Members RyCLB Posted February 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 They haven't declined your promotion yet. Once they do... C7 {censored}, if they do, I'll be down there with my new semi-automatic toys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 20, 2008 Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 {censored}, if they do, I'll be down there with my new semi-automatic toys... We should go shooting when the weather warms up, I've got my father's hand cannon in my possession for a while...C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 We should go shooting when the weather warms up, I've got my father's hand cannon in my possession for a while... C7 Hell yeah, man. I got a new 9MM pistol and a .22 semi-auto rifle. They're a blast to shoot. We found a range up by Keystone a couple of weeks ago and blew through some rounds. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted February 20, 2008 Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 Positive vibes buddy. I'm going through the opposite it seems. I want to get into school again, but BECAUSE I graduated they won't take me. My marks were average at best, not bad, not great, mostly C+'s and B's with the odd A. I had major potential, but screwed around too much.Long story short, if I did not graduate I would be in school now, accepted based on life experience, work experience and the like. But because I did graduate high school 16 years ago, they are holding my marks against me as if they happened yesterday, weighted against how long I have been out of school. In other words, I am doomed to never get accepted because it was so long ago, and the longer I go, the worse it will get.They actually told me that if I did not finish high school they would look at my file and assess me based on who I am today, but since I did finish, I can only be assessed on who I was then. I told them that regardless of what I did or did not learn then, I promise that I forgot it all, and they agreed, I probably would have, but that fact doesn't matter. I asked them to explain this, and at the end of it all it came out that it's ok to learn something and forget it, as long as you learned it once. I work in Marketing, have for the last 5 years. I want to get into college for Marketing to get that piece of paper to take me further. I have to go back for a year of upgrading first if I want to, only because I did graduate high school in 1992. They told me my work experience would have gotten me a place in the class for certain, but only if I didn't graduate high school, or if I did a year of upgrading (cash grab) first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted February 20, 2008 Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 ...but there's no dental with music). Sure there is. Ask Shane McGowan of the Pogues all about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassgirl9 Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 I have an F on my transcripts for a class I never took. It was a clerical error and I can't get rid of it. If I had complained about it right away and taken it to the board, they might have reversed it, but I didn't even know it was there until it was too late. Thank god I don't need transcripts anymore. Good vibes sent your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ezstep Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 I dunno. I would think that if you tell them upfront that, "Yeah, I screwed around too much when I first went to college" that it would go a long way in the interview. My first year of college was perhaps the best year of my life. And I finished with a 2.3 gpa to prove it. Of course, I joined the military, got married, and a year after that went back to college and graduated cum laude and counting my post-grad classes have a 3.8 gpa. But, I couldn't imagine my freshman year in college coming back to haunt me.Either way, you have my thoughts and best wishes. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zamfir Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 I dunno. I would think that if you tell them upfront that, "Yeah, I screwed around too much when I first went to college" that it would go a long way in the interview. +1. Be up front with it, and use it to leverage your response. They don't want to hear you hem, haw, get embarrassed, languish in the past. They want to be reassured that you are forward looking and a completely different, reliable, productive person. So: "I freely admit to making mistakes, and learning from them. I didn't set goals back then. I do now. In [month, year], I made a commitment to get serious about getting my life on track and achieving as much as I can. Here's the proof of what I've achieved since then, consistently well. I'm hungry to make up for lost time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 , I made a commitment to get serious about getting my life on track and achieving as much as I can. Here's the proof of what I've achieved since then, consistently well. I'm hungry to make up for lost time." Pfft. I think he should freak out and scream obscenities, to prove that he means business and won't put up with insolent questions from inferior people.C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zamfir Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Pfft. I think he should freak out and scream obscenities, to prove that he means business and won't put up with insolent questions from inferior people. C7 :DThat's best left to Plan B...I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 :D That's best left to Plan B...I think... Plan B is for those who don't have a solid Plan A.C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zamfir Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Plan B is for those who don't have a solid Plan A. C7 Hey! I had a *solid*, slam-dunk Plan A! It was boalg's mom who needed Plan B! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Pfft. I think he should freak out and scream obscenities, to prove that he means business and won't put up with insolent questions from inferior people. C7 You know me better than most, brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 You know me better than most, brother. I've got a wooden baseball bat with screws sticking out of it if you want to borrow it to take to the interview.C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 I've got a wooden baseball bat with screws sticking out of it if you want to borrow it to take to the interview.C7 I need to visit Colorado more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 I need to visit Colorado more often.Definitely.C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 They'll see the improvement in your grades as a sign of personal growth and potential to learn. Always vital qualities for someone in management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y-o-y Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this the "permanent record" we were always threatened with as children coming back to haunt you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 You need to tell the school you're going to now you need a list of transfered classes. F's don't transfer because you need to get a C or better to get credit at another school. That way only the classes you passed will show up on your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 You need to tell the school you're going to now you need a list of transfered classes. F's don't transfer because you need to get a C or better to get credit at another school. That way only the classes you passed will show up on your list. I did get such a list. Unfortunately, the bank needs to see the grades associated with those courses and my school wasn't able to give me a list of the courses AND the grades. Thus, I had to provide copies of those transcripts. I sent them to HR yesterday afternoon. I should hear a "yay" or "nay" by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted February 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2008 Unless they've indicated they've seen the past transcript and it is a problem, I wouldn't think it'd be any issue at all. Good luck regardless. I hope you get the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Unless they've indicated they've seen the past transcript and it is a problem, I wouldn't think it'd be any issue at all. Good luck regardless. I hope you get the position.Well, they haven't seen it yet. They'll get them today. Hopefully it'll all work out. Thanks for the support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted February 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2008 Well, they haven't seen it yet. They'll get them today. Hopefully it'll all work out. Thanks for the support! It will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonkeyGrl Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Good luck and let us know how it turns out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Thanks again for all the support, guys. I feel much better about the situation and I'll definitely let you know how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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