So a few days ago I received an email from my university about how they were going to change my degree course. They've change not one, not two, not three but FIVE term papers!!! Which is essentially nearly 25% of my overall degree study. WHAT THE FUCK!!! I'm nearly entering my final year of Uni and had my degree planned for months, some parts even planned out for years!

Have you already used up most of your elective term papers that these new compulsory term papers will replace? Well TOO BAD!!! They won't count towards your degree and you now must do these term papers instead, flushing the thousands of dollars and months you spend slaving away on those previous term papers that I told I was allowed to do.

You want to complete your degree in 2016 which you originally planned with the university for? Well FUCK YOU, you must do these term papers now because we said so! Because with this new degree structure, it would take an extra year of study to complete because (get this), the new compulsory term papers have not even been created yet and will not be available until 2017.

Was I given notice that a change to my degree was going to happen? Yes, but it was only two weeks ago and it pretty much summed up as "Some things may change to your degree."
What student can act upon this?!


They justified this by stating that "students desire more structure in their study and these changes will provide to those needs" Grade A bullshit! Just an excuse to streamline your degree so they don't have to provide as many papers and can save some cash on resources.

Fine, even if the changes are justified. DO IT TO THE NEW STUDENTS!!! New students haven't invested tens of thousands of dollars into a degree that took students like me months to plan out, I signed that contract to complete a degree that I planned out when I first joined this University, they shouldn't get a right to backtrack on that and force me to do essentially a minor's worth of university work that I didn't agree to.

So to complete my degree at this university I'd need to pay much more money for a room to spend at this university for an extra year to spend my precious time to ultimately finish a degree now filled with term papers that I have no interest in and don't want to do.

So fuck that shit. Seriously!

I've now begin to transfer over to a different university in a different province so not only can I keep during a similar degree but I will be able to finish this degree by the end of 2016 (as originally planned). And with this change, I know that I'm not going to have a dick shoved up my ass and have the degree plan that I spend months trying to work out pulled out from under me and shit on by some half billion dollar university!!!


*Sighs* Sorry about the rant and excessive swearing, it's just so frustrating and incredibly stressful. I've literally spend the last few days contacting the new university to work out how I was going to transfer all my current credits/points over to them and how I was going to complete the remainder of my degree with them to ensure that I will all their requirements (Not an quick thing to do, let me tell you that).


Though perhaps I'll take my parents advice and look at it as a blessing in disguise. This new university does seem to be better than my current one, and it offers more interesting courses. Plus I can technically transfer all my credits/points over, so they are not wasted. And I'll be spending up in a city that is closer to my family, so I'll get to see them more often.

So yeah, if anyone was curious about my recent stress, there you go.