I was sick the week of orientation for the spring semester at the university I want to attend, so I wasn't able to get in. And now I just realized that I had to go through the entire application process AGAIN in order to take the summer semester. That deadline was February 4. I talked to about five people on the phone who said that I was fine--that they already had my information in their system so all I had to do was register for orientation. NOPE! Turns out I'm -blam!-ed. The deadline for the fall semester was [i]also[/i] February 4. So now I have to pay $50* and pray to every deity there is that I'll get in in the fall (which I probably won't). This is complete and utter bullshit. Now I'm just going to be sitting on my ass until I can figure out what to do. *Why does it cost 50 goddamn dollars to submit an application? Is that a fee for the few kb of data transferred, or is it for the nail-biting excitement of not knowing whether the university will say yes or not? [b]EDIT:[/b] I accept that ultimately this is my fault. I'm just frustrated as hell. I'm going to work in a computer shop that one of my dad's friends owns. Hopefully I'll be able to develop some skills (and grow up a bit) before I actually start college. While part of me would like to just not go and roll the dice, my grandma left me $200K for college when she passed away, and I intend on not disappointing her or my family.