<p>Both boys always sent me a copy of their schedule - as others have noted, I found it helpful mostly so I knew when not to call. They each selected classes on their own; once in a while if they were having a hard time picking a class to fill out their schedules they would ask me what I thought about the options they were considering. I don’t think they really were seeking my advice - I was just a sounding board.</p>
<p>D2 discusses her course selection with her older sister and she just informs us, but I do print out her class schedule. I am often busy at work, so sometimes when she calls I can’t always speak with her, so I try find a time when she is not in class to call her or text her.</p>
<p>Mine usually gave me a copy of their schedule which I kept on my bulletin board just in case I needed to know where they were, but I don’t recall when that ever became necessary. It was still nice to know though.</p>
<p>I like having a copy of son’s schedule so 1)I know when is a good time to call him 2)I can look at it and tell people what he’s taking. I’d never remember the names of those high-level CS courses!</p>
<p>D1 emails her schedule after she has selected classes, and I keep a copy on my computer. When she was deciding between which classes to take, she asked for my opinion, since I work in the field that she is majoring in, but she ultimately makes all the final decisions.</p>
<p>It is useful to know when it is convenient to call. I would never think of showing up at one of her classes.</p>
<p>No, I really don’t know any of the schedules. Most of the time they tell me what classes they are taking right after they register…and generally I don’t remember after a week or two. Does that make me a bad mom? They are far away so it doesn’t really occur to me to think about what they are dong day to day…</p>
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<p>ROTFL! I have my son’s schedule, which I can reference to avoid texting him messages during the wrong time of day. I also get random messages from him about especially interesting or humorous things his teachers may have just presented in class. </p>
<p>We also discussed his classes at length over Thanksgiving break – not in the “how are you doing?” sense, but rather in the more general sense of “what’s this about?” and “is it interesting?” I’m not too old to learn and his comments often send me to Wikipedia or Google for further reading. I had no idea, for example, that that old doomsayer Malthus actually showed a rather amusing sense of humor in some of his writings.</p>
<p>I have a vague idea of what courses he is taking as they come up in conversation every once in awhile, for example when something that was discussed in a class has relevance to whatever we might be discussing or he thinks DH and I might be interested in reading a book he had to read for a class. </p>
<p>I have no idea of his schedule beyond knowing he has an 8:30am every day next semester. He has never asked us for advice on course selection, either. That is what he has an advisor for!</p>
<p>In the past I’ve told my dad what classes I was taking, but not the times they were or anything like that. Just the title of the classes. I never really talked about it with my mom because she doesn’t know what those classes entail or what they mean so it wouldn’t mean anything to her.</p>
<p>It’s now getting to the point where my dad won’t know either anymore though.</p>
<p>Never saw daily college schedules of my kids. Both did discuss courses they were considering. I know one D tried to avoid 8 am classes (if possible). Also, other D was able to take courses at two other colleges in a consortium with her LAC and she would usually call me when she was on the bus that went between the three colleges. So I knew when she was taking courses at one of the other LACs.</p>
<p>The engineering program has a very tight template so I will know my S’s schedule for all 4 years since it is available on the school’s website. However, I like knowing his schedule and hearing about the classes so even if the template wasn’t available, I would want a print out of it. S and I have always discussed his options for electives in HS and we did this for freshman year as well. </p>
<p>I also check out the syllabuses since they usually are online (did in HS too) to see what the course covers, grading, assignments etc. You can get a real flavor of the type of teacher based on the syllabuses. Their style of being strict, precise, organized and enthusiastic comes through in print.</p>
<p>D1 likes to tell us what she’s taking before she’s registering. DH & I usually find a couple of her classes interesting 
Freshman year I knew her schedule; now she emails me a copy, but I don’t remember all the details unless I look. After the tornado came so close to close to her campus, it’s a good thing to have a way to know where she should be, if I need to.</p>
<p>She also tells us her work schedule when she’s home, but unless she writes it on the fridge, I can’t remember. That’s more for dinner planning. And car sharing with her sister.</p>
<p>Personally, my parents only knew some of the courses I took per semester. Granted, they weren’t paying for my undergrad either. Knowing my entire full schedule would have struck my parents and most older relatives as “too helicopterish”. </p>
<p>As for wanting to reach me due to an emergency, that’s unlikely as they figured there’s not much I could do from the campus due to distance/travel time and it’d add unnecessary negative stress which could impact my academic progress. </p>
<p>This even extended to an older classmate during a summer term at Harvard as he kept the news of a close older mutual friend’s death which happened a week before finals from me until finals were over. He figured that telling me right away would do much more harm than good.</p>
<p>My parents have no clue what I’m taking or when. I think they’re kind of confused of what I’m majoring in, since I’ve changed it a few times, lol.
This last semester, I had late classes 3 nights in a row so I let my mom know. She usually doesn’t call me first; she waits for me to call her.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m lucky if I know what classes they are taking. As long as they are doing ok, that is fine with me. (Yea, I’d rather know the details. But I don’t push.) </p>
<p>Text messaging does help a lot for emergency contact. The phone is probably off (or on vibrate) during class, back on when class is over.</p>
<p>I know what D is taking. Sometimes I know when big assignments are due. I have no idea when classes meet, or when her campus job is, or when any of the other various things she’s involved in happen. We usually talk on Sunday evening, and if I need to reach her other times,I text, or I call and either talk or leave a message. I have a much higher return rate on the texting than the voicemail.</p>
<p>I know what courses she has and a general idea of the times of her classes, but I don’t necessarily know which class is when. More like: Tuesdays she’s in class from 11:40 til 4 . She was really excited about the courses she got for next term and called me to tell me how excited she was. I think I jotted them down somewhere. She talks about her classes a little bit- which ones she likes, when she has a major project, which ones she is worried about, etc. She told me her work schedule too and I made a mental note of it so I never text her during work. She calls and texts me during my work hours all the time though. LOL.</p>
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<p>I know. And sometimes I won’t get a response to one of my texts for a few days, but when she calls and I don’t pick up? She just calls again. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I was a little surprised to read the OP. For all the good reasons parents mentioned here, I should know my kid’s schedule but haven’t got around to ask for it. With many intro courses knocked off by APs kiddo has the luxury to test courses behind required that I don’t know of.</p>
<p>I knew a lot more about S2’s classes/schedule than I did S1’s. S2 had a difficult start in college so I kept up with him more closely. I never had any idea of what S1’s classes were after the first year.</p>