Help with Far Eastern National University
I'm trying to sign up at FENU, for their Computer Science Distance Learning Degree. This is a Russian school, and the language of instruction is in Russian.
They say they have students from the whole world, including USA, and they say, that people with Basic russian skills can sign up for the courses.
However, they are absolutely dumbfounded by my application.
Obviously, they have american students at the main FENU campus, but I cannot believe one ever went through the online program...because I have to sign up completely in Russian, the internet manager won't answer any questions, and is basically hostile to me.
So thats the background, so here is the situation, and question to follow:
She asked for a copy of my diploma. I explained to her that each state in the U.S. makes it's own laws, and in the state of Missouri, a diploma is just a decoration. At one time, the diploma showed your graduation, and the transcript showed your classes. Now the diploma is only a decoration for your wall, and the transcript lists both your classes and is used to show the date of graduation as well.
She doesn't understand me at all.
She also doesn't ask questions and goes silent for weeks...making this application QUITE TEDIOUS, and I'm frustrated out of my mind...by gosh, her job doesn't seem to be to help me become a student, but to prevent me from becoming a student.
So....oh ya, the question. What is the word for transcript in Russian...I'm not sure the dictionary is correct. How would you explain matters....you see most of my Russian has been correct...I've had my mistakes corrected by a native language speaker...but we nevertheless can barely communicate.
I never kept my high school diploma...(in those days we showed very little respect for such a low diploma...oh heck and we still do)...and since its only decoration the school won't print another one...they'll be glad to do an official transcript....so what do I do, just print up a decorative diploma and send it on to the idiots at FENU....or try to explain myself further about the diploma situation.... just go on and on for months and months and months....
This isn't about language as much as culture...I cannot even ask the internet manager questions, because she won't answer them anyway.
I have to politely ask why I haven't heard from them in weeks, and then they say, we are waiting on you....and I say, but what about my question you never answered.... then they go silent again.
sigh.
