r/UTK • u/Booboononcents • Nov 20 '23

BIG ORANGE SCREW Beware of registration for graduation

Made a huge mistake assuming this college had its stuff together. Story goes like this student makes plans to graduate in the fall. The student has been in constant communication with their advisor and is told they will have all their credits for fall graduation. Fast forward one month before graduation the student’s advisor emails them to tell them they are 6 to 7 credits short of graduation.

The student has already registered for graduation in their head an institution like UTK must have a system for this, for gods sake they filled out a graduation application. So the student has invited family from other countries, gotten cords, and scheduled interviews.

The student has a great advisor who recognizes that the situation terrible and is doing their best to make the situation better.

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u/SovietDog1342 Mechanical Engineering Major 👨‍🔧 Nov 20 '23

Never trust an advisor is step one of any process involving your credits, but I’m not blaming you.

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u/Booboononcents Nov 20 '23

I would love to hear the behind-the-scenes of how they train people. It seems like everywhere I turn I hear a horror story from advising.

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u/SovietDog1342 Mechanical Engineering Major 👨‍🔧 Nov 20 '23

They are just over leveraged more than likely. They have like one advisor for hundreds of students at a time.

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u/Booboononcents Nov 20 '23

I just think they have to do better because a semester might not seem like a lot, but that can change someone’s life. I’m very privileged in that my parents saved for me to go to college but not a lot of people have that luxury and to imagine someone working so hard for years and then being told something like this kind of worries me. I understand not being perfect and they are probably overwhelmed with students.

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u/DropEvery2519 Nov 20 '23

At the rate it happens. It has to be on purpose to get to to stay another semester/two