<p>Okay, so recently I had to pick an orientation date. There were dates in June, July, and then one in August, right before move-in. If I go to the August one, I can move in 2 days before everyone else and beat the rush. I signed up for this date but then realized I'd also be the last to register for classes. Is this THAT big of a deal? I'm going to Michigan State, a school of around 33,000 undergrad students (not sure if that is at all relevant or not). Am I going to get stuck with terrible classes early in the morning?</p>
<p>At this point I can switch to the any of the last 4 out of around 18 dates. So my question is, should I switch? Will it even matter at this point between 4th to last and the very last group?</p>
<p>Depends on what you're hoping to do to some extent. Like if you are pre-med and you are taking chem, your lab time is going to suck. </p>
<p>I don't know if last from fourth to last is that big of deal, but it might be. </p>
<p>The other option you do have, if you know some people who are already at MSU is get them to register NOW, for some of the courses you want, hold on to them, and then after you're registration day, get them to drop the classes and you immediately pick them up (assuming that you can register online) You'll have to time it well, but it should work. We used to do this at my school all the time within my fraternity for the younger guys.</p>
<p>Let this be a lesson to you that early registration is way more important than moving in early. Moving in early might make one day easier but first pick of classes is a whole semester.</p>
<p>It might also depend on how your school structures registration. At my school a certain number of seats in each popular class are held for each orientation. If your school does this then which one you go to shouldn't matter at all.</p>
<p>Switch ASAP and get the earliest date you can, or you will end up stuck with classes you don't want. At my school (also a big public U), it's not such a big deal if you don't get into one section classes you want because you can almost always get the prof to overtally you if you speak to him/her about your desire to take the class, but for big classes with labs or recitations you WILL end up stuck with crappy early mornings--or no spot at all.</p>
<p>Id switch to get better class times. However i know from experiance (My brother went there and still lives in lansing) that move in is crazy there.</p>
<p>I would argue that at all big schools (and many small schools as well) you want to register as early as possible to make sure you get the classes, professors, and classes you want.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Actually, some earlier orientations opened up today and I was lucky enough to get a spot in the 3rd one. Thanks again for your help!</p>