle, but as a dreamer I always thought I would move on to bigger and better things. I was laid off in February of 09' and began my journey into higher education. I completed my GED and graduated with excellent scores. I thought I could get in to any college. I was wrong. I finally got into a school and now my adventure has began.

This will be the place that I post my day to day goings on from high school drop out to, hopefully, college graduate.