<p>I still have 2 more weeks until orientation, and I am a bit annoyed because I had signed up for an honors orientation but I was given a regular one instead. It didn't really bother me at first, until I looked at testudo and saw that most of the honors courses are filled up. I am also bothered by the fact tht even the non-honors versions of the classes that I must take (mainly math classes) are also filled up. Are they going to open any new sections?</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat. All the classes i wanted to take are full. Was scheduling orientation in august a bad idea? I feel like its too late</p>
<p>I honestly do not believe so since the advisers said that classes that are required for a major must be taken in the spring if full, meaning I do not think they are opening new ones (people were swapping ENES100 and ENES102 in engineering, for example.) Most of the honors seminars were filled up, but I managed to get one of the ones I wanted to fulfill a humanities course and it was pretty much the only open one left in the humanities category (I just came back from orientation.) The wait-lists look pretty empty so if you join those, you may get the course before classes start or right afterward.</p>
<p>Almost all the Honors Seminars have seats open at this very moment, however I see they now have opened all 20 seats which is pretty much the max for all of them.</p>
<p>The ones that I personally found interesting in HL/HA/HO were already filled mostly. Those were the only ones I looked through at orientation, but when I just looked through all of them, there still seemed like there were some interesting ones left with open spots. The problem I see is that an honors orientation is in a couple of days while the OP’s is in two weeks, so those may fill up.</p>
<p>Also, something that was frustrating was that they had us pick 7-9 CORE classes we would be interested in to make sure one was available, but they were all full during the actual registration. The only reason I believe that I finally found something that interested me was because the class is at a disadvantageous time to most people (night.)</p>
<p>Of course, the OP could have more interests then me, in which case I wish him and Daplan good luck.</p>
<p>I’m taking a one day orientation in August since i couldn’t make it to the others b/c i will be outa the country. Will i be at a disadvantage when it comes to registering for classes? Is there any way to sign up without orientation like calling an adviser or something?</p>
<p>Gemini16 what do you mean…people were swapping ENES100 and ENES102 in engineering, for example… does it matter what order you take ENES100 and ENES102?</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t. I was just using that as an example to show that once classes are full, they do not (to my knowledge) create new sections.</p>
<p>quick question: my orientation is next week and I haven’t really looked at what classes I’d like to take. I’m a Civil/Environmental Eng major and i just figured that most of my classes would be CORE and basically chosen for me for the first few semesters. Should I pick out a few classes that I’d like to take if available?</p>
<p>I am a mechanical engineering major and most of my classes are not core classes. I strongly suggest you look at the classes you need to take and the classes that are available. They were helpful at orientation but they did not tell me what I should take. If you dont go in prepared you will be overwhelmed.</p>
<p>Well even for CORE classes, you have a lot of choices, so there are still decisions to be made…you don’t need to look at stuff ahead of time (I didn’t) but since classes are filling up it might be to your benefit to read the online handbook for requirements and seeing what your options are.</p>
<p>The more time you spend looking at classes and thinking about what you’d need/want to take before orientation, the smoother the registration process will be. The people who complain about the advising at orientation are frequently the people who expect the advisors to “tell” them what to take. You need to be proactive and look at what you’ll be required to take (between major and CORE requirements), and then identify some classes that sound interesting that meet some of your requirements. The more options you go in with, the more likely you’ll have a schedule that at least contains some classes that you’ve thought a little about.</p>
<p>Listen to APmom…it really helped that I had an idea of what I was going to take before I got there. Also make sure you have AP scores and SAT scores with you. They did not have my SAT scores on file but since I had them I was able to test out of English</p>
<p>thanks for the advice everyone. I’m glad i asked</p>
<p>Sections often open up on registration days</p>