<p>Anyone ever not log on at the exact time assigned to register and still get classes? Son is working at a camp, only has one hour a day off. He has a laptop with him but is only suppose to use it on the weekends when the campers are gone. He is living and working out of state so it’s not like he can run home on his hour off and register. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>He’ll still get in classes, but they aren’t going to be his first or second choices most likely. Not registering right away is going to be ugly, so I’d recommend he give you his log-on information and specific instructions about how to register for a few classes that he wants to try to get.</p>
<p>how many classes should freshmen take in their first semester?</p>
<p>4 or 5. I took 5 my first semester, but one of them was a lab, so it was only 1 credit. That gave me 14 credits (3 classes of 3 credits, my freshman seminar of 4 credits, and the lab of 1 credit).</p>
<p>thank you! Also, it says on the pre-registration site, that we should delete cookies…what’s the point of that? Is there going to be a problem during Pre-Reg if you accidentally tried to access the Add/Drop option before your time slot?</p>
<p>Peace, haven’t you been assigned a student mentor? Somebody should have emailed you and they are supposed to answer all of these type of questions for you. I have four “mentees”, but only one of them bothered to answer my email, so I come on here to answer.</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure why you are supposed to delete cookies, I think it might have something to do with a possibility there is a cookie that was created before Pre-Registration started that tells the registration system that it’s not time for you to register yet, and it would be there even when it actually was time for you to register. </p>
<p>I believe I deleted my cookies when I registered for the very first time in the summer before my fall freshman semester, but I’ve never done it since then. It’s important that you not log into the add/drop page until the minute you are allowed, though. If you are on the add/drop page as the time changes to when registration opens, you’ll have to exit and enter again, which costs you a minute or so, during which classes are filling up.</p>
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<p>If there is anyway that he can get away at the time his registration is, which might be 8am, or might be sometime in the afternoon (I believe they started moving away from 8am), he should do it.</p>
<p>It only takes 10 minutes maximum. If he can grab a 10 minute break from his work at that time on 1 day… that would be ideal.</p>
<p>If not, he will still get classes, but he will most likely not get a freshmen seminar (he can take one 2nd semester), and the classes he does get will be the big lecture ones. And he might end up with something like 8am chemistry lab.</p>
<p>I was in Denver for my freshmen registration and got up at like 5am so I could get to a panera that had wifi (hotel didn’t have it) so I could get classes at 6am (8am Williamsburg time). Bleh.</p>
<p>edit: inchoative’s idea could also work (assuming you can spare 10 minutes at registration time), giving you his log in and password info, and a list of classes (the best way is to get the CRNs and type them in as fast as possible, lol)</p>
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<p>I took 18 credits… and I would recommend you take fewer 
… 15 should be sufficient. First semester, no reason to rush it. Especially if you have some AP credits. Of course, there might be someone who writes a letter to the editor in the Flat Hat about how the two freshmen in one dorm room are taking 40 credits and are involved in every activity on campus and vastly superior compared to everyone else… but people generally don’t like those types.</p>
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<p>I have never removed cookies. As has been said, you have to log in at the right time. If you try it too early it gives you an error and you have to go back and do it again. Watch your computer clock and the Banner (course software) clock, and see how they relate… if they are identical, you can click as soon as your computer clock changes.</p>
<p>Is it better to try to register for all 4 or 5 classes right away, or to register for the first two and then go back for the remaining?</p>
<p>my student mentor does not seem to wanna answer me so i’ll ask a few questions here:</p>
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<li>registering first semester classes seems like it will be a headache. should i enter the CRN of the freshman seminar first then go for the other classes after?</li>
<li>i’m thinking of going into the business school…i’ve got ap credit for micro and macro econ, would it be better to take next level of econ or GERs or business requisites (accounting, calc) first semester? </li>
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<p>Inchoative and Soccerguy, thanks for the reply. We have talked about my doing the registration for him but I really do not want to do that. He is going to talk to the director and see if someone can take over for him during his registration hour. It is good to know that it can be done quickly. I was afraid he would need to spend more than 1 hour working on it. Thanks so much for helping out.</p>
<p>edit: I fail at quoting. This is in response to the question about whether you should try signing up for 2-3 of your classes first, or all 4-5 at the same time.</p>
<p>This is the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma right here. I USUALLY try to do all of my classes at once, assuming I log on the second the clock changes.</p>
<p>That said, if there’s a class that you really, really want, and there are only a few spots left, your best bet is to try to spike that one class as fast as you can, but realistically, there’s always going to be people who get into the system just a liiittle bit before you.</p>
<p>If you have big lecture classes that have lots of open spots, though, definitely leave those for the second wave. There will be spots left in those, I guarantee it.</p>
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<p>the more classes you enter, the longer it takes (obviously)
you can enter fewer classes and have a better chance to get those, and a worse chance to get the ones you leave for the 2nd round</p>
<p>if you are going for a seminar, a 25/30 person class, and 2 lecture classes like intro psych or intro econ… I would do the first 2, submit, and then the lecture ones.</p>
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<p>Registering is always a stressful time. My last semester I snagged adventure games. There were like 5/6 sections of it, and I registered, and then went back in to check on them, and all the spots were gone, by 3 minutes after the hour. Have some backup classes picked out. Realize if you don’t get a seminar 1st semester, you will have first chance to get one 2nd semester, and you will have plenty of choices to choose from. You will be at W&M for 8 semesters, so you don’t need to take everything first semester =)</p>
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<p>Doesn’t really matter what order you take that stuff. You can finish your GERs during your last semester right before you graduate if you want. One thing I would recommend is taking all the math that you are going to take starting 1st semester. Take a math every semester until you have taken everything you need.</p>
<p>I would recommend you take a seminar, 1 business pre req (calc), and 2 GERs. That should be 14 credits, or 15 if one of the GERs is a lab science. If you are one of the kids who doesn’t have to do anymore GERs b/c you have 500 million credits, then you can replace them with something else.</p>
<p>Soccerguy obviously rubbing his ability to quote in my face, doing it not once but THREE times in the same post!</p>
<p>For the business school person: I personally would take Calc sooner rather than later, but other than that it doesn’t really matter.</p>
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<p>When should we find out which classes we have placed out of? Presumably before registration, right?</p>
<p>After your IB/AP scores are received and processed, it it will show up as transfer credit on your banner transcript. </p>
<p>If you know your scores, there is a chart in the course catalog that tells you what you’ll have credit for.</p>
<p>Should all AP scores for incoming students have been received and processed by now? I know some people have had it show up on Banner but nothing is appearing for me…</p>
<p>yea i see it on banner now…to check go to banner –> Student –> Student Records –> Academic Transcript</p>
<p>Some of the classes for GERs say they already full…are these really taken up and should i not try to register for these classes at first?</p>