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lifeofasmithie · 6 years ago

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How to Choose the Right Classes for College

Course Registration, especially as a freshman, can be really intimidating. Aside from the fact that this is your first step into college, it is also your first step towards figuring out what you want to do with your life. So here’s my guide to choosing the perfect class schedule:

Step 1: Go through the course catalog and note down any and all courses that sound interesting. College is a time for exploration, so don’t be scared to go out of your comfort zone and look into classes that you would not normally take. This is just a brainstorming session, you may not end up taking these classes this semester or ever.

Step 2: If you have an idea of what you want to pursue, look into the course requirements. If you don’t have a clue, don’t worry and proceed to step 3. If you do have an idea or ideas on what you want to major in, be sure to check online what courses that major requires. Usually, there will be an introductory course that you will want to take or (in the case of many economics and STEM majors) a math course requirement. Add the appropriate level courses to your list if you have not already.

Step 3: (For Smithies) Make sure there is at least a few Writing Intensive Courses on your list The only distributional requirement Smith has is that you take a writing intensive course. Note: this does not mean you have to take a Freshman Seminar, you can choose to take any other course listed as Writing Intensive (will be listed in Attributes). Therefore, take care to make sure you have a few on your list (you may not get your first choice.)

Step 4: Start Narrowing. Reflect on which courses really excite you and which courses you need to take in order to succeed at Smith (course requirements and writing intensive). Any courses that don’t fall in this category, set them aside for future semesters.

Step 5: Start building your schedule. Start figuring out how your schedule will come together. Unfortunately, you will probably find that many of the courses you want to take will have overlapping times.

The way I solve this problem is through an online schedule maker, like this one: https://freecollegeschedulemaker.com/ . What I do is I place the courses that I absolutely must take, due to interest or course requirements on the schedule first. Don’t forget to put any corresponding labs or discussion sections on the schedule as well. From there, I build my ideal schedule out of the courses I most want to take. Example below:

Step 6: Prepare for the Worst. There is a chance that you won’t get your ideal schedule. Some courses are harder to get into than others, like CS111, CHM111, and FYS Reacting to the Past. If this happens and you do not get a course you really wanted, you need to have a backup ready. Have a few backup courses/schedules in case this does happen.

Note: You can get off the Waitlist, either by talking to the professor or if someone drops the course, so make sure to show up to the first class if you can.

Step 7: Reality Check. Make sure your final resulting schedule(s) are realistic. As an incoming freshman, it is not a good idea to take more than about 18 credits maximum as you are adjusting to college life. Also, don’t strain yourself by taking a super challenging schedule, even if you were able to in high school. As an individual, think about your living habits. If you can’t wake up in the morning, it’s probably not a good idea to go for 8 AM courses every day. Similarly, if you like doing your homework in the afternoon, don’t take a ton of afternoon courses. If you need help with this step, talk to your friends, family, liberal arts advisor, and Student Academic Advisors (SAAs).

Step 8: Get Ready for Battle. Make sure the day before Course Registration that you have everything ready to go:

~Alarm Set

~Laptop/Device Charged/Arranged

~Registration Code (given by Liberal Arts Advisor)

~All the Course Registration Codes (CRNs) for Ideal Schedule and Backup Courses

~No Holds on Account

Last Minute Tips:

1. Have REG code already typed into the box for when the registration period opens. It will not let you register before the time but doing this allows you to hit the ground running.

2. Have a document opened with the CRNs in big font ready to copy and paste.

3.Use recommended browser (Firefox?) and make sure there aren’t processes running in the background.

4.If you have the option, do your first registration with an upperclassman (especially SAAs) so that if something goes wrong, they can help.

5. Don’t stress out, you aren’t bound to this schedule. There’s an entire period open to Add and Drop Classes if you find that your schedule doesn’t work for you.

That’s it! Keep calm and enjoy your first semester in college!

#smith #smithcollege #courseregistration #freshmen #college #collegeschedule

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140107ing · 8 years ago

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170219 Ato Instagram Update

덤벼라 이 순간을 위해 마우스 클릭 연습도 했다. #수강신청

Challenge accepted, I even practiced clicking the mouse for this moment. #CourseRegistration

#be.a #sunghyun #photo #ig #170219

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bmusician-online-music-academy · 7 years ago

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thekimmiandjackieshow · 9 years ago

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Exploration Course Registration

Collegiate Course registration has come and gone and now it is time to register for the Exploration Series! They can be a bit more popular, and here’s why!

1. The classes tend to be shorter. With only 8 Week and 4 Week options available, they’re shorter than classes in both the quarter system and semester system. They’re truly crash courses in these subjects, giving participants a chance to take a class from Disney experts without committing too much time.

2. The classes tend to be easier. Collegiate Courses require much more work because you are earning units for your university (in theory anyway). They include homework, exams, papers, textbooks, etc. The Exploration Series courses, again, allows participants to take courses from Disney experts without the stress of the workload.

3. They’re free! Collegiate Courses cost money. The price goes up depending on demand. On top of this, you typically have to buy a textbook. The Exploration Courses have no additional fees. You can think of this as free tuition or you can think of it as your tuition included in your weekly housing payment. Whatever the case, no extra fees means it’s a more affordable way to still enjoy the course experience.

