<p>I have to see an advisor every semester before I can register for classes and sometimes their appointment list is booked for two weeks or more. </p>
<p>Just curious. I've been screwed out of taking Biology after waiting a year because I wasn't able to register in time. And they only have two General Biology I sections, which is really stupid, and I don't see how the incoming freshman can take Biology now.</p>
<p>Now you know to book your appointment with your advisor well in advance.</p>
<p>At my old school you had to see an adviser to sign up for classes, at my present school you don’t, but can if you want. It is far less annoying. Though at my previous school it was always possible to see an adviser but the wait could take all day.</p>
<p>You should be able to take a gen ed. class like that if its a pre-req for all other classes. They must find a way for it to work? At know this happened at my other school, they had to open up more sections or override people into the “full” one.</p>
<p>Not quite. I pay thousands of dollars to attend a school, this is one of those rights I should get for doing so. If I want to take a bunch of random classes to try them out, I should be allowed to. I don’t need to have an advisor tell me what classes to take and what not to take.</p>
<p>Everyone does not to be “advised”. :|</p>
<p>@ S0ad: I will find a way in. They will most likely open the section up with another 260 seats or so for the incoming freshman, but I will get scolded for not going in earlier. It’s not worth it when I think the entire policy is bunch of crap.</p>
<p>“Not quite. I pay thousands of dollars to attend a school, this is one of those rights I should get for doing so. If I want to take a bunch of random classes to try them out, I should be allowed to. I don’t need to have an advisor tell me what classes to take and what not to take.”</p>
<p>You should but it doesn’t quite work out that way.</p>
<p>The problem is that the people who do need to be advised probably won’t go out and seek advising. Then it causes problems when they can’t take all of the 6 classes they need to graduate their 8th (but I guess no longer last) semester.</p>
<p>Yes, of course it doesn’t! But, I’m just venting I suppose. I wish they’d change that stupid policy. </p>
<p>There’s no way I’m gonna graduate in 8 semesters, and I came in with 37 credits! Perhaps if going over x amount of credits didn’t have such implications, there wouldn’t be a problem. I’m almost worried it’ll pose a problem for me, because I intend to take as many advanced Biology courses as I need to in order to feel safe whenever applying for Med. School or taking the MCAT. 125 hours…hm.</p>
<p>You don’t need advanced Biology for med school…only basic first year. Is Bio your major? Also try to talk to someone and explain why you need to get in. Sometimes they’ll put in extra students if absolutely necessary.</p>
<p>I’m a Biology major, and since the majority of MCAT is Biology (and evidence of many advanced Biologies are on the exam placed throughout the exam. By advanced I mean like Microbiology, Genetics, Human/Animal Physiology mostly), I’d prefer that over say, Chemistry, or any other major. Seems to me like the most natural fit for someone interested in medicine, anyway. Probably why (guessing) over 90% of traditional Med. School applicants have degrees in Biology.</p>
<p>And yeah, I’m sure I’ll find a way in. (:</p>
<p>How many biology class options are offered? Are they all booked? Maybe even talk to the biology prof and see if he/she is able to write you in.
I don’t know if they do that, but worth a shot?!</p>
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<p>Not enough for most popular section. Enough to fit 100 people among I’m sure hundreds of freshman/sophomore Pre-Biology majors on campus who still need that course.</p>
<p>I’ve said I’ll try to get in.</p>
<p>At Purdue we had to do that as well and get a registration code afterwards.</p>
<p>At Johnson & Wales, we don’t even have our own advisors. It’s the faculty member who taught our introductory class that “advises” us with our Plan of Study. We can pretty much choose any class we want to for each trimester.</p>