College Application

Yeah, so I'm just gonna bite the bullet and do these college applications. They only charge you for the first application, and afterward, you can make as many as you want, free of charge. The sooner I apply, the greater my chances of getting in. I have no obligation to accept an offer, so I might as well make a bunch. Let's do this.

...Okay, so I've got the forms for Personal Information, Contact Information, Second Consent, Citizenship and Residency, Education and Financial Support filled out. Now, onto experience. It's got Job Experience, Test Information, and Activities. Are CWY and Katimavik work experience or activities? Should I list every station, or just make an entry for each program?

Okay, let's call them activities. Activity Name: Katimavik. Country: Canada. Province or Territory: ...

How do I fill this one out? It took place in three different provinces. There's no "Various" option, and it won't let me write my own entry.

Okay, so let's try putting them down as Job Experience. Fill out a separate form for each station, so each has one location. Okay, Community Connections... Alright, got it filled out.

Wait, where'd it go? Is there any way to review what I've submitted? Is there any way that I can even tell that it's processed what I've sent? It just disappeared.

Maaaan, this is a bad form. Every college and university website is built in the most illogical way possible. I don't understand it. Don't they have a school full of people studying this stuff? I guarantee if they took any half-decent student in their last year, they'd do a better job than whoever they have doing this stuff now. It's like, the first challenge in completing post secondary is managing to apply for the program in the first place.

Okay, let's go to "Help". Alright, select a topic concerning your question. "Activities". Okay, so this is just definitions for some of the areas "City" "Enter the city that this activity took place in".

Let's go to "Frequently Asked Questions". Okay, so they just show the top ten, none of which are relevant to me. Type in your own question, "What if my activity took place in more than one location?" It gives the closest match "What programs are available at Ontario Colleges?" Okay, that's not anywhere near what I was trying to ask. They give ten other possible questions, but they're all way off.

Okay, they give me a way to contact them. I sent a message. It guarantees that I will receive a response within three business days. I don't even want to wait that long.

A big chunk of Ontario lost power the other day, expanding into Guelph. We lost power, but only for like, an hour and a half.