Class Registration
Posted on April 21, 2009 | Categories: School | Tags: college
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I am in the process of registering for classes for the fall 2009 semester, and my God, I’ve forgotten what a pain registering for classes can be! One of the issues that I’ve had with registration is the fact that not all of the professors for the next semester are listed on the registrar. In theory, every professor at a university should be fantastic, but that is not always the case, as you can see by visiting Rate My Professors. The professors that are listed in the registrar have gotten positive reviews according to RMP, but I am a little nervous about picking a class with an unlisted professor. What if the professor turns out to be the one professor that is awful?! A professor really makes or breaks the classroom experience, and I don’t want to be excited for a great class and then get stuck with a mediocre professor.
I’ve also been trying to work out my schedule so that I can finish each day fairly early. This semester, I finish every day at 5pm, which is awful, so I am adamant that I will finish my classes earlier in the day next semester. I’ve actually been a little bit too successful with this goal; I am looking at either having four classes on Mondays and none on Tuesdays, or three on Mondays and one Tuesday morning. I’ve been debating whether or not a complete day off is worth having four classes in a row, two of which are languages, or having one morning class on Tuesdays and having the rest of the day free. The class in question doesn’t have a professor listed, so it’s not like I can make a decision based on which seems to be the better professor; my decision will depend on whether or not I feel like I can cope physically and mentally with four classes in a row and do well in all of them!
My issues with professors and class times aside though, I hope that the schedule I put together and will hopefully be able to receive for next semester is going to be pretty kickass. I am signed up for classes for both my Public Communication major and Chinese and French minors, as well as some classes I need to take regardless of my major to fulfill my General Education requirement. I’m taking a full course load as well as keeping my current part-time job and hopefully getting either another part-time job or an internship, so I am going to be incredibly busy – but I’ll be busy doing things that interest me, so hopefully it’ll all pay off in the end!
Krissy
I used to hate course selection. It’s WAY more complicated than it needs to be.
Though I’m sure you already know it, but I can’t not say it… you have to take Rate My Prof with a grain of salt. It’s usually the people who either really hate or really love profs that post there, so it’s definitely very skewed. I did some peeking around just now out of curiosity, and some of the best profs I’ve ever had have really negative reviews on that site. I think it’s mostly because they gave a crapload of work and set really high expectations for the class. But they were definitely the classes I learned the most from. So just FYI not to base decisions to heavily on it. ;)
Manda
Oh, I know to take it with a grain of salt. I looked up some of my professors from last semester, and all the reviews were spot on, and some of my friends have had nightmarish professors and RMP reflects that too. In my experience, it’s been more hit than miss, although I know that is not always the case.
Carmen
I would go with one long day- I think having all the other days off would be more worthy, and you could be really producutive with them. How long are your classes though? I mean, 4x one hour classes wouldn’t be too bad but I’d take that back if we were talking 3hour labs and stuff.
I love being busy, it’s such a thrill to always have something to do. And at least life is never boring! Yours sounds like it will be really great and exciting! What sort of internship are you looking for?
Manda
My main issue with having the 4 classes in a row is that my day would start at 8:30am, and the likelihood of me getting up in time for that class and the following others isn’t very high. However, my one class on Tuesday is a morning class, so I still get the rest of the day off to be productive. As for the internship, I would love to get something in the field of PR as I’m a Public Communication major.
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