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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The acceptances from my child’s school seemed pretty predictable this year. The only thing that was surprising was some of the students who were offered freshman connection.  That seemed more random with a couple of students who had gotten into very selective schools (like USC early action) getting freshman connection.  [/quote]

I do not understand Freshman Connection. "Dear student, We're not [u]admitting[/u] admitting for fall; instead, we're admitting you with the condition that you won't be able to take classes in the morning during fall semester."[/quote]

It makes sense when you consider that most regularly admitted students will want to take daytime classes so those sections will be a max capacity, but an evening section or two would have room for FC students.

Over three decades ago, the university I attended did something similar, but kept those students cohorted the first two years. Because they were cohorted, it was possible to offer them sections of Gen Eds at less popular times. [/quote]

But generally students would PREFER not to have morning classes...[/quote]

Freshman Connection students can take classes between 3-9pm. So, while it’s true that most students don’t want 8am classes, most freshmen do have classes at 10 or 11 (and right after lunch, too). Freshman Connection students also can’t take classes in their major. The idea is that they start getting required core classes out of the way so they can still graduate in four years. [/quote]

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