<p>I am having an issue with trying to schedule courses for my freshman year and was hoping that someone here could possibly point me in the right direction.</p>
<p>As I posted in another thread, I had initially decided that I am not going to attend Summer Welcome unless it’s absolutely necessary. So, in an effort to be somewhat proactive, I made an over-the-phone appointment with my advisor at the Journalism school to discuss my schedule. While I was under the impression that I could actually make my schedule from home if I chose not to attend Summer Welcome, my advisor was insistent about the fact that I could not do so. So, it seems that if I don’t attend Summer Welcome, I will be stuck with only the 8 credit hours I have from my FIG classes until I arrive on campus in August to enroll in a few more classes.</p>
<p>So, here are my questions:
- Does anyone have any idea who else I could talk to about trying to enroll in classes without actually going to campus?</p>
<li><p>Will not enrolling in classes until August be a major burden?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it very beneficial for me to attend Summer Welcome given this situation? </p></li>
<li><p>Would talking to my Honors college advisor be helpful?</p></li>
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<p>Your help is greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>-Alex</p>
<p>Hmm - I don’t have any answer’s, but it seems totally contrary to everything I’ve read here. I’m looking forward to the answer too since DD said that she probably would do it online instead of going next summer. We have a lot going on before she leaves, and like other’s its a distance if it’s not necessary.</p>
<p>Yes…it’s contrary to everything I had read/been told as well. I’m from New York, so if I could save a trip to Missouri, that would be great. I find this whole thing very concerning and I’m already starting to wonder just how good the school is at accommodating students. Also wondering if it was brilliant to choose a school that isn’t all too close. Hopefully this will get resolved.</p>
<p>I’m trying to do some research online about this. I just now realized why our hotel is now sold out (thank goodness we decided to visit and booked early). It’s because there is summer sessions going on both the Thursday-Friday and Sunday-Monday and Monday -Tuesday during the time we are there. At least DD will get to see people on campus and see what the “new freshman” are going through to get another sense of what it will be like.</p>
<p>[Summer</a> Welcome FAQ](<a href=“http://students.missouri.edu/~summer/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:summer-welcome-faq&catid=41:faq-category&Itemid=67]Summer”>http://students.missouri.edu/~summer/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:summer-welcome-faq&catid=41:faq-category&Itemid=67)</p>
<p>Check out the link above.</p>
<p>I found this in # 6- hmmm
The academic divisions will not allow you to meet with an advisor or register for courses if you do not attend all of the programs and events during Summer Welcome, so you must be here for the full two days.</p>
<p>It doesn’t say anywhere in plain words that you have to or don’t have to go.</p>
<p>Sorry if I was misleading in earlier posts about going/not going. We went and never considered not going, so I wasn’t aware that they wouldn’t bend the rules about scheduling classes. I’m not surprised, though (see below). You’ll find classes if you don’t go. Remember that you have 8 semesters in college. You’ll just have to be very flexible about what you take next semester and about the possibility of some 8:00 classes. Meeting with an advisor helped my son decide what to take now and what to take later, and it resolved some questions about credits he was bringing in. It wasn’t just about doing the schedule.</p>
<p>You are finding out that there is a reason for attending Summer Welcome. Despite the seemingly rah-rah, activity-oriented nature of the program, it has intentional academic and social benefits for students and for the university. Mizzou tries hard through Summer Welcome and Fall Welcome to make a huge school feel smaller. Understand, too, that this just isn’t a Mizzou thing. We have lots of friends, nieces, and nephews who go to OOS public schools, and they took that extra trip to Boulder, Bloomington, Madison, Burlington, or wherever. Yes, it’s a pain and expensive, but that’s the way it is.</p>
<p>Some professional insights: I work with complex institutions (not universities) whose mission is to deliver individual experiences of the highest quality. They know (based on solid research) what it takes to make the experience successful, and their strategies reflect that understanding. Universities know it helps freshman academic success, social adjustment, and retention. Huge state universities have found that these summer orientations work, or they wouldn’t devote such considerable resources to them. Whether you’re in- or out-of-state, it doesn’t matter. You’re still a new student.</p>
