wow UBC

i had a very long convo with one of my fellow chem major buddies yesterday, after getting an extreme FREAK OUT MOMENT text from her. after this, i realized that UBC and their automatic grading system can really emotionally eff up people in the middle of their exams. i got a text from her asking if i was still registered in my term 2 organic chem course. i was super confused about this, because obviously i would still be registered in a course if i had already signed up for it in the summer. but THEN i realized what she was implying..that is if i wasn't still registered for it, it would either mean: a) UBC had some errors going on with SSC, or b) i failed the first term organic chem class. i frantically went on to Student Services and found out i was still in the class. i quickly called her asking what the reason behind asking me was, and found out a few of her friends logged on to SSC, just to check their tuition payments for next term, to notice that the tuition payment decreased, their credits for next term went down, and that they weren't registered in CHEM 204. and this just isn't one or two people..the current count is 5 of her friends. WHAT THE EFF! i KNEW the course would be hard, and that if i passed it, it would not be a fab mark at all, but HOW HIGH is the fail rate for this class!? there were only 240 or so of us even registered for the class! that means that the prof was a jerk and didn't scale the exam at all (which all of us figured he would do) and that whoever failed would fail, no matter how hard the course was. i PRAY that i did pass the class, because that would be a horrible feeling. and if i did, i'm so scared to see how many people failed the class when i walk into CHEM 204 on Jan 4th. CHEM 203 (this terms ochem course) was so small that it fit into ONE class, at one time, in one small lecture hall. so it wont be hard to see who all failed and passed the class next term, because we all reached a point where we recognized most of the people in the class. but can you just imagine seeing this change on your timetable..and in the middle of finals?! not only will you be uber depressed, but how the hell can you focus on trying to study. both my friend and i didn't tell anyone else about this, only because it would be horrible if our friends found out they failed CHEM 203, especially because we all still have one more final to go. but geez, UBC, even though we cant view our grades, and you already submitted it, having an automatic system where it just removes the class from your timetable and it shows that your tuition has decreased is the MEANEST thing to do, especially when we are all extremely stressed out by finals (and super pissed that we have to wait till 6pm on the last scheduled final day for freedom of this dizzgusting term). anywho, that's my venting of the day. back to coordination chemistryyyy.