<p>Here is my dilemma. I am taking 4 classes my first semester. I am taking Intro to Psychology, Intro to Theatre, Intermediate Algebra, and English 101. Intro the Theatre is being done online. Here is my current schedule:</p>
<p>Monday and Wednesday:
Intro to Psychology 12:30pm – 1:50pm
Intermediate Algebra 7:00pm – 9:20pm</p>
<p>I was just recently told that I was accepted into English 101. I now am going to register for it. Should I take English 101 on monday and wednesday at 2:30pm – 4:20pm or 4:00pm - 5:50pm, or should I take the class on friday at 1:30pm - 4:00pm (around that time)? Would it be in my best interest to take those classes all on the time day 2 times a week? Another variable that affects this is that I do not drive yet. It is my mother that will be driving me. I plan on getting a job to help play for college books and courses. Since my Dad just passed away my Mom wants to get a job as well. Once I get I job I will get my license and I will drive myself. Until then I have to have my Mom drive me. Those extra long spaces of time will be 90% likely spent at the school. If I took English on friday (or saturday. My Mother perfers me to take it on Monday and Wednesday. If not those days then friday.) then I would come home since I refuse to wait from 1:50pm to 7:00pm for my next class to start. What should I do? Thank you all for your time.</p>
<p>Um Wow, If i were you, I'd completely change my course schedule if possible, so there were no empty space b/w classes. If you can't really reschedule because it's so late/all the other classes are taken, generally, there is a period of drop/add, where because everyone is dropping courses you can pick up some new ones.</p>
<p>neverborn,
I was asking for a suggestion from current college students. I do not know the in and outs of college yet.</p>
<p>cjbenton1988,
It is too late to change. I'll just make the question easier :) Should I take 3 classes together 2 days of the week or should I take 2 classes together 2 days of the week and one class alone?
I'm just looking at if taking those 3 classes together will be too much. Since I have never done this before I was asking for suggestions :)</p>
<p>Why would you even think about planning it on Friday? Thats an extra unnecessary trip to school for no reason. Just plan it within the M-W and go to the library or make some friends in the caf to kill time.</p>
<p>those free 5 hours between classes on monday and wednesday are really too short to get anything major done and too long to fritter away every week. Fill it with something important like that class and free up your friday.</p>
<p>I think hokegoalie gave you thes best advice anyone can. Your situation is very unique, mainly because you don't drive. Personally, I can't imagine having to sit in a basic English class for over two hours without beating my head into the desk, so I'd split it up. But no one hear can tell you want you truly want to do, it's your choice, your classes, your grades. If you think you'll do better with it all in one sitting, go for it. Another option might be to take the Theater class on campus. I know it's an intro class, but since Theater is performance and hands-on activity, it seems like you'd learn more on campus, you'd spend more time with your freshmen peers, and you won't have to go home to be at your pc for class.</p>
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If I took English on friday (or saturday. My Mother perfers me to take it on Monday and Wednesday. If not those days then friday.) then I would come home since I refuse to wait from 1:50pm to 7:00pm for my next class to start.
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I think taking it on M/W is the right decision, but I see a BIG problem here with your approach to college. You write as if you have nothing better to do than kill the time between these classes. With a 5 hour block you could review and update your notes, do assigned reading, do homework, do the optional reading, go to professor office hours, take part in a study group, attend a club meeting, etc. The expectation in college, BTW, is that you'll spend 2-3 hours studying and doing homework for every hour you spend in class. You should think of college as your full-time job, even if you have to hold a job on the side to pay for it. A block of 5 hours is part of your day at work, same as anyone else's. </p>
<p>Your years in college have a lot more to offer than just the classes you take. It's a time to make new friends, attend lectures and events on campus, take part in clubs with kids who share your interests, get advice from the faculty, use the resources of the career center, etc. To be honest, it's easier to do this when you live on/near campus. But with some effort commuters can have a rewarding college experience as well. </p>
<p>The problem a lot of commuters face is that college becomes just another chore during the day instead of the focus of this stage of life. It's the "I need to get some groceries, put gas in the car, and - oh, yeah - I have class from 2-4 today" mentality that robs college of its richness and meaning. Your college years become nothing more than a recollection of hours spent sitting in uncomfortable chairs and a bunch of tests you took. It doesn't have to be just that, but it's up to you to seize the moment and make sure it isn't.</p>
<p>TheCaliforniaLife commuting is not an awful thing at all. I have a 3.8 gpa and I have literally never even set foot in a dorm before. I would never change my nice comfortable digs for a dorm room with communal showers, but that is just me. I do not look down on folks who have no other option than to pay some big bucks to live on campus, however.</p>
