HAPPY!

There is a possibility that I will be able to apply for the fall semester's master program! I found a small exception to the rules of having a degree in hand.

"However, for EU/EES citizens in their last semester/term of study, some exceptions can be made. If you are a citizen of the EU or an EES country and therefore not in need of a student visa to Sweden, your transcripts must show that you only have one semester/term left to complete your degree and that a degree can be submitted before the MasterÂ’s programme begins in August. The transcripts must correspond to at least 100 Swedish credits and that one semester/term is required to complete a degree." http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/questions..idB8.html#feb1

So...Using my Irish citizenship I won't need a visa. This means that I should be able to apply for the fall! This will be good because then I will stay on my mom's insurance and I'll get mom money for next year. That will decrease a lot of the worry I have right now of being able to afford food and rent. I'll have health insurance and money! What more could a girl want? (I mean, besides the things that I already have like a sot boyfriend and underbara friends!

I am having some problems with my university though. The transcript they send out does not have my expected graduation date. They will not add it on there even in pen though because they don't want to alter transcripts in any way. They won't even enclose another document saying when my expected graduation date is. There is one other document I can get from them that they are willing to send separately that states my expected graduation date, but it doesn't say that I filed or am actually going to graduate on that date. I'm hoping they won't look too closely and will just assume that I will graduate.

I will see if Peter can help me a bit with this thing sometime this week.

On a positive note, I have turned in today my last assignment for the semester. All I have to do now is survive the exams. I should speak to my boss tomorrow about what days to work during finals week. We have a different class schedule during that time.

Wish me luck everyone with convincing Chico and Uppsala that they love me!