adding insult to injury
the british psychological society has determined, in its delayed inifinite wisdom, that my b.a. degree from new york university, does not meet their criteria. this is because they clearly can’t count.** they have, however, offered me the opportunity to withdraw my application and refund my £100.
i guess i’m supposed to be grateful,*** but it feels like a fucking slap in the face. part of me wants to scream and appeal even if it does cost £100, just for the sake of my tattered pride.
**the bps criteria are that the degree must be made up of at least 50% psychology. nyu’s b.a. required completion of 128 credits, 68 of which have to be in your declared major (psychology). however they only counted 55 credits out of 135 credits??!? not to mention the extra psychology credits from mcgill which nyu wouldn’t even transfer (the rule being that you must complete more than half your major credits at their university).
*** now that our plans have changed and i won’t be attending grad school here anyway
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Comment by Tabitha
26.03.2008 @ 01:39 am
I am so sorry. I’ll be going through my own appeals process with my current college over my degree. It sucks and does tatter one’s pride.
Comment by nikoline
26.03.2008 @ 02:54 am
well, my degrees were accepted by the BPS but then i was subsequently rejected by all the UK universities (count ‘em – three lovely rejection letters arriving on completely different days over an agonizing two week period.) i applied to for their phd programs. they get you one way or the other.
Comment by Jen
26.03.2008 @ 07:55 am
i know, intellectually, that it shouldn’t matter. that they are wrong, but that it’s not worth £100 just to prove that i’m right.
still, it feels like a massive insult to get an erroneous rejection letter.
tab, i hope your appeal is successful!