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I’m calling this temporary cease=fire with Direct Loans ONLY because their office hours are now over. (Fuck office hours).

What I learned today:

• Direct Loans needs verification that I was enrolled in school prior to a Sept. 21st, 2003 deadline in order to return my grace-period to me.
• OSU relies on the National Student Clearinghouse to report enrollment information to Loan/medical/etc etc organizations.
• OSU last posted information to the NSC on Sept. 10, 2003 (note: before Sept. 21st.)
• Because the information was known and posted on the 10th, it would seem that OSU knew I was enrolled on or before that date. Unfortunately, no certified date-of-registration to prove this is included in my NSC record, so I can’t just print that out and mail it off like the Registrar said I could.

There are a few things I need to find out in order to completely understand how to get my grace period back.

For example: In my Direct Loans “Borrower’s Rights and Responsibilities”, it clearly states when a borrower’s grace period begins. (The day “enrollment” falls below a certain point) However, it does not clearly state when the grace-period ends. If I can find something that says that it ends when 6-months pass and student remains not enrolled, then I know I’m right. It would be only a small task to prove that the date I registered for Fall classes was LONG before Sept. 21st.

However, if I find something that states that the grace period ends when 6 months pass and ’student is not attending class‘ or ’school-term has not yet begun’, then I’m in trouble.

In that possible case, I am not sure how far I could get with my original “I was misadvised in March by OSU Financial AID office” argument because I have nothing to document the conversation that led me to decide to take Spring term off in the first place.

I’m told that the last thing I’ll be able to do is submit a letter explaining my situation and OSU’s various offices will “see what we can do”. The Financial Aid office even said that they doubted they could do anything at all (bad form, you!), but to “keep it in mind.”

*sigh* I’m tired now.

In Other News: For shits and giggles, I downloaded an NES emulator and started playing Legend of Zelda. For the record: that game is infuriating. I’m coming to understand that players are expected to die a million times in order to get ANYWHERE. Wah. that just feels like cheating. But then again, I got hooked on gaming no sooner than N64-era games (And LATE N64-era at that.), so I don’t know what all this old-school shit is really all about.

Question for those who have played LoZ: You can buy arrows in one of the caves… where the fuck do you get the bow? I can’t use them. and I want to. wah.