<p>So this doesn’t answer your question about how to register early for classes. The bottom line is, I don’t think you can do it. To add a practical suggestion: I notice that Southwest is having a fare sale, and airfares all over are supposed to be pretty good this summer. What if you flew down without your parent(s)? It’s a good dry run for your vacations next year. You can take the MoX bus from the St. Louis or Kansas City airport (check which has the best fares for you) directly to the Summer Welcome dorm; schedule the whole thing online.</p>
<p>Now I’ll wait for the poster from a few months back who told parents to get off of the Mizzou forum because they don’t know anything ;)</p>
<p>That sounds about right. All they end up doing is taking a hold off your account. Once that holds off, you can register for classes. There is nothing special about being there and scheduling classes, it’s all done through Myzou. What happens at Summer Welcome is that you meet with an advisor, discuss what you want to take, he then takes the hold off on his computer (although he doesn’t tell you he does this) and then you go to a computer and register for classes through Myzou. </p>
<p>There’s nothing special about it. Then each semester after that, you will have a date set for when you can register for classes, which holds you from registering for classes until that date.</p>
<p>You just need someone to remove that hold. You could even try hacking the Myzou system yourself and remove it yourself. </p>
<p>If your adviser won’t do it, I’d recommend trying to contact the Dean of whatever College your in, explain your situation, and see if he will get that off for you so you can register for classes.</p>
<p>Just to be warned, you are going to be screwed over as far as scheduling goes for awhile. But that’s probably true at every university.</p>
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<p>Do you mean as a result of me doing my scheduling in August? Because if that’s the case I’ll probably just suck it up and go.</p>
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<p>Really?! Any ideas on how to do so?</p>
<p>You’re going to get screwed because the people who are involved in the scheduling process are largely bureaucrats. The bureaucracy in other public sectors is inefficient, and it’s no different in a public school.</p>
<p>After visiting this weekend during Summer Welcome for other students we are definately making a visit next summer for Summer Welcome. Our daughter is now really excited to go.</p>
<p>Agree with the above posters about the hold on your account. I’ll echo what they said about contacting the dean or assistant dean from your college, and if that doesn’t work you can try an Honors College advisor or a student success center advisor.</p>
<p>Since Mizzou’s well aware that students who go to Summer Welcome toward the end of the summer would get screwed when it comes to getting into good sections of classes, they’ve planned for that problem by opening seats for those classes periodically throughout the summer. For example, if PSYCH1000 has 250 seats, rather than opening all 250 seats on the first day of Summer Welcome/freshman registration, a portion of those will become available the first week, then another portion a few weeks later, and another portion later on, so that those who are going later in the summer can still have a chance to get in good sections of classes.</p>
<p>I’m out of ideas as to why your advisor is insistent that you can’t make your schedule yourself. The thing that throws me off most about that is this: when you’re at Summer Welcome, you’ll meet with an academic advisor on the second day, put together your schedule, and then you personally will go get on MyZou and add the courses to your schedule. Your advisor doesn’t do anything for your schedule besides take your hold off–I think all of this was described on an earlier post. Perhaps your advisor is just a jerk? </p>
<p>Any holds on your account will show up on your myzou. Log in, go to Self Service, then on the far left scroll down a little bit to find Student Center. The box on the top right of the student center should contain information about your holds. You’ll also notice that your enrollment date is on your student center, and you can’t start adding classes to your schedule until that date. If that date’s in the future, that could be it too; I’m not sure exactly. I’d build a wish list and keep an eye on the classes you want! </p>
<p>Good luck,
kristin</p>
<p>My kids have always found that if you have an Honors advisor, they are much more willing to help you than your regular major advisor. If you are in the Honors program, I would call them first. Good luck!</p>