Registering for classes as first year student
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Anonymous
I was going to say the same thing. This is pretty nuts. Starting a thread about class registrations and the difficulties involved is basically like saying “does anyone else’s kid have trouble going to the bathroom in the dorm?” |
Anonymous
Same, 58. And I remember if you got put on a waiting list, you just showed up to the class. As long as there was a seat, you were eventually allowed to enroll. |
Anonymous
| At my kid’s school they decide for you based on your stated major, graduation requirements, a few questions about language interests and your learning community. You get your class schedule during orientation. If you want to change after that you have to go through add/drop. Freshman get last pick. |
Anonymous
same at Carleton! |
Anonymous
| At my LAC almost 35 years ago, I think we met with our assigned academic advisor during/right after orientation and he/she advised us on course selection. I don’t remember parents knowing anything or being that involved in the process. |
Anonymous
I'm 56 and know exactly what the PP was talking about. We had to wait in line to choose classes and there was a big board up in front where they would cross off the classes as they were full - eliciting much groaning from the line of students who then had to revise their list in a panic. No computer. How old are you? |
Anonymous
| Virginia Tech assigns advisors to freshman students over the summer. My DC was able to discuss options via Zoom with her advisor and had no issue getting the classes she needed. |
Anonymous
I’m 53, HS class of ‘90, and my college registration was done by a computerized phone system. I did have to stand in line for financial aid disbursement and tuition payment, though. This was at a large state school. |
Anonymous
Maybe your kid goes to a private college where freshman are automatically enrolled in the classes they need. Try having a kid at UCLA or any of the UC’s. I don’t want to pay for a fifth year of college. So yeah any help or strategy I can give them to save having to pay for summer school of that 5th year, I’m giving. It’s can be so bad jf you gave a Kate pass time at a UC, that students were selling classes. Hers is an article from the student newspaper: Course selling is when students buy and sell a seat in a UCLA course. This is done when the seller, who is enrolled in the class, drops the class at a prescribed time so that the buyer, who wants to enroll in the class, can guarantee themselves a spot in the class. This can also be done without a monetary transaction, a process referred to as course holding. https://stack.dailybruin.com/2024/02/04/course-selling/ |
Anonymous
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It part of the process of having your kid lear to work within and around the system. It is a good learning experience, embrace it.
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Anonymous
| UMich is difficult. My kid needed a lot of support figuring out a good track for a double major. A big public can be challenging with overcrowding and waitlists. |
Anonymous
| Kid who will be freshman at UMd registered at June orientation. Cared more about times than specific professors (said none of the chem profs get high marks). He is very happy with his schedule. |
Anonymous
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1 had 3 different assigned counselors before they even started, the other was assigned first semester classes based on major. Kid #1 was in an honors college, and sought out an honors counselor once they were on campus and got everything straightened out (and went back to that counselor every year). Kid #2 was a mess when they couldn't get the classes they wanted second semester, but we told them to get on the wait list and be patient. Within a few weeks, they were in the classes they wanted.
There's always a ton of movement, this is true for both kids colleges, one out of state flagship and one private |
Anonymous
I’m 50 and every semester we filled out a paper registration form. Drop/add was in the gym and you had to wait in long lines to drop a class and pick up a new one. Ditto if you wanted special permission to get into a class. We also waited in line to buy our books at the school store. Good times. |
Anonymous
| My kid met on Zoom with his adviser in July where they chose courses for the fall. He has done that every semester since then. |