4. General interest in course topics. Disney gets to explore with various topics in this series (hence the name “Exploration Series”) because it is not for specific credits. Therefore, classes such as Disney Heritage exist. With a class title like this, who wouldn’t want to enroll?

With that being said, this semester’s registration was a bit stressful. Here are the ins and outs of the Exploration Series Course Registration!

1. Date of Registration In the first e-mail regarding course registration you will receive all the details about enrolling for all courses. Dates for Collegiate and Exploration Series registration will be included as well as the typical running dates for 8 week long and 4 week long courses. While Collegiate Course registration happens earlier, the Exploration Series courses (along with major-specific and distance learning courses) will have a later registration time. Our date was supposed to be August 5th. On August 4th, we received an e-mail letting us know the date had been moved to August 6th. If you have the first arrival date in the Fall semester and are planning a road trip to Florida a week prior to your arrival date, expect to have to register on the road. You will want hotels with WiFi for all dates, in case the registration date changes. If you are only looking at taking 4 week courses, there are two different registration dates depending on if you want to take the first session or second session. My recommendation is to try for the first session and if you do not get in, try for the second. Use the second session as a last resort if you really want to take the course.

2. Time of Registration Our registration opened at 8AM EST. I was in Texas during the registration so I woke up at 6:30AM to prepare. I logged into DORMS prior to the registration time being opened and found that registration was actually open a bit before 8AM so be prepared for that.

3. Do you have to receive the e-mail first? No. In fact, you may not receive an e-mail at all. This might be because we received an e-mail a few days ago letting us know that the registration was to be held on the 6th instead of the 5th, but regardless be aware that you may not receive a reminder e-mail. You can log in and register at the registration time regardless of when you receive the e-mail.

4. How do I select the class? Once you log in you will be asked what you wish to do. Click on Education Registration and select the semester you are participating in. The Collegiate courses will load first so select next. Then you can select your 8 week course. Click next. Then you can select your 4 week course. Click next. This is also how you register for Distance Learning and major-specific classes, but to be honest I am not sure how those work at all. I know it requires files to be attached, but I don’t know much else.

5. How do I complete the registration? Check to make sure your schedule does not conflict. It will ask for a verification code and will have a red asterisk to indicate that this is required. That being said, because you are not paying anything this step is automatically skipped. You do NOT need a verification code to register for free courses.

6. How do I verify that I have completed registration? You will receive an e-mail letting you know that you have registered for classes. The e-mail will not list out which classes you have successfully registered for. Another way to verify you got the course is to log back in to DORMS, go into education registration, and view the course list. Next to the courses you selected, instead of add or waitlist button, there will be a “Drop” button. This will mean you are successfully in the course with an option to drop it and replace it with a new one.

7. I tried to log in to register, but the site is down? This happens often. All Fall & Fall Advantage participants have the same registration date because courses are not determined by arrival date. This means that literally hundreds of people are trying to log into the site at once and because everybody wants their first choice of classes and class times, everybody logs in right when it opens. You can choose to call Disney Housing if the site crashes to ensure the site has crashed and you’re not just locked out, or you can wait it out. Chances are if the site is not loading, everybody is locked out, not just you. You will have to keep checking back throughout the day to see when it has come back up so you can get the classes you want. You may not receive an e-mail right when the site comes back up. DORMS did not send me an e-mail until the next morning, after it had been open for many hours the day before.

8. How many classes can I register for? Two.

9. Is the class schedule released prior to registration? You can look at course offerings and syllabi prior to registration but you will not be able to look at an actual course schedule before registration opens.

10. Do popular courses have more than one section? Each course will offer at least one section, but some of the more popular will offer 2 or more sections. Whether they be at different times or different days, this gives participants more of an opportunity to take the courses they want. It is especially nice if another course you are already registered for conflicts with one section, because there may be another section for you to choose.

11. I’m debating on taking classes! What do I do? Stay tuned for my next post! I went through this same debate in my head so in my next post I’ll go through my own thought process with some pros and cons for taking courses and some tips to split the difference if you are really unsure!

Thank you for your patience in my updates. I’ve been without WiFi for a few days!

#dcp #dcpfall15 #dcpfall #courseregistration #disneycollegeprogram

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shaicoan-blog-blog · 10 years ago

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Fingers crossed

While in Shanghai we will be studying courses corresponding to the ones we would've studied at our home university. When school starts on September 9th we'll begin our third year at university, and this also means that our bachelors are just "around the corner"! Hehe..

So, what have we studied so far and what will we be studying at Fudan?

We have been studying business and economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. The Bachelor Program in Business and Economics we are studying have two different tracks, analytical- and language, all three of us chose the language track. While Ida and Linn chose Chinese, I chose French. Fortunately, which track you choose doesn't decide which country you can go on exchange.

In February this year, at the same time as we were applying for our exchange semester, we also needed to decide whether to study business or economics. Ida and Linn chose business and I chose economics.

The corresponding courses I mentioned at the beginning of this post is something we need to register to, of course, but when we tried to register to our courses through Fudan's course registration system earlier this summer it didn't go well. After emailing back and forth with our contact at Fudan we got recommended to register to the courses when we've arrived at school. The thing is that there are limited available vacancies to each course so I really hope we get the courses we must take in agreement with our home university.

The courses I need, and want, to take are:

Economics of Development

Calculus 1

International Finance

Macroeconomics B

#exchangestudent #courseregistration #fudanuniversity

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