<p>Since you commute and are just starting out your schooling, then try to stick with a MWF or T&R schedule of classes. It is easier when you are starting out to not go to University (or Community College) every blessed day of the week, if you can avoid it. </p>
<p>I semi agree with mikemac, because you have a big block of time in between classes you can do a lot of neat stuff. You could actually knock out all of your major studying for sure and look into a club which pertains to your major or which pertains to something you just like as a hobby or whathaveyou.</p>
<p>"I think taking it on M/W is the right decision, but I see a BIG problem here with your approach to college. You write as if you have nothing better to do than kill the time between these classes. With a 5 hour block you could review and update your notes, do assigned reading, do homework, do the optional reading, go to professor office hours, take part in a study group, attend a club meeting, etc. The expectation in college, BTW, is that you'll spend 2-3 hours studying and doing homework for every hour you spend in class. You should think of college as your full-time job, even if you have to hold a job on the side to pay for it. A block of 5 hours is part of your day at work, same as anyone else's."</p>
<p>I love the way a lot of people at CC approach school, like it's life or death. Dude doesnt have to spend every second of his time studying on that day because...HE'S GOT FIVE OTHER DAYS OFF TO DO HIS WORK. Really, a lot of CCers have to realize that they should put the books down every once in a while and enjoy life.</p>
<p>You are right, but is is really easier to use a big block of time in between classes to knock the major studying out of the way. Think about it, if OP goes MWF or MW, they have a big block of time in between classes where they could basically do the bulk of their school work, join a club, have a nice snack- and do a little informal review or proper essay writing on the days they do not have classes. And, still have time to go out and have a nice time every now and again.</p>
<p>The only thing I agree with is joining a club or having a snack. Really, I don't know if I'm wrong, but I STRONGLY encourage kids to try and make some...get ready for it...friends while at school.</p>
<p>hokegoalie, would not a person who is just starting out with their schooling make a friend by joining a club? That is implied and not a really hard thing to...get ready for it...infer.</p>
<p>At my school, I had very little choice in what time my classes were. I had to pick my classes and they assigned me times at random. On Tuesday and Thursday, I have a 9-9:50am class and then a 2-2:50pm class. This is a little obnoxious but I'm making the best of it. I'm living on campus so those days are going to be my nap days! All the days of the week, I have classes from 9am to 1 or 2pm with just hour breaks in between, so I'll use that time to do some quick studying or get a bite to eat.</p>
<p>hokegoalie, you really need to re-read my post again because you must have missed a lot of it. Did you see the parts where I mentioned college is about making new friends, attend lectures and events on campus, attend club meetings? Where I said "Your years in college have a lot more to offer than just the classes you take." Does all that sound like I'm encouraging the OP to "spend every second of his time studying"? No, it does not. </p>
<p>Maybe you got fixated because I mentioned the word "job". Frankly it bodes poorly for you if you think a job is nothing but drudgery, time you detest and resent away from your "real" life. Many people spend time in college exploring careers and options so they can find a job that challenges them, a job that brings enjoyment in and of itself. I said to view college as a "job" because a full-time job involves a sense of committment and continuity missing when you view something as just one of many chores. It is an analogy; sorry it didn't work for you. You can recognize analogies because they're introduced by phrases such as "You should think of" instead of a declarative "X is".</p>
<p>OP, I can tell you from personal experience that as a commuting student it is harder to maintain a connection to the life of the college than if you're right there all the time. A block of uncommitted time on campus is not something to burn off, its a blessing that you should take full advantage of in as many ways as possible. Studying is clearly an important way, but my earlier post mentioned (to readers excluding hokegoalie, apparently) plenty of other areas you should pursue to become fully connected to your college and increase the richness of the experience.</p>
<p>Let me add the 2nd paragraph of my post said
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Your years in college have a lot more to offer than just the classes you take. It's a time to make new friends, attend lectures and events on campus, take part in clubs with kids who share your interests, get advice from the faculty, use the resources of the career center, etc. To be honest, it's easier to do this when you live on/near campus. But with some effort commuters can have a rewarding college experience as well.
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Since this immediately followed a paragraph about what to do with a block of 5 hours, I figured people about to enter or already in college would comprehend these were more suggestions on how to fill that time. hokegoalie shows I was quite wrong in that assumption, writing "I love the way a lot of people at CC approach school, like it's life or death. Dude doesnt have to spend every second of his time studying on that day" </p>
<p>Ok, here it is. In fact, hokegoalie I was saying exactly the same thing as you. When did you suppose I had in mind for the OP to do those things, anyway?</p>