matrixmechanics
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts.
I am sorry for my English grammar, I try very hard to be clear and concise with it. But please understand that this is not the only language on the face of this planet. Thank you
I have many different legal issues, I will try to be brief with each one.
I went to Hampshire College (Amherst MA) as a transfer student. I was supposed to be able to enrol in classes at one of the five college, (Hampshire is a part of the five college colloquium) and heavily uses this as a sells tactic to sway perspective students to enrol at Hampshire. And use Hampshire's portfolio grading system to build a device based on my research done. However I was forced to take classes at Hampshire during my first transfer year there. This was due to my first advisor at the time, assuming that I was a fresh high school grad and not a College transfer student, who would have been allowed to enrol in classes at one of the five colleges. Hampshire during that year was not offering any classes that focused on my degree(s). I ended up wasting a year taking useless "classes". I was heavily influenced to take a "math" class that detailed playing with Lego’s, and crossword puzzles, then listening to the professor tell us about his personal monologue. I came to Hampshire as a physics, chemical engineering student with wanting a minor in music (at the time). This class was in no way suited to be listed as a Math class, nor should it have been slotted for a STEM student to take. I also was heavily advised to enrol in Hampshire "Engineering like" course, where the students played with marshmallows, spaghetti, and later some left over copper wire, with the final project being making something out of plastic. I petition the courses arguing that I needed to take real math courses, engineering courses and chemistry courses, that they had nothing to do with my major and should be offered to adults at a college. So that I would be able not only know what I was doing when I applied to a job in my field, but would also be able to be accepted to Grad school (without being laughed at). It was later found out that the advising office along with my advisor had giving me the wrong information incorrectly assuming my status as a non-traditional transfer student and should be been allowed to take the classes that I needed at one of the five college. This threw me back two years, since most of the courses that I needed (from the five colleges in my field) are co-curricular and are only offered in the fall, with the second half being offered in the spring. I tried to transfer out but Hampshire doesn't have a grading system or credits. It relies on evaluations and "portfolios". My evaluations were not completed from my teachers until midterms of the NEW spring sessions of the following year. Nearly a year 1/2 later I had to wait for my grades to be post from the Fall of my first year, leaving my financial aid in limbo, and I could not get my transcripts until my grades had been posted from the Fall and spring of 2013. Keeping me locked at the school for two years, at that point I tried to make the best out of my current situation.
I ended up spending three years total never taking one class that was in any of my majors. Hampshire purposely solicited to STEM students to quantify for grants and to help make the college look more "reputable" (I did not find this until years later by a staff member) . Hampshire told me that it was absolutely possible to study my major(s) there, and that they had the resources, funds, the faculty and staff and network to make it happen. None of this turned out to be the case. I actually found out that the horrible retention rate was in part due to students having to transfer and or drop out of the college because it was very hard to impossible to property study Engineering, math and sciences. Even though the college would lead students on to think otherwise, showing skewed graphs, manipulated student experiences and graduated "natural science" students (showing graduated stem students whose fields were not in the stem related majors) and reviews, graduate schools acceptance rates that did not include the STEM field. I was lead into going to Hampshire College under false pretences. Hampshire administration was also aware that the students whom they were accepting would have a hard time being able to transfer out of the college, due to the way that Hampshire runs the college.
(There was a massive resignation of administration staff after this practice blew up in the colleges face).
I had to drop my music minor due to the college never having any higher level music courses available, (which when I applied I was told was not the case and would not be a problem) I was told that there are always "plenty of music courses available". During my first year there, there were no higher level courses. Music majors and minors have to apply for a grant to hopefully receive music lessons, which lingers on for most of the semester until it is approved. Leaving the music student without a music teacher for the better half of the year. Most of the students are financially privilege and just pay for private lessons instead of waiting. Students who are not in that position are forced to drop their music major/minor there, which is what I had to do.
I had to bring a staff member to court to seek a no contact order due to his hostile attitude, misogynistic and racist comments. The college would not take action until I brought him to court. This also left me uncomfortable working around him. He bared me from taking a class that I desperately needed in order to get a job in at least entry level engineering. It was a solid works and cad class. The only one to my knowledge that the college offered (co-curricular). He lied that the class was full (he had a handful of students which all but dropped out after two weeks), which the college found out about. Without having any cad or solid works training and courses on my transcripts or for jobs skills I am not qualified for even entry level.
As stated above during my time at Hampshire I did not have access to any classes. I was forced to "make up classes/independent studies" just to keep myself busy since I was locked and couldn't transfer out. I spent three years there studying nothing in my field. My "Major(s)" are useless and are not real majors. I never built the devices that my contract states due to not getting grant funding until a month before graduation. Hampshire also bans students from taking any courses during their senior year at Hampshire. Even though I had already spent two years not having any classes to take, the college wouldn't let me take any during the final year. Quoting that I was supposed to spend that time working on my project(s). However I had no formal training, no mathematics perquisites, no physics prerequisites, nor electrical, or engineering, magnetism, nothing at all! To do any of my final projects. After I brought the staff member to court since the college wouldn't step forward, the college wanted me out and just told my advisor to "push the button and graduate me".
I have called several university's about grad school, but my transcripts show so many deficiencies, that I have been told that I would have to start all over again first getting my B.S. then going for my M.S.
To this day I have no idea what major(s), field, I actually graduated in or with.
I am sorry for my English grammar, I try very hard to be clear and concise with it. But please understand that this is not the only language on the face of this planet. Thank you
I have many different legal issues, I will try to be brief with each one.
I went to Hampshire College (Amherst MA) as a transfer student. I was supposed to be able to enrol in classes at one of the five college, (Hampshire is a part of the five college colloquium) and heavily uses this as a sells tactic to sway perspective students to enrol at Hampshire. And use Hampshire's portfolio grading system to build a device based on my research done. However I was forced to take classes at Hampshire during my first transfer year there. This was due to my first advisor at the time, assuming that I was a fresh high school grad and not a College transfer student, who would have been allowed to enrol in classes at one of the five colleges. Hampshire during that year was not offering any classes that focused on my degree(s). I ended up wasting a year taking useless "classes". I was heavily influenced to take a "math" class that detailed playing with Lego’s, and crossword puzzles, then listening to the professor tell us about his personal monologue. I came to Hampshire as a physics, chemical engineering student with wanting a minor in music (at the time). This class was in no way suited to be listed as a Math class, nor should it have been slotted for a STEM student to take. I also was heavily advised to enrol in Hampshire "Engineering like" course, where the students played with marshmallows, spaghetti, and later some left over copper wire, with the final project being making something out of plastic. I petition the courses arguing that I needed to take real math courses, engineering courses and chemistry courses, that they had nothing to do with my major and should be offered to adults at a college. So that I would be able not only know what I was doing when I applied to a job in my field, but would also be able to be accepted to Grad school (without being laughed at). It was later found out that the advising office along with my advisor had giving me the wrong information incorrectly assuming my status as a non-traditional transfer student and should be been allowed to take the classes that I needed at one of the five college. This threw me back two years, since most of the courses that I needed (from the five colleges in my field) are co-curricular and are only offered in the fall, with the second half being offered in the spring. I tried to transfer out but Hampshire doesn't have a grading system or credits. It relies on evaluations and "portfolios". My evaluations were not completed from my teachers until midterms of the NEW spring sessions of the following year. Nearly a year 1/2 later I had to wait for my grades to be post from the Fall of my first year, leaving my financial aid in limbo, and I could not get my transcripts until my grades had been posted from the Fall and spring of 2013. Keeping me locked at the school for two years, at that point I tried to make the best out of my current situation.
I ended up spending three years total never taking one class that was in any of my majors. Hampshire purposely solicited to STEM students to quantify for grants and to help make the college look more "reputable" (I did not find this until years later by a staff member) . Hampshire told me that it was absolutely possible to study my major(s) there, and that they had the resources, funds, the faculty and staff and network to make it happen. None of this turned out to be the case. I actually found out that the horrible retention rate was in part due to students having to transfer and or drop out of the college because it was very hard to impossible to property study Engineering, math and sciences. Even though the college would lead students on to think otherwise, showing skewed graphs, manipulated student experiences and graduated "natural science" students (showing graduated stem students whose fields were not in the stem related majors) and reviews, graduate schools acceptance rates that did not include the STEM field. I was lead into going to Hampshire College under false pretences. Hampshire administration was also aware that the students whom they were accepting would have a hard time being able to transfer out of the college, due to the way that Hampshire runs the college.
(There was a massive resignation of administration staff after this practice blew up in the colleges face).
I had to drop my music minor due to the college never having any higher level music courses available, (which when I applied I was told was not the case and would not be a problem) I was told that there are always "plenty of music courses available". During my first year there, there were no higher level courses. Music majors and minors have to apply for a grant to hopefully receive music lessons, which lingers on for most of the semester until it is approved. Leaving the music student without a music teacher for the better half of the year. Most of the students are financially privilege and just pay for private lessons instead of waiting. Students who are not in that position are forced to drop their music major/minor there, which is what I had to do.
I had to bring a staff member to court to seek a no contact order due to his hostile attitude, misogynistic and racist comments. The college would not take action until I brought him to court. This also left me uncomfortable working around him. He bared me from taking a class that I desperately needed in order to get a job in at least entry level engineering. It was a solid works and cad class. The only one to my knowledge that the college offered (co-curricular). He lied that the class was full (he had a handful of students which all but dropped out after two weeks), which the college found out about. Without having any cad or solid works training and courses on my transcripts or for jobs skills I am not qualified for even entry level.
As stated above during my time at Hampshire I did not have access to any classes. I was forced to "make up classes/independent studies" just to keep myself busy since I was locked and couldn't transfer out. I spent three years there studying nothing in my field. My "Major(s)" are useless and are not real majors. I never built the devices that my contract states due to not getting grant funding until a month before graduation. Hampshire also bans students from taking any courses during their senior year at Hampshire. Even though I had already spent two years not having any classes to take, the college wouldn't let me take any during the final year. Quoting that I was supposed to spend that time working on my project(s). However I had no formal training, no mathematics perquisites, no physics prerequisites, nor electrical, or engineering, magnetism, nothing at all! To do any of my final projects. After I brought the staff member to court since the college wouldn't step forward, the college wanted me out and just told my advisor to "push the button and graduate me".
I have called several university's about grad school, but my transcripts show so many deficiencies, that I have been told that I would have to start all over again first getting my B.S. then going for my M.S.
To this day I have no idea what major(s), field, I actually graduated in or with.
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All of this just because I went to the military well over a decade 1/2 ago, I never once said anything to these students, I was always to busy and worked all of the time, and was hardly in the mod. I do not even remember her name, I barely saw her or the other students. I was only there to sleep and leave, I was the first one up early in the morning and the last one to come in. (btw I never even talked to this student) The college has a lot of problems with a strong colour divide there. The student body is filled with a large portion of "hippie extremely rich kids super social justice warrior class". This should explain their very aggressive attitudes.