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I hate Keio more than ever

Posted: April 19th, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Diatribes, Japan | 1 Comment »

You’d think last time would have numbed me up enough to handle this round, but no. Here, in a nutshell, is the shit they pulled on us this time:

Student, fearing the worst, makes sure to ask
Student
Can I take this class?
Secretary
Yes.
Voice mail received the next day
Secretary
You can’t take that class.
The day after that
Student
Why can’t I take this class?
Secretary
It’s against the rules.
Student
What rules? You said the other day I could take it.
Secretary
Maybe you can. I’ll tell you tomorrow.

I want to kill these people. It is the most disorganized, unnecessarily complicated, seizure-inducing system I’ve ever encountered. And this is the best Japan has to offer.

One Comment on “I hate Keio more than ever”

  1. 1 Dan said at 9:49 on December 18th, 2010:

    I have studied at 4 different world-renown universities, including Toronto University and Soul National University; Keio is by far the worst school. Extremely unhelpful, so disorganized, nobody ever knows what the heck is going on (students and staff).

    After studying there for the Japanese language program (JLP) for an academic year, and having received 5 As, 9 Bs and 1 D for my final yearly grades, I am told I have not successfully completed the program, because I was supposed to receive MORE than a C in all courses to get a Certificate of Completion. I have received NO certificate of completion despite having taken all those courses.

    1 D, which was not even a class pertaining to the core courses, deprived me of a certificate of completion.

    Their answer?
    “It’s clearly stated on the program handbook”
    Uhmm….apparently it’s not very clear to anyone, since neither I nor any of my friends had ever heard about this.

    If anyone is reading this message, spare yourself a lot of pain and go someplace else. Keio is not a deserving institution.

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