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University for the REAL world: Part 2.
August 7th, 2009 | 
Author: So, today I decide to show Liam how stupid my university is.
I fill out the form, just like I did yesterday.
I click the button.
This message pops up:
Your online application for leave of absence has been forwarded to QUT for assessment. A confirmation email has also been sent to the ‘Reply email address’ you provided.
Thank you.
RRAAARRRR!
How am I meant to receive the confirmation e-mail if my e-mail is going to be “Queued” (yeah, remember that word?) for a possible 3 weeks??
Whatever. At least it went through this time.
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University for the REAL world.
QUT: A university for the real world. Yeah, you know why? It’s because the real world sucks, and they’re preparing you to deal with how CRAPPY it is.
So I want to defer for 6 months so I can work out what to do next, because they messed up the subjects I wanted to do (another story for another day). I look it up on their impossible to navigate website, and there it says you can defer for up to 12 months total within your course, and longer with special consideration. Okay, that’s fine. So how do I apply?
I eventually find a list of forms, and buried in amongst those under the heading ‘Enrolment’, I find the ‘Application for Leave of Absence (domestic students) – L Form online.’ I click it. Yes! It’s what I’m looking for. Wait, it says here I need to have proof from a doctor that I have a reason to defer my course, either sickness or a sick relative. Could’ve told me earlier! Whatever, I can deal with that.
I fill it out.
“You forgot your e-mail address.”
Oh, woops. I put it in.
“You forgot all these random details that isn’t your e-mail address.”
I look again. There’s nowhere to fill out these details. You’ve got to be kidding me.
I refresh and repeat.
“WHERE ARE THE RANDOM DETAILS?!”
Fair enough. I shouldn’t have expected this to be easy. Their aim is, after all, to make every step of everything as difficult as possible. I look for who I can contact if I’m having technical issues. There’s an e-mail address. Fantastic, they can deal with it.
I go to log in to my university e-mail account.
“Hi! We’ve decided to change our e-mail thing, which means you have to make a new e-mail address! It’s okay though, because it has all this extra stuff. By the way, you don’t get a choice.”
Fine. Be like that. I’ll make another e-mail account then.
I try to log in.
“Queued.”
Yep, one word.
“Queued.”
I ask my friend what the hell is going on with this stupid thing! He tells me he’s been “Queued” for two and a half weeks now.\
Conclusion: You need a university degree to deal with universities.
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