Monday and Tuesday were the first two days for the actual virtual advising and enrollment for Summer B and Fall 2020. My daughter went through the process, so I thought I’d post a little 411 on how it went.
The first day, there was a Q&A period. I don’t know much about that, or anything else that was scheduled the first day, but maybe someone else can provide that information.
Second Day
The second day, she was scheduled for a Zoom meeting at 10 AM. That meeting had multiple attendees, but there were breakout sessions for specific questions and advising. In my daughter’s breakout, I think there were less than 5 participants and it was very personal and very specific. There was no excuse for anyone NOT getting the answers they needed. The advisors were very thorough, and kept asking for more and more questions. I think that Zoom was scheduled to end at Noon, but they made a point of telling people to come back if they hit any snags in the actual class selection/enrollment process.
After those sessions, the “Orientation Hold” was removed – but that didn’t actually happen until after 2 PM.
Prior to the sessions, my daughter had settled on her classes and had a couple of alternatives. She was registering for 2 classes in Summer B, and four classes in Fall 2020. Of those, two were on waitlist.
So before her 3 PM enrollment, there was a 2:30 PM Zoom call with an advisor. This call was 1-on-1, and again was as detailed as she needed it to be. One thing the advisor did was give her a list of English classes which had just opened up – which was one of her waitlist classes. Several good alternatives – no longer a waitlist! The advisor told her to come back to him if she encountered any problems, and told her she might have a problem with English. She did and I’ll describe that later.
When she went to enroll for Summer B, the music class she had on waitlist had opened up. She registered for that and SLS 1501 Strategies for Success, and was set for Summer B.
When she enrolled for Fall, she was not able to enroll for ENC 1102, because her AP credit for ENC 1101 had not been applied. She sent a copy of her AP Test Results report, but UCF would not accept it. Test results have to come from College Boards directly. So she had to resend the scores, paying again. Now we’re waiting for the credit to be applied, and then she’ll have to go back and enroll for ENC 1102.