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After all that positivity and optimism, I got a Notice of Academic Dismissal from Eastern today. It's not as bad as it sounds. It's all still because of my "freshman" year. It's not representative of my academic career before or since, but as long as I'm at this school, it's gonna weigh me down. I'll win the appeal easily, with my awesome grades that I've been getting as proof, but...

I should have a 3.0. That's what I've averaged over the two semesters back. And now that I'm starting classes that are relevant and exciting? I could be an honors student one day, maybe possibly! But not at Eastern, not if I have to keep dredging through this swamp of retarded policy. Not if I have to pass every class between now and graduation with a flawless A, just to pick up my GPA from 1.72. I'm thinking I might be better off at another school, which sounds ridiculous, since I've been through so many already. In my "appeal" letter, I'm going to make that known to them, and hopefully they'll start to work for my tuition, instead of treating me like some asshole who -doesn't- rack up tons of debt to be there.

If they keep my GPA at the same level, it may not matter if the appeal goes through or not. I want the option of grad school open to me. Largely because real Linguistics careers are at the masters degree-level and beyond. I am not aiming for beyond, and not even necessarily grad school, if computer stuff ends up being too good to drop, but I want the choice to be available.

I'ma start digging for potential new schools, just in case.

Sean