don't Europeans and Canadians call it University?

Whatever.

I am finishing up the semester and am pretty excited about how it is going. I am already exempt from one final (An American History course) because I have received and A for the semester.

I got into an honor society this year and am having the induction ceremony on Saturday. My dad is coming out to visit so we cleaned the house today. Even shampooed the carpets. Then I made a mess in the guest bedroom because I felt like cleaning out the closet in there...he can deal. At first he was going to come out with my aunt, but she had to cancel. Then he said my sister was going to visit, but I asked her about it today and she knew nothing of it (she's in Maine right now going to school).

Last week I finished a small battle with the school. I had taken two AP English exams back in high school and received a score of 3 on each. For most AP exams my school will take a score of 3 on an exam as a 3 credits, but for some strange reason the English department only accepted scores of 4 or 5 on the exam. I requested to have an exception since I badly need the credits. They denied my request on the grounds of "the English department sets the standards". I apparently took that the wrong way and when I asked the head of the English department, she agreed with my reasoning of allowing two exams with a score of 3 each could count for at least one English requirement on my transcript. She notarized a new request for me and I did a run around and got into an advanced English course required for my pre-law minor. I was a bit surprised when I got a letter back saying they denied my request again, but this time there was no note as to why it was denied. So I set up a meeting with the guy who denied it. After he gave me the run around of the same answers he gave last time and me getting upset at him not explaining himself at all beyond what I already knew, he kicked me out of his office.

I went to his boss, the Provost. So the Provost, the head of the english department and this guy all got together and talked about me. They decided on a plan. Not overly diabolical but you can keep your image of a dark and smoky room. So, I'm getting this first-year English course tagged onto this semester, but I'm not actually part of the class. I am going to write a bunch of essays they will assign to me this summer and when I do that,t hey will give me my english credits I want. Since they are tagging it onto this semester I wont have to pay any fees for it, which was my main concern with not having any english credits because otherwise I would have to take a course during the summer/winter for $900 per credit hour or pay $600 per credit for going over 17 credits in the Fall or Spring of my senior year.

I have also decided that I will be attending law school after I graduate. I am getting in contact with the pre-law advisor at my school (apparently there is one here, but I was never assigned to one when I declared my minor) and I will probably take the LSAT this fall and next December if I have a chance. And it is slowly dawning on me that I am signing myself up for at least 3 more years of schooling. To think I hated highschool...