<p>Do you officially register at SOAR or just plan what to take? If not when does actual registration occur?</p>
<p>Would I be disadvantaged by going to SOAR at a later date?</p>
<p>Officially no. But I think going ASAP is always better as at least you migth get better class times. No good reason not to if you can.</p>
<p>You officially register for your classes at SOAR.</p>
<p>I meant officially they say there is no advantage to being early to SOAR. My instincts in dealing with large institutions is get there early to get the best choices. To the SOAR staff there is no difference between getting into a Chem class that meets at 7:45 Monday, Wed, Fri versus one that meets at 10 am. Tues and Thursday for a little longer. Most students would differ.</p>
<p>Yes, but barely. You’ll be ahead of a few people in line to pick classes, that’s about it.</p>
<p>What if the class size is 100 and you are the 101th student wants to take the class?</p>
<p>You can be put on the waitlist and then hope some people decide to drop the class on the first day, opening up spots. That almost always happens but it’s still not a guarantee.</p>
<p>In a class of 100 I would expect at least 5 drops during the first few weeks. A little extra initiative can go a long way.</p>
<p>Not all classes have a wait list or use the new automated wait list system.</p>
<p>Extra initiative: you can also email the professor and ask for permission to enroll. I’ve noticed a few examples of professors of popular entry level classes that fulfil liberal arts requirements will quickly give enrollment permission to freshmen (AOS 100 - Weather and Climate, Entomology 201 - Human Culture and Insects).</p>
<p>Your advisor knows many of the registration tricks. Taking the initiative always gets you further. Students can change their schedules at any time- the one you choose with your advisor at SOAR is not etched in stone. Be warned however to not ruin a good class list you and your advisor thought through. You will want to have a list of desired courses before you get to SOAR and also a list of substitutions you and your advisor discussed if a desired class opens up later.</p>
<p>Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the online catalog and timetable before your SOAR date. Look ahead at courses needed for your proposed major(s). Look several semesters ahead. Look at prerequisites for courses. Look at charts suggesting when to take courses for any probable majors that may interest you. You may not think you want to be an engineer or such, but if you have any math/science interest take the intro courses needed for those majors. Don’t worry if you are confused- SOAR will clear things up for you. By doing your homework you will have more time at SOAR to get more questions answered.</p>
<p>Make use of email- that’s why addresses are available. Professors/advisors are there to help you.</p>
<p>Where can these catalogs and timetables be find?</p>
<p>Log in to my.wisc.edu</p>
<p>Click on ‘Student Center’ after it loads…</p>
<p>Right under where it says ‘Academics’ on the upper left side
click on 'Class Search / Wish List</p>
<p>For the ‘Term’ drop down menu - change it to ‘Fall 2011-2012’</p>
<p>Then use the Class Search Criteria. For example, you want to take a Math class, for School or College - change it to ‘Letters and Science’, then in the drop down change it to ‘MATHEMATICS’</p>
<p>Next, scroll to the bottom and click on the light green SEARCH bar</p>
<p>All Math classes will appear. On the far right, say for Math 221, click on ‘view sections’. Now you see all the lecture sections and associated discussion sections for Math 221 for Fall 2011. </p>
<p>What many student then do is go to ratemyprofessor.com and look up the instructors to see students’ comments.</p>
<p>Or try this link for the Registrar’s website with PDF of the timetable (the course listing):</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/schedule_of_classes.htm[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/schedule_of_classes.htm</a></p>
<p>Direct link to Fall 2011 Timetable:</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/TT-Fall-2011-12.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/TT-Fall-2011-12.pdf</a></p>
<p>My son would like to take Accounting as a first term freshman. He has AP credits for Micro and Macro Economics Stats, Calc., and he is taking Accounting in HS. There is no AP test in Accounting. Accounting is not open for first term students, how could he bypass. Thanks</p>
<p>I have a couple of thoughts/comments:</p>
<p>As you probably know - the business school does not generally allow students to take AIS 100 their first semester, and I think that’s a good idea.</p>
<p>Did your son take 1-2 years of accounting in high school (you said he has it now)? Does he have a high ACT score? Was he invited to apply as a direct admit to business school? These are considerations he could bring up. You can have him email Jon Davis (head of the accounting department). <a href=“mailto:jdavis@bus.wisc.edu”>jdavis@bus.wisc.edu</a> or Larry Rittenberg (head of AIS 100 classes) <a href=“mailto:lrittenberg@bus.wisc.edu”>lrittenberg@bus.wisc.edu</a> with his request. He should use his own UW email address (has he activated it?). </p>
<p>On the UW Registrar Grade Distribution Report - I remember seeing only a few freshmen grades for accounting classes (which must mean they took AIS 100) and the grades were not outstanding.</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2010-2011Fall.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2010-2011Fall.pdf</a>
page 53 - zero freshmen in any accounting classes Fall 2010</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2009-2010Fall.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2009-2010Fall.pdf</a>
page 55 - one freshman in any accounting class Fall 2009 - grade of ‘F’</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2008-2009Fall.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2008-2009Fall.pdf</a>
page 52 - one freshman in any accounting class Fall 2008 - grade of an ‘A’</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2007-2008Fall.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.wisc.edu/documents/Stats_distribs_2007-2008Fall.pdf</a>
page 53 - two freshmen in any accounting class Fall 2007 - one ‘B’, one ‘C’'</p>
<p>My son has 710 on his math SAT. I thought that since he is taking accounting in high school he should have a much easier time in college. Is there a better class that he could take??</p>
<p>It looks like they are trying to keep each section limited to 40 students which is very good for a tough foundation class. Allowing those not yet admitted to the school of business students to take classes in the SOB would make it difficult to maintain the desired class sizes. He can take it later or at MATC.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bus.wisc.edu/undergrad/forms/pdfs/2008_Bus_Curriculum.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.wisc.edu/undergrad/forms/pdfs/2008_Bus_Curriculum.pdf</a></p>
<p>See the four required pre-business classes near the top (he has tested out of the calculus and econ requirements). </p>
<p>Was it AB or BC calculus? If it was AB calculus, he needs to meet the advanced math requirement (Math 213 or Math 222).</p>
<p>Also see the liberal arts requirements at the bottom.</p>
<p>The SOAR advisors will help him select classes.</p>
<p>For example, English 100, Psychology 202, Environmental Studies 113 and Math 213 to fulfill some requirements.</p>
<p>It’s also a nice idea to take an advanced foreign language class (placement tests given during SOAR)- the retro credits count towards the 120 needed to graduate and help you get advanced standing for registration priority.</p>
<p>MATC kids take it at UW and can register for AIS 100 after business classes are opened up.</p>