<p>Warren students will be notified by advisors on the 19th about the classes that they are recommended to take for the fall quarter. However, on my academic record, the 2 CC classes I took still hasn't shown up even though they got the transcript back in July. Only my AP credits are there.</p>
<p>So if my CC credits don't appear on my academic record by the 19th, will the advisor know about the credits and exemptions that I have? Will they even take the time to look at my AP scores and CC courses to factor the credits and exemptions into their recommendations to me? And how would they know what Area of Studies I want to do (for engineering students at Warren)?</p>
<p>They’re class RECOMMENDATIONS. If you know you’re cleared to go onto the next level, then just sign up for it yourself. There’s nothing holding you back. </p>
<p>It’s only a first-quarter recommendation. As for the AOF, they can just tell you to take a class for it, they won’t tell you which class to take. If you look at the Finish-in-Fours, you’ll see things blocked off for GEs, but it’s up to you to decide which classes to actually take to fulfill those requirements.</p>
<p>Maybe I wasn’t being clear enough…I know they are recommendations and I could technically take whatever class I want. But I just wanted to know whether the advisors will give me a personalized recommendation or if they will just copy and paste the default fall quarter from a four year plan. </p>
<p>Since Warren students go to orientation super late, we don’t really get the chance to talk to the advisor face to face. So I would be pretty bummed out if all they give us is the default class schedule for my major. I mean it’s not the end of the world or anything, we can research it ourselves…I just thought that they should compensate for the unusally late orientation with class recommendations that are detailed and personalized.</p>
<p>My experience with advisors/counselors has been that they are … not helpful. </p>
<p>You can look up everything for yourself if you want to follow things “by the book.” In the odd event that you might need to bend the rules, the advising folks have almost no power to make exceptions. For example: I desperately needed to get into an 11 AM chem lab section so I could work in the afternoons. Counselors said too bad. I went to the department’s student affairs office, explained my predicament, and they approved the switch. </p>
<p>In the end, you’re the only one responsible for what’s going to happen to you. Best to know <em>every</em> detail of your own situation, ask older students for tips and advice, and never rely on a third party to “figure stuff out” for you. </p>
<p>FYI - When I had to sign up for classes, we didn’t have any of this counselor input. They handed everyone at my orientation session a Finish-in-Four packet for our college, herded us to the computer lab, told us guess how we thought we did on APs (this was a June orientation, before scores were released), and let us sign up for classes right there.</p>
<p>@OP, the class recommendations are essentially copied and pasted for every individual major. Welcome to public university. They’re extremely generic and a lot of them just say “GE” so it’s up to you to figure out what GEs you need to take! There’s not a whole lot of personalization that goes on. And like astrina said, the counselors are often not too helpful - you can find what you need by spending a few minutes on a website.</p>
<p>I had a feeling that the conselors would be like this :/…Now that it’s confirmed, I gotta do more research. Registration is just around the corner…</p>
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