<p>Hi, I am an incoming freshman and I am confused as to how this whole course registration process works. Unfortunately, I don't have time to even begin to look into the process let alone actually begin picking courses until after I take my finals which isn't for another two weeks. I am really afraid that all the classes I want to take will be full by the time I graduate, and I am starting to get really nervous. </p>
<p>Firstly, am I at a serious disadvantage for having to wait so long to register for classes? Can students already officially register for classes and, in doing so, begin filling up the available seats? </p>
<p>Also, will incoming freshman be contacted by any sort of adviser to help them decide which courses they should/need to take? If not, what is the best way to get in contact with someone who can advise an incoming freshman as I still haven't ironed out all the requirements and I don't want to get off to a bad start? </p>
<p>I'm sure I still have a ton of questions that I just can't think of right now that I will just post here once I do. That being said, if anybody can think of anything that they wish they had been told about the course registration process when they were an incoming freshman, the advice would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Worry not!</p>
<p>Firstly, not once in seven attempts has the list of courses I pre-registered for turned out to be my final list of courses. In fact, I didn’t even bother doing pre-registration the past two years (one exception was for PSCI360, which you can only get if you pre-register). Also, if I’m not mistaken, freshman course selection doesn’t even start until late July or so, which means that you are more than fine if you wait a few more weeks to pre-register (i.e. pre-registration ranks your preferences, and a computer system decides who gets what courses; as long as you submit by the pre-registration deadline, there is no preference given to people who pre-register earlier)</p>
<p>You will be contacted by your premajor advisor in June. When you get to Penn, you will be placed in an advisory group consisting of people who indicated interests similar to yours in your application (i.e. if you said you wanted to do a Biology major, you would be put with other hard science people, and you wouldn’t be put with someone who said they wanted to do a History major). As for requirements, this website is your best friend: [College</a> Curriculum - Course Listing](<a href=“http://fission.sas.upenn.edu/col/genreq/index.php]College”>http://fission.sas.upenn.edu/col/genreq/index.php) … of course, that assumes that you are in the College.</p>