<p>Hi everyone! I’ve read this entire discussion and it has really helped a lot. I was hoping someone could answer a question I have…
I scheduled my classes a few days ago during orientation with the help of an Orientation leader. I chose classes that were available(green), and it went well. Today I decided to randomly check my schedule,and noticed that there are yellow signs next to my classes…Does this mean I’m on the waiting list now? I’m kind of scared about this so please reply.</p>
<p>@ J311yb3an</p>
<p>It may just mean that the course is nearing capacity…please send a screen shot of the page and I’ll take a look. I forget exactly what those things mean…</p>
<p>Go to buckeyelink and log in. Click on my class schedule and the correct semester. Then near the top of the page you should see a solid blue rectangle saying “Class Schedule Filter Options”. You can change the filter to show classes that you are waitlisted in or classes that you are enrolled in.</p>
<p>Thank-you so much! I’m not wait-listed! I’m so glad.</p>
<p>Is it possible to change majors after the semester begins?</p>
<p>@darkerthankuroi</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible to change majors at any time. Just talk to an adviser and they’ll get you set</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions about rugs or carpeting?? I’m in baker hall</p>
<p>Hi, I just read through all of this and it really helped me decide that OSU would be a good fit for for me! I know you’ve mentioned the Honors/Scholars aspect of things a few times but I was just wondering which you think would be more beneficial for someone going into business: The Honors program, Business Scholars, Global Business Learning Community, or the Business Honors Learning Community?</p>
<p>I was a finance major (graduated in May) in OSU’s honors program and then in the Fisher College of Business Contract Honors program for my junior and senior year. I also mentored two years worth of students in the Business Honors Learning Community. </p>
<p>All the programs you listed are going to give you different experiences and different advantages–and so I recommend you at least pursue one of them. There isn’t one that is clearly better than the others, because they offer different things. </p>
<p>Being in the honors program but not living with other business students means you will mostly make friends with people in other majors. I liked this–many of my roommates and floormates were engineering majors, pre-med, or pre-law, and had lots of varied interests. I lived in Lincoln, one of the honors dorms, and had a great experience. Being in honors also means priority scheduling, which is also a great bonus because some business classes will fill up quickly, especially classes with good time slots. </p>
<p>If you live in one of the business learning communities, you’ll live with a lot of people in your major and related business majors, and that can be helpful once you are in business classes and need people to work in groups with and study with. The people I know who went this route were also very happy to have done so. The students I mentored in the Business Honors Learning Community all seemed extremely bright and motivated, so if you are that kind of student, the BHLC might be a great opportunity. I unfortunately don’t know a lot about Business Scholars or the Global Business Learning Community, but I imagine the experience is fairly similar. </p>
<p>One of the options you didn’t mention is to pursue one of the three honors programs within Fisher, which are each fairly selective and fairly demanding. The program I was in did a lot to make me a well-rounded business student with real-world practical experience. It added meaningful project work to my resume and allowed me to talk about fairly unique work experiences when I was interviewing for internships. I highly, highly suggest you pursue one of these three programs (Honors Accounting, Honors Contract, and Honors Cohort), in addition to one of those you listed. They won’t conflict at all, as the other honors or scholars options are unrelated.</p>
<p>I am an international undergraduate freshman going for Fisher College and I am studying marketing. They want me to pick at least 3 classes that I would like to attend. I have no idea what I like about business to be honest. My parents want me to do accounting, but it sounds boring. I might actually like it when I get to learn it though…so I’m not sure. Which classes would you suggest? and also, I heard that there are some professors who are really difficult to deal with, despite how much effort is put in. So which professors would you NOT suggest?</p>
<p>LoveManga, if you are entering your freshman year, you’ll be taking general education classes before you start business classes. You’ll need to look at your general education requirements and pick from those options. I highly recommend you pick professors by searching for them on ratemyprofessor.com, because those reviews are a great resource to pick out good professors and avoid bad ones.</p>
<p>Most freshmen start with a math class (math 1130 or 1150 if you haven’t already taken calculus), an English class, and a natural or social science class, although you can certainly choose other options. </p>
<p>You can find your requirements here: <a href=“http://fisher.osu.edu/supplements/10/7487/Gen_Ed_Semester_Course_List.pdf[/url]”>http://fisher.osu.edu/supplements/10/7487/Gen_Ed_Semester_Course_List.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thank you Maybell, your information has been very helpful. May I ask why would most freshmen choose to take English? Also, is there a way to find out which classes do the professors teach online?</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the pending financial aid will be put into effect?</p>
<p>The pending financial aid isn’t applied until a day or two before payment is due each semester. I have paid DD’s tuition for fall semester minus her scholarships. That scholarship amount is still shown as pending, but it will show as paid next Monday or Tuesday, I believe. Not sure why they do it so close to the due date.</p>
<p>LoveManga, if you look at the list of general education courses I linked to in my prior message, you’ll see at the top that you’re required to take three “Writing and Related Skills classes” over the course of your education. </p>
<p>You generally take the first course your freshman year (English 1110.01, 1110.02, or 1110.03 or equivalents), the second course your sophomore year (lots of options), and the third course is MHR 4490, which you’ll take your senior year. Freshman English classes also tend to be easy, and a lot of freshmen opt to take easy courses their first semester so they can ease into the rigor of college classes.</p>
<p>You used to be able to use buckeyelink’s course catalog to search for online classes, but now it looks different than when I was still a student, and I’m not exactly sure how to just find online courses. If you do search, and there is an online option for a course, the class listing should include that information. All course catalog searches will show the classes available at each time, and the professor’s name will be listed with the class. </p>
<p>As a word of advice, online classes, while convenient, are not the same experience as sitting in a classroom and being able to ask questions and interact with a professor. I took a few online courses, and while I did fine in them, I didn’t like the experience.</p>
<p>Is it easy to study across schools? Could I be in the Fisher school and still minor or major in Spanish from the school of arts and sciences. Are the general requirement courses annoying in terms of the amount of required courses? Thank you!</p>
<p>Hope everyone’s first week and a half went well!</p>
<p>Feel free to post questions / tips for everyone’s benefit</p>
<p>I have a big dilemma and I was wondering if you could help me out. I am currently in College Algebra and I want to know if the textbooks:</p>
<p>Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus OSU Edition </p>
<p>and </p>
<p>Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus 6th Edition </p>
<p>are the same.</p>
<p>Do they have the same homework problems? Because when I went to the Math Lab to do my homework, the lady gave me the 6th Edition book.</p>
<p>Please, someone who has taken college algebra and knows about both books tell me if they are the same.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m planning on applying to OSU (currently senior in high school) and had a question about the Honors/Scholars housing. I plan on majoring in Biomedical Engineering</p>
<p>Because you can only apply to Scholars as an incoming freshman I want to apply to that upon (hopeful) admittance to OSU, and then also apply for Honors after the first semester of my Freshman year and be in both.
I understand that Honors housing is Taylor, and the Scholars community i think I’d like to be in is housed in Drackett. Could I talk to someone and be put in Taylor because i plan on applying for honors anyway? Or will they not let me because it cant be assured i would maintain a 3.5 GPA?
Also, i want to apply for the Morrill Scholars Program. Are Morrill Scholars housed in Morrill? And if so where would i have to live if i was also in Scholars?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>
<p>Also, what are the best dorms on campus anyway? My boyfriend is currently a freshman at OSU and lives in Houck and it’s terrible!! Are Park-Stradley dorms nice?</p>