Seventh Semester Schedule

All the current students know there are a lot of changes being made at the Culinary Institute of America. I've been hearing about them since I started. Of course they don't tell you when you are applying, but these transitions can have some serious effects on us students. I know I'm not alone when I feel like sometimes we are being cheated by the worlds premier culinary school. This blog is a result of my experience entering seventh semester.
eRegistration started at noon on Friday. When I logged on to the website and entered my information I was given an error page and told to call the registrar. So I did. I spoke to LaKeysha Evans who told me I was not registered as a student in the system. Wonderful. So she asked if I could do the registration over the phone, as I did. I told her all I needed was to have Wednesday afternoons off as that was the one day I had to work (other than the weekend). She said that should be okay and she would email me my schedule when she created it. Ok. So that wasn't so bad.
Now the following week was our last week of classes before finals. I waited for my schedule to arrive almost all week, but by Friday I was getting worried. I stopped into LaKeyshas office to see the status of my schedule. All she could tell me was that there had been some problems with the classes and conflicting times and it wouldn't be ready till next week. Thats finals week for sixth semester mind you.
Well, finals week arrives and we start seventh semester next week. I don't know my schedule, I can't order my books and I can't make a schedule for work... Not good. Tuesday after my economics class I stop by LaKeysha's office again. She informs me I am one of ten student who don't have their schedule because all the available classes had conflicting times and that Mr. Witryk (head Registrar) was working on the problem. Come back tomorrow she says. Wednesday I went back. Same story. Mr. Witryk is in a meeting about it now she tells me. All week I get the same response. Thursday they have narrowed it down to only five students without schedules. Lucky me. Good thing I called an hour after registration opened.
Saturday. Yes, Saturday February 9 I finally get my schedule. Classes start Tuesday. That give me one day to get all my textbooks and negative time to give work my schedule. Oh yeah. And I have class 3-6pm Wednesdays. Sorry for the ordeal she says in the email.
Don't worry, thats exactly what I expected when I was taking out $20,000 in loans for the "Worlds premier culinary college."