[This continues to be super in the weeds. If you wanna skip forward, you can go here (to the conclusion post). (Yes, there is no link there yet. I need to link it, once I write it haha)]
Picking up from yesterday –
When I returned, at first they were labeling me as a ‘Completion Student’. And I guess it’s super nuanced, and maybe there’s no much of a different. But to my understanding, there is a difference. And a ‘returning student’ returns like normal.
There’s nothing that sets them apart from other students. They just continue on with things the way they had when they left.
But a ‘degree completion student’ I think is generally kind of ‘locked’ in a plan. And the plan is just to finish. The time for exploring and everything is over.
And I guess that’s okay. I am a grown-up and everything. And I did just want to finish. But I also wanted to be a ‘normal’ student. If I was gonna go back at full tuition and be full time, I wanted opportunity to add a minor [or two] if I wanted, and all that jazz.
And I DEFINITELY didn’t want to be stuck with Music Business.
When I was first reached out to (pre-pandemic) as an alum with more than 90 credits [counting the like 2 ish semesters(?) I tested out of], they said if I wanted a completion plan, they would do it for Music Business (since all my major classes would’ve been completed). They could figure out the simple things – like 2 more semesters of private lessons, that kind of stuff.
But… I didn’t want that. If I was gonna get a Berklee degree, I wanted it in at LEAST MP&E (Music Production & Engineering), and in a perfect world, MP&E, and EPD (Electronic Production & Design).
I asked if I could do the options they laid out, to at least fulfill those courses, to get me closer to graduating. But they said if I wanted to do the plan of remote lessons and things like that, I’d have to sign off on dropping MP&E.
No thank you.
And sorry, but this is getting long. So, this is where I’ll pick up tomorrow!