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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

So, after 11 months of waiting, my mom gets my degree today, which
1. hasn't been signed by the king of Spain like they said, and
2. was issued in January.

In Spain, they put DOB and place of birth. I was born in CA, USA, HOWEVER, according to my lovely MA, I was born in Bagua, Peru. Which, is some dinky town in the Amazons that I've never heard of let alone been to.. HOW they screwed this up is beyond me, especially since I JUST gave them a copy of my passport in July 2009.

So, is it valid?

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

It makes you appear to possibly be a non-native English speaker. Not a total bad thing, but not really an advantage either.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Makes the university appear incompetant and /or the degree fake, I'm SO angry. I've mass emailed everyone in the dept with a copy of my passport and can just SEE them scurrying lke mice to fix this.

johnslat · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:04 pm Post subject:

Dear naturegirl321,

Proving yet once again that Murphy's Law is enforced internationally.

Sorry,
John

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Actually, it WOULD be funny if it wasn't happening to me. It took 2 years of course work and 1.5 to pass my thesis, 11 months of waiting, and for what? A degree that looks fake?

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Your name is on it. That much is valid. Wink

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Yep, and it's my American name, not Peruvian one, but I'm just upset at their complete ability to do anything. My proof of graduation said

We certify that Sharon, student of the Master in in TELF (in in and TELF are their mistakes, not my typos) through the University of Jaen.

Yep, that's right they're certifying WHAT? They're missing a VERB in the sentence and that is a translation from Spanish to English. Spanish is their native langauge and they got it wrong. I understand that people make mistakes, however, they need to proof read important docs such as these.

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:02 am Post subject:

Is it valid? Well...it's not illegal. Or fraudulent.

Does it look good? Not at all. Were I you, I wouldn't use the actual diploma until you get these errors fixed.

Raise hell with the Uni about this. THey richly deserve it.

Best,

Justin

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home