<p>I have orientation coming up next week but my college is making me set up my schedule on my own ahead of time. I'll get an adviser there but i'm supposed to have a good idea of what I am taking and when. Only it is really daunting trying to pick between all the courses and knowing what classes I will need to take.</p>
<p>My one question though, if I see science courses with numbers like 116 and 117 etc...is there a difference? Or does that differ from school to school? </p>
<p>Anyone been through this process? What did you do? I don't know what the good professors are and the site is just a mess to navigate through.</p>
<p>When I did my advisement, I had no idea what classes I really was supposed to take. They did all this when I was there and I had an advisement session with about 40 other people. </p>
<p>A science course of 116 and one of 117 is probably two different subjects or sections within science…you know, focusing on different subjects within the science. They probably are within the same level of difficulty, but are probably two different subjects of interest, discussion.</p>
<p>With that said, I tried to help…good luck with your orientation.</p>
<p>I didn’t have to make mine ahead of time, but it would’ve confused the hell out of me if they didn’t give directions.</p>
<p>At orientation, they had you go into one of the computer labs and make your schedule - but failed to explain to you how to do so. Thankfully other people in there had an idea of what to do, and it went well.</p>
<p>To my understanding, different numbers like that are just different subjects, as stated above. I’ve got two Natural Science classes, one being a 102 and the other a 103. They’re both beginner classes, just different subjects.</p>
<p>I personally wouldn’t worry too much about it. If there’s something you absolutely need to take, I’m sure the counselors would help you change your schedule to help accommodate.</p>
<p>My best advice is to try and decide what time you want to have classes, and try to stick in that timeframe. I myself am a “morning person”, so I decided to try and get all of my classes between 8-12. If you like to sleep in, obviously go for a later block of time. You’re not going to want 2 classes in the morning, 1 mid-day, and 2 in the evening. That’s your whole day! At the same time, don’t make all of the classes consecutive. You need time to get between them, eat, go to the bathroom, or just take a break. (I’ll add that as much as I tried to go with the morning, my major had one class that was automatically assigned to me, and is required, that is 3:00-4:15 on Tuesday and Thursday, so obviously sometimes there’s nothing you can do about it.)</p>