<p>The below questions are common, so </p>
<p>*1)
Regarding schedules, how does our student even know what to schedule. Should they see what their major requires, or what freshman usually take.</p>
<p>2)
What about AP results. </p>
<p>3)
I know S1 met with his honors counselor during orientation and his counselor guided him…will they do that at bamabound? </p>
<p>4)</p>
<h2>Also S cannot make an honors bamabound so we scheduled him for a regular session. I know he will miss some honors information, but will it also mean he wouldn’t meet with an honors counselor? Thanks*</h2>
<p>1) Yes, absolutely. Students need to look to see what their majors require, see what req’ts they’ve already fulfilled via AP/IB/DE and create a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C for Fall semester. Some kids are very pro-active and plan out the whole 8 semesters…or maybe just the next 4 semesters.</p>
<p>They should come to Bama Bound with a Weeklong Grid that has these options listed (including the CRN numbers to plug in).</p>
<p>So, create an Excel file with 6 columns across…Time, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Friday. and, many rows below marked in half hour increments starting at 8 am. In each time allotment, put 2-3 options. </p>
<p>TAKE CAREFUL note of any classes that are only offered in the Fall or Spring…especially if that’s a pre-req for another class.</p>
<p>2) If they already know what AP credits they have, then they can apply those as needed and plug in other classes in those spots. If they don’t yet have scores, they can either guess that they got the needed score and select the higher class, or retake the class. </p>
<p>3) & 4) Bama doesn’t have “honors advisors” like a smaller honors college might. There are just too many kids and too many majors for a few honors counselors to know all the req’ts. The selection of honors classes is really up to the student. Bama can’t really require that a STEM major take Honors Chem or Honors Bio, since that section might not work with a schedule or the student may have AP credits. </p>
<p>If a student needs a Fine Arts Core Req’t, then he can choose one of the Honors FA offerings. It’s really up to the student to make his selections.</p>
<p>Students get approval from the advisor of their major. If they have a question about a particular honors class, an Honors College administrator can answer the question.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that while an advisor signs off on a schedule, the student has the freedom to later change, add, remove any class he wants. Kids tweak their schedules many times over the summer after Bama Bound. An additional signature isn’t required.</p>