<p>I've run into a scheduling conflict that is highly unlikely to resolve itself. My Cal 2 class and Bio 101 Lab overlap, but there's only a single Cal 2 section that could fit my current schedule, or 2 different Bio 101 Labs that would also fit. I'm considering dropping Cal 2 outright since I don't necessarily need to jump right into it first semester, and substituting in a different general ed requirement, like a history or foreign language.</p>
<p>Do I need to contact my advisor before doing so? Spots in any class seem to come and go by the hour, and trying to get a response by email in time to catch one seems like a supreme waste of effort.</p>
<p>If you needed to speak with your advisor in order to make a change, VIP wouldn’t allow you to make the change.</p>
<p>And if you’re not done with your foreign language requirement, go ahead and take foreign language this semester. You really don’t want to go a semester or a year without a foreign language and then try to pick it back up again. All of my French professors recommended taking it to fulfill requirements as soon as you could so it wouldn’t be so difficult. What you place into your freshman year would probably not be the same as sophomore year.</p>
<p>Dhopkins…not sure that’s true, however it is the case for honors students. You can’t change out of honors without advisor, but for others, students on fb seem to be doing it.</p>
<p>@AUGirl
That sounds like solid advice. I placed into a 122 foreign language course, so getting it out of the way first semester seems like the best option. I’ll keep my eyes open for a math opening, though, since it’s my first priority.</p>
<p>@DHopkins
I was able to change my classes pretty easily. I’m not sure if that’s a recent change in VIP, though, since I’ve been changing sections rather than courses up until yesterday.</p>
<p>I’ve never had a problem changing courses on VIP.</p>
<p>I even had a friend who signed up for French 309 who didn’t actually have a placement test score and she never got kicked out of it.</p>
<p>The only times that you should have issues with changing courses on VIP is if you go over 18 hours or are an Honors student. Other things (such as not having been advised or not having immunizations on file) prevent you from even signing up for courses in the first place.</p>
<p>Most students I know in the CAS end up just taking whatever they can get into and not necessarily what their advisor tells them. You get advised, but you take what you want.</p>
<p>But honors is still not that hard. D did it by phone last year on the way to Carowinds. And her advisor (who knew she was waiting to jump on opening in certain class) said if she couldn’t get her, to tell whoever answered the phone in office what she wanted and they would find someone to make her changes. Students can change any non-honors classes on their own.</p>