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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assure you there are no honors classes, no seminars for freshmen, no writing requirement classes, or really much of anything open at UMich. Nothing.  All these offered classes don’t really exist at the school.

He’s written for some overrides but for most departments it’s not considered unless you’re on the waitlist. And most waitlists are closed.  He’s number 50 on the waitlist for some intro classes.

EECS intro classes are open! [/quote]

PP.  Honors 241 Honors Core Writing in Humanities has openings for Honors College students. There are other first year writing requirements classes that have blocks on open seats.  These will probably be released soon for the final weeks of advising.  Look for Writing 160.  There are also some places available in Freshman seminars tonight.  Quirky topics, but that's what's fun about college![/quote]

He’s not in honors—didn’t feel like applying and I didn’t feel like I the parent should be managing that.

He has a decent schedule now but none of the major prerequisites are available. It’s pretty weird when you can’t take the data science, stats, or economics intro classes. Or honors intro classes. No freshman writing either.  his deal to get overrides but as the payor this is pretty weak for a costly school.

I was reading that the new UMich grad student contract has the LSA cutting back on its GSI discussion leads. Maybe that’s the problem, some departments have run out of money for new sections. [/quote]
Why kids pay private school tuition to go to Michigan is beyond me. Just go to WPI, get the classes you want, and enjoy the 20k a year merit aid.[/quote]

PP you admit your kid's schedule is fine.  Your kid is not in honors but somehow you are concerned that honors classes are not available.  I explained to you that there is a huge list of first year writing classes that will have seats released within the next three weeks. Your kid can watch for those and swap a class if warranted.  You continue to be concerned that some classes are not available right now even though your kid does not need them.  However, I'm sure you realize that no larger school can realistically cover 100% of freshman demand in one semester.  Some kids have to take some things in spring.

If you read the GSI thread on Reddit, they are predicting impact on classes that Law grad students teach.  I don't think this sounds like a critical problem for a Comp Sci major.  It might be for my kid's major.  But he got all the classes he wanted for fall.  And in the spring he plans to take the classes you mention above (Econ, Stats).

It is probably not too late to switch to WPI if you and your kid would be happier there.  Why plan to transfer later?  There are mentions on this board of people leaving dorms and withdrawing at last minute from various universities to go elsewhere.  It seems to be possible.[/quote]

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