<p>Printers are a convenience, but definitely not necessary. Had one freshman year and didn’t bother to bring it back to school again. It’s one thing if you may be writing papers and turning them in at the last minute, but as an engineer, there’s not much of a need.</p>
<p>So do most professors ask students to email them papers? What would a student do if he or she had to print something?</p>
<p>Occasionally professors allow papers to be turned in by email, but the majority of the time professors want a physical copy-- They can make comments, corrections, then grade/return without printing it themselves.</p>
<p>Students can print in any of the libraries and most of the main course buildings on campus. There is also a printer in the Commons center for first years. They have to page 5cents a page, paid in Commodore Cash.</p>
<p>I’m still a bit confused about Commodore Cash. How do students get Commodore Cash? Is it an allowance type thing given in intervals every day/week/month? What can students use it for? Do students have to pay to get Commodore Cash?</p>
<p>Sorry for the barrage of questions haha</p>
<p>Student selects how much they want and it’s added to your Vandy bill. Can be used at participating restaurants and stores, for cabs, for printing, for school supplies/bookstore, for laundry, etc.</p>
<p>It’s mostly useful/necessary for laundry and printing. Otherwise it’s basically identical to using a debit card.</p>
<p>You access Commodore cash with your Commodore Card. As Pancaked says, it’s basically like a debit card, but it also contains your meal money.</p>
<p>What time on June 10 can you start enrolling? Is it after midnight CDT? The classes are in the cart and ready to go. It’s a great schedule so I’m hoping S can get the classes.</p>
<p>8am, as I recall. Might want to be prepared with some backup courses in case some fill up-- not fun to have a class fill up and scramble to find a replacement. The good news is that most first years aren’t great at the registration rush… Becomes more important later on when everyone is registering the second it opens!</p>
<p>Go9ersjrh-my son just received his registration package from the College of A&S. It says his enrollment week is June 17-21 and the window will open @ 8:00am on the first day and close @ 11:59pm on the last day. I wonder if each school has a different enrollment week or if they just divide up the student body randomly to assign the enrollment window. Does having a class in your cart put any kind of hold on that class or can you go to enroll and the classes in your cart be full already?</p>
<p>Momthreeboys - School of Engineering gives the students the full two weeks to enroll and doesn’t break them into groups. It just provides dates by no times. S will need to contact the school’s registration office to confirm the start time. I’m happy he didn’t get the second week since we’ll be out of the country with potential no internet.</p>
<p>Pancaked - I’m not too worried about the classes. 1st year engineering students have really only one choice. The other classes are required 1st semester. The issue may be several different schedules if you can’t get the classes when you want them.</p>
<p>Go9ersjrh, what class did your son pick for his liberal arts elective?</p>
<p>My daughter E is Biomedical Engineering major . That is one of my question what liberal arts elective?</p>
<p>idlklol - MUSL 140: Introduction to music literature. He’s considering a minor in music so this course can also be used for that.</p>
<p>elerry3 - If your D has AP credits, take a look at how much of the liberal arts curriculum can be filled with the credits. Then look for classes that might help finish that requirement. In S’s case, he will have AP US History (3 units in 1 area), AP Macro and Micro Economics (6 units in 1 area) and AP Music Theory (3 units in 1 area). He will have met at least 3 units in 3 areas and at least 6 units in 1 area with his AP credit for a total of 12 units so he just needs 6 more units to fulfill the liberal arts requirement. The music literature will meet 3 of those 6 units. I think it’s important to find something that your D is really interested in. We went through the course catalog and identified potential classes and then looked to see which ones would fit his desired schedule.</p>
<p>Has anyone used the Van Laundry service and if so, what did you think of it?</p>
<p>My D just received her Commons reading today. I didn’t know if they were sending the book.</p>
<p>^^
I’m hoping my son’s is in the mailbox. We leave tomorrow for vacation. There will be plenty of time on an airplane to read the book.</p>
<p>Laundry service is meh. If you’re really wealthy or have a very lazy son, I guess it’s worth it. Also perhaps ladies who wear dresses regularly could benefit from it. In general, students avoid it. It’s unnecessary and expensive.</p>
<p>Has anyone else received the book?</p>
<p>My son received the book yesterday. Thanks for the laundry advise Pancaked.</p>
<p>Book arrived yesterday. It’s in the pile to take on vacation.</p>