It’s amazing how different people are about things like deadlines or being the early bird or putting things off to the last minute. Now, on most things, I am a last minuter. But then again my idea of last minute is still before the final deadline, while some people really do arrive after the train has left the station, and they are surprised, even p.o.’d, that the train is gone. I’ve also noticed that the early bird types get sort of uppity about people who just make the deadline, treating us as if we are late. I want to tell them to just get a life—on time is on time, even if it’s not early.
Around here, the Business Office is very firm about due dates, etc. But, hey, that’s what they have to be, audits and such. In Student Services they’re pretty easy going about some things, but other things they don’t have a choice about. One thing they can do on a small campus like this is continue to process admissions to the University right up through the beginning of classes. That’s a good thing for people who change their minds or are late deciders. The only drawback is that things can get pretty frazzled. The best thing to do if you’re a late applicant (like I was) is to be prepared for the possibility of having an unusual schedule the first semester and to really listen up to the instructions you’ll get (at 683-4707) about the stuff you have to do to make it all happen. Oh, and then you have to do that stuff. Pronto.
