u/Ok_Gap_2316

I stumbled on this sub after seeing the recent wasian meetup "controversy" posts on Reddit and found myself here. I was kind of surprised by the how different my experience as a hapa growing up in Hawaii seems to be from most of the posts here.

Growing up in the islands, I always felt like I could relate to anyone because I was a bit of everything and was somewhat ambiguous looking (besides asian cheek bones/eyes). In some ways, I even thought that maybe mixing races even more is the solution to the divisions we see amongst people these days, because most differences are arbitrary anyway. People are people no matter where you go.

I've since lived in the UK, Germany, and multiple states since moving away from home and still felt the same. I think Hawaii may be a bit special because it is a real mixture of cultures instead of multiple cultures living in the same place.

It seems like a lot of people here have the experience that they don't belong to any one culture and are kind of floating in no-mans land looking for their tribe (but I may be reading this wrong). To be honest, realizing that there may be a specific hapa tribe does feel somewhat "good" to me, knowing there are others that are similar to me in a more wholistic way.

I don't know what I'm trying to get at with this post...maybe some sort of consensus:

Does anyone else feel the same way I do? If so, why do you think you ended up viewing things that way.

Do you feel the opposite or any other type of way? Why do you think you ended up viewing things as such?

Just wanted to update here. I posted here last November asking about whether anyone with a WGU degree has been admitted to the MS Shipping and Logistics at SUNY Maritime program:
https://www.reddit.com/r/merchantmarine/comments/1ozs3mg/applying_to_suny_graduate_program_with_wgu_degree/

I just received and accepted my admission into the SUNY Maritime Graduate program, so I can confirm that it is possible. The reason why this is somewhat interesting is that WGU degrees can be accelerated and also WGU works off of a pass/no-pass with regards to credits, which means that you don't technically get a GPA after on your degree transcript. I wasn't sure that my WGU degree would qualify for the "3.0 GPA" requirement that SUNY has for Graduate degree admission. One caveat that may have gotten me accepted is that I am a military veteran that has an associates degree from a brick and mortar school.

I can see there being a world where you can accelerate your WGU degree to finish it within 1 year, then you can try to apply to SUNY Maritime Graduate degree w/ Deck License and finish that in 2.5 years for a total of 3.5 years of schooling. This would also decrease the amount of total years attending SUNY maritime to 2.5 years for the MS degree + Deck License. I believe this would ultimately save money because WGU is much cheaper than attending SUNY is in person. This path would also end up with a Bachelors + Masters degree.

Figured I can put this out there online for anyone else that is running into this situation.

The status in my AIS just changed this morning from "Under Review" to "You've been admitted". Howdy is saying that I am "Under Review". I'm guessing that I just need to wait for Howdy to reflect that status.

In AIS, I am seeing under "Additional documents required if admitted":

COLLEGE TRNS FINAL GRADES

and it is showing a red X. Does this mean that I need to resubmit all of my transcripts that I sent in for my admissions application, or is it just a waiting game?

I don't seem to have any "Transfer Audits" in the Howdy portal, and my Unofficial Transcript is showing some/most of my College Courses, but doesn't show any GPA-Hrs, nor GPA for any of the courses.

Does this just mean that none of my courses have been accepted for transfer? Do I just need to have some patience and wait a day or two?

Just looking to see if anyone has any experience with this.