<p>So I've gone on schedulizers and come up with a rough schedule. I'm assuming on the 11th of July, I just log on and make it official, pending availability. </p>
<p>But how do I get the timings I want? And will it correspond with the professor I want? Schedulizer doesn't always list professors so how can I check this beforehand and save precious time ?</p>
<p>I don’t really understand how this process works. Is schedulizer affiliated with Cornell or something?</p>
<p>Schedulizer is independent of Cornell. Its database is drawn from whatever is updated on the particular school’s schedules. However, many classes often have last-minute lecturer/professor/TA assignments/Room assignments so these may be listed as “TBD”.
Schedulizer also does not recognize pre/co-requisites. </p>
<p>@bob247: Schedulizer is simply a TOOL to figure out your schedule in lieu of using only the Cornell Courses of Study. You will need to REGISTER on Student Center for those classes that you picked out. </p>
<p>To clear up the process for the both of you:
<ol>
<li><p>Identify your preferred schedules. </p></li>
<li><p>Write down the CLASS # corresponding to your preferred time/lecturer/TA session. This number is NOT the class code. For example, ( [MATH</a> 1920 - Cornell University - Schedulizer](<a href=“http://cornell.schedulizer.com/courses/math/1920/]MATH”>http://cornell.schedulizer.com/courses/math/1920/)) The class code is MATH 1920. For the lecture, there are multiple times available and the last column has a unique class #. There are also multiple discussion sections available and the last column has a unique class #. YOU WILL NEED ONE # FOR EACH OF THE LECTURE AND DISCUSSION THAT YOU WANT (and maybe some backups too)</p></li>
<li><p>On registration day go to studentcenter.cornell.edu expect this system to crash due to the heavy traffic. If you haven’t heard of studentcenter.cornell.edu by now you should be worried… You should have access to it as soon as you have a cornell email. The class registration will be locked by you should be able to at least log on to this system</p></li>
<li><p>In the “add a class” section you will need to TYPE IN THE CLASS NUMBER. not the class code, or prof’s name, or time or etc. Nothing else matters. The class number is the unique identifier and Schedulizer should be accurate except for some serious last minute changes. Blue Squares indicate “closed” meaning no space left and Green Circles indicate “open” meaning space remains. </p></li>
<li><p>If you entered the lecture class #, and a discussion section is required, it will display that you have selected a lecture and prompts you to select a section by displaying all of the discussion sections.
If you entered the discussion class #, it will prompt you to select a lecture by displaying all of the lectures. If there is only one lecture available, entering the discussion class # will AUTOMATICALLY select the lecture for you. (THIS MEANS IF THE CLASS ONLY HAS ONE LECTURE, ENTER THE DISCUSSION CLASS # TO SAVE TIME. trust me, with such a busy server load, this is the difference between getting a spot on registration or not)</p></li>
<li><p>The class will be added to your “cart”. At this point, it does NOT mean that you are registered. You must select “proceed to checkout (or something along these lines)” and click through some confirmations before you are registered for that class. I would recommend doing this for each class you select for the best chance at your preferred classes. However, you may search for multiple class #'s and add them all to your cart before “checking out”. When you do so, all classes that still had availability will go through (green checkmark) and any of them that failed will receive an error (red X). </p></li>
<li><p>Hope everything went through. Cry if they didn’t. Fix the errors by selecting a different class/section. </p></li>
<li><p>Check your schedule if you think you’ve added everything you’ve wanted. There should be a “weekly calendar view” somewhere under “my class schedule”. Select one or two weeks into the semester (PE doesn’t start on the first week or two) and if you’ve selected any evening classes, change the “end time” to 9:30pm. What you see here will be your schedule. If you think you registered for a course and it doesnt show up here, YOU DID NOT REGISTER FOR THE CLASS. </p></li>
<li><p>FWS’s are annoying and I don’t think this process applies at all to them at the beginning. Whatever class you get from the lottery will be AUTOMATICALLY added to your studentcenter schedule regardless of conflicts. You will then have to “swap classes” to fix any errors. However, Schedulizer should have fairly accurate times for FWS (they are most prone to last minute changes) and you can prepare your schedule accordingly. remember it’s a lottery though…</p></li>
<li><p>Spend the rest of the semester lamenting your terrible course choices. Uh… I mean celebrate your wonderful schedule