<p>How many credits does the average student usually take per semester(assuming they'll graduate in 4 years?)</p>
<p>What about graduating early, like in 2 years? Would graduating in 2 years be a disadvantage if I'm planning to go to graduate school? </p>
<p>Also, when are they mailing the courses catalog? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>ull be able to apply for courses only at summer orientation. You can look up courses online at the COD at virginia.edu</p>
<p>And the average is 5 classes, 15 credits.</p>
<p>This may sound stupid, but do they have guidance counselors who talks to you about your schedules before you sign up for classes?</p>
<p>You'll be assigned a faculty advisor at orientation, Euro.</p>
<p>Faculty advisors, from my experience, don't give you very good advices unless you're interested in their field of study. However, you can always switch advisors, so it won't be an issue.</p>
<p>I have to agree with that statement</p>
<p>Are there advisors from all fields? Just wondering if anyone will be left out with general advise in the end.</p>
<p>I'm a math and econ major while my advisor was a politics professor. I switched to an anthro professor as my advisor to give me a better perspective of my career.</p>
<p>About the Echols Scholars, I didn't get it, but I was wondering: say, if a person was offered Echols, and he/she didn't choose to come, will that person's place be given to someone else?</p>
<p>Is it a first come, first serve for the classes? (Like, if I go to the earliest summer orientation, will I likely be able to get priority into the classes I signed up for?)</p>
<p>no, spots are "equally" unavailable in all orientations (they open, say, 10 spots in such and such class per orientation and the ppl lucky enough to be randomly assigned to register first get those spots).</p>
<p>echols is not "xx ppl get it" but rather ppl with xx gpa/etc get it.</p>