What did I pay for exactly?
Thursday, 8 November 2007 by Jacob TomawIn 1998, The State of Indiana and I teamed up for what has continued to be the most important projects of my life. Until, I bought my home it was the most expensive project I had ever undertaken. As time passes, I know that it will likely decline in importance as other recently undertaken projects will actually grow in importance.
What is this project?
My Bachelor of Science of Computer Science with Minor in Physics.
I know I have this degree and did pretty well getting it. Can I prove this?
My Family went to Assembly Hall in 2002 and saw me graduate.
The IU Alumni Association continues to send me mail as if i am an Alumni.
I also have a crimson and cream colored embossed piece of paper that I probably could have bought online.
None of this is proof. The only proof I can produce is by paying $10 to IU for an official transcript. This requires me to snail mail a request to them and then they will snail mail the transcript to me.
Why is this coming up? Recently I needed to know my GPA. I don’t know my GPA. I did not write it down because I used to be able to log into a system at IU. Then they changed systems and 2002 grads are not in the new system.
$10 is not huge, it is the snail mail that bothers me most. However, it does rub me the wrong way that I need to pay to prove I went to school, after all the money I paid to the folks in Bloomington.
Did you consider transcript costs when you looked at schools? How should this factor into your decision? Should it factor in?
November 8th, 2007 at 11:35
Unfortunately, I don’t think you’re likely to find much differentiation among universities regarding their transcript delivery processes, nor would that alone be a significant criterion for most prospective students. Some innovative and convenient method, were they to exist, would probably still be useful for the prospective student to know about in that said method would be a powerful signal that the administration is itself innovative and dynamic.
Why do you need to know your GPA? (Does your boss read this blog?)
November 8th, 2007 at 12:15
Sorry son but even my lowly Jr. College requires snail mail requests and a fee. What is your GPA by the way?
November 8th, 2007 at 14:57
Kristoffer and I were both told when purchasing our home, we needed to have copies of our transcripts. We were told that this would serve as proof of education, since we hadn’t been working full-time for 5 years. So we went through all the hoops, and snail mailed our 20 bucks to IU. 2 weeks later….we got our transcripts, but were then told that it was unnecessary. We now have our prized transcripts, just waiting to use them!!