Comments on: A Letter to The Man http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man The life and thoughts of Ryan McElroy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jiro http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man/comment-page-1#comment-36389 Jiro Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:11:41 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/a-letter-to-the-man#comment-36389 The first 80% of the first email doesn't even sound like it was written specifically to you. Perhaps a cut and paste and then a little touch at the end? The first 80% of the first email doesn’t even sound like it was written specifically to you. Perhaps a cut and paste and then a little touch at the end?

]]> By: Ryan http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man/comment-page-1#comment-35052 Ryan Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:44:55 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/a-letter-to-the-man#comment-35052 dc, this just in: ------------------------ Ken, Thank you for your quick and clear response. I have scheduled a meeting with my bioengineering counselor for Friday -- do I also need to meet with my CSE advisor? In other words, do I need to turn in two petitions? Thanks, ~Ryan P.S. It seems to me that it is more misleading to have credits that show up as "UW 1XX" than it would be to have a note saying "additional credits earned at other institutrions have been omitted" or even a list of those other credits and the classes they were earned in at the other institution. Just an idea for the future. On 10/19/06, Undergraduate Education wrote: <blockquote> Dear Ryan, To avoid being bugged every quarter, all you need to do is meet with your advisers in bioengineering and computer engineering and complete a 210-credit petition indicating when you do plan to graduate and the courses you plan to take each quarter until graduation. Once that is approved and on your record, you will not receive any more email messages about graduation. Even if they aren't relevant to your current academic interests, we can't delete credits from your transcript because they show the total picture of your academic history. Deleting them would be misleading. </blockquote> dc, this just in:

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Ken,

Thank you for your quick and clear response. I have scheduled a meeting with my bioengineering counselor for Friday — do I also need to meet with my CSE advisor? In other words, do I need to turn in two petitions?

Thanks,

~Ryan

P.S. It seems to me that it is more misleading to have credits that show up as “UW 1XX” than it would be to have a note saying “additional credits earned at other institutrions have been omitted” or even a list of those other credits and the classes they were earned in at the other institution. Just an idea for the future.

On 10/19/06, Undergraduate Education wrote:

Dear Ryan,

To avoid being bugged every quarter, all you need to do is meet with your
advisers in bioengineering and computer engineering and complete a
210-credit petition indicating when you do plan to graduate and the
courses you plan to take each quarter until graduation. Once that is
approved and on your record, you will not receive any more email messages
about graduation.

Even if they aren’t relevant to your current academic interests, we can’t
delete credits from your transcript because they show the total picture of
your academic history. Deleting them would be misleading.

]]> By: dc http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man/comment-page-1#comment-35049 dc Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:26:32 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/a-letter-to-the-man#comment-35049 did a human being respond to you at any point during this process? did a human being respond to you at any point during this process?

]]> By: Stickman http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man/comment-page-1#comment-34924 Stickman Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:23:39 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/a-letter-to-the-man#comment-34924 A. Because it interrupts the logical flow. Q. Why is top posting bad? A. Because it interrupts the logical flow.
Q. Why is top posting bad?

]]> By: Stickman http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/a-letter-to-the-man/comment-page-1#comment-34923 Stickman Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:21:41 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/a-letter-to-the-man#comment-34923 You sound a bit meaner than is necessary at the end, but you certainly seem justified. Good story. Let us know how it ends. You sound a bit meaner than is necessary at the end, but you certainly seem justified.

Good story. Let us know how it ends.

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