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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Impossible_Welder651 on 2026-02-26 02:30:53+00:00.
I recently moved abroad to join a Master's program. I did this was because I was dissatisfied with my job, wanted a change of scenery and the opportunity to study something interesting. I am in my late twenties, so the decision had a "now or never" feeling to it, as I wanted to justify a change in career. It was a fairly significant financial risk.
I completed the first semester and did well. I had the last couple of weeks off, and just spent them enjoying my leisure time. I hadn't realised that I was supposed to register for my 2nd semester courses before the end of this two week period. I read an email detailing this deadline half an hour after the deadline had passed. The university I'm at is not flexible with deadlines like this one, so I simply cannot take my 2nd semester.
In my meagre defence, the deadline for course registration in my first semester landed at the end of the first month of classes. I had simply assumed it would be the same for the second, and no one had explicitly told me otherwise. I should have checked. I can't just skip a semester and take the courses in a few months, this fucks up the schedule of the (2yr) program I'm on. If I wanted to wait it out, I'd be here for another 2.5 years, which I just can't afford to do.
I don't know what to tell my family, who have been pretty supportive and proud of me. They're visiting next month. This felt like a new start, and I've completely fucked it up because I missed an arbitrary administrative deadline. I have no money or prospects.
TL;DR: Flunked out of my master's program because I missed a registration deadline halfway through my first year.