<p>So due to very limited class availability at my university, I'm stuck with practically ALL of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with my other days pretty much free. Moreover, my first class starts relatively late in the day and I really don't want to get into a cycle of waking up late every day.</p>
<p>This is my schedule on Tuesdays and Thursdays:</p>
<p>Literature 11:15-12:30
Writing 2:30-3:45
Nutrition 4:00-5:15
Chemistry 6:00-9:00 (lect one day, lab the other)</p>
<p>Should I try to call my university registration office and see what I can do to change this? Also, assuming I will be stuck with this schedule, will it be difficult if I have tests back to back and don't have much time to study right before them? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>PS -- I don't know if this makes a difference, but this will be my first semester of college.</p>
<p>I could, though the campus I’ll be on is very large and it will take about 15 minutes to get from my nutrition class to the cafeteria to pick up the boxed meal, and another 15 minutes to get to my chemistry class so I won’t have too much time to eat it. I eat late anyway though so 9 isn’t too much of a problem.</p>
<p>Nourishment issues aside… does anyone see any potentially detrimental effects of this schedule?</p>
<p>Are there any other sciences you could take besides chemistry? Personally being at school that long and having that late of a day would really bother me. Maybe you should consider taking an online class or see if chemistry is offered as a hybrid course.</p>
<p>I would search through the schedules as much as possible to see if there are ANY other alternatives to this one. And yes, definitely call and ask for help at your school.</p>
<p>At least this would only be for two days of the week. You don’t <em>have</em> to get into a habit of waking up late if you don’t want to. Set yourself some kind of schedule and find other stuff to do during the day- gym, library, friends, etc.</p>
<p>I’m stuck with the chem class as I’ll need to take Gen Chem II my second semester.</p>
<p>There’s a perfect 3-day a week chem I class at 8:00 AM Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but it’s all full… I’ll do my best to work my way in there…</p>
<p>I would talk to an adviser before trying this, but is there anyway you could just take another general education requirement instead of chemistry? Could you just push chemistry back another semester? Does it HAVE to be done now?</p>
<p>Again, I would definitely go to an adviser for help.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 6-9pm classes in the past. It’s not that bad. The professor’s desire to be there is the same as yours – which is nonexistent. They usually let you out early.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about it. People change their schedules a lot throughout the first two weeks of each term. It is likely that you’ll find an opening for another section of the class. Just keep looking.</p>
<p>9 is pretty late to eat. But I remember at the beginning freshman year I ate really late. You could buy sandwiches ahead of time and stick them in the fridge and take one with you to eat in class. I’ve see people eating in class all the time. Yesterday this girl was eating yogurt and soup. </p>
<p>I want to take a 4 - 7pm class but only because the subject and prof is awesome. Other than that I stay away from nights. I had a night anatomy class and it sucked. I was too tired to do anything when I got home.</p>
<p>Eating at 9 isn’t that bad. Trust me. I did theater in high school and would consistently be at rehearsals til 9 or 10 and would eat dinner when I got home. No biggie. Just bring snacks with you like granola bars, fruit, PB&J…Eat on your way to class or in class., whenever you’re hungry. Yeah, it messes with your schedule, but as I said, it’s really not a big deal as long as you eat when you get the chance.</p>
<p>What year are you in? That is an awesome schedule. Do you live on campus? Or commute? If you commute I can see why it’s a problem, but if you live on campus it’s great. Basically you get 5 days to relax. Try to find a job. Don’t worry too much about tests either. Think of it like this, say you had your classes spread out then you’re looking at a 1 day difference in studying. It’s not going to make that much of a difference. I’ve had schedules like that and it really isn’t a big deal as far as tests and projects are concerned because one way or the others the professors end up making things due some times later in the week than other classes or a few weeks later.</p>
<p>As far as food is concerned, you have time between 1230 to 230 get lunch and 515 to 600 to get dinner. It works out great. No reason you should be taking that long to eat anyways.</p>
<p>Lastly, as far as finals are concerned, I don’t know how your school schedules them, but at my school there’s only 2 you can take during the day (3 if you take night classes). I think I’ve had 2 tests in one day only once or twice in my three years so far in college. In fact when they make the final exam schedule usually it works out so that if i have two classes back to back, they are spread out into different days of the week for the Finals week.</p>
<p>You’ll be kicking yourself if you change your schedule. You’ll have so much free time it’s not even funny. I wish I could get a schedule like that.</p>
<p>BP, thanks a lot for that reply, that really helps. I’m an incoming freshman (and will be living on campus) so I haven’t been too sure what to expect. I’ll keep it as is.</p>
<p>I think it is worth emphasizing that the schedule you pick before class starts isn’t set in stone. A lot of people will change their mind about the classes that they signed up for. Spots will open up.</p>
<p>I take most my classes back to back…I’m a morning person and prefer to get them out of the way…I have 10 minutes in between classes. On test days, I take note cards on things im iffy about and read them on the way to class. Just to re-fresh my memory. You shouldn’t need more than a couple minutes of review anyway.</p>
<p>john1, that’s even better that you’re a freshman. i mean depending on the kind of person you are that means extra time for hanging out with friends or finding an activity to do on campus. or maybe you can get a job. you’ll certainly have enough time to do homework as well. just don’t get lazy about leaving it all for last minute (because it can be tempting at first since you technically have a lot of time to do it). but you’re first year you’ll figure out more or less the kind of work you can handle. good luck to you.</p>
<p>silence_kit - Lucky ones. I don’t get to drop a thing. My final schedule comes next week, so I’m hoping it’s good. I’m taking Eng, psych, soc, anatomy&physiology, freshman advisement seminar and world civ, because I have to. The only class out of all of those I got any choice in was world civ. I got to choose between western and world civ and could request a specific section. Everything else I was put into before I even went to orientation back in June.</p>