Classes started in three weeks. The card was still missing.
Baker College used a OneCard for student refunds and financial-aid disbursements. The first email said mine was on the way. More than a month later, nothing had arrived.
I wrote support and called it a large issue.
Going back to school already feels like a logistical experiment. I am working as a CTO and traveling regularly. The information-systems program makes sense on paper. Finding hours for it is a different problem.
The card is one administrative part of that system, but it has to arrive. The original notice says it is the tool for choosing how Baker sends a student refund.
This is not the first time the unfinished degree has come back into view. I left college after moving from molecular biology into technology and spent the following years building a career that moved much faster than the academic plan.
I changed into a program that matches the director and CTO work I am already doing and asked whether some of that experience can count.
The administrative pieces come first. The July 5 notice said the card had been ordered and shipped and should arrive within five to nine business days. More than a month has passed.
I asked support for the status. For the moment, classes are three weeks away and the piece of plastic that was supposedly on its way is nowhere in the apartment.
The request ends there: please tell me where the card is. I am waiting for their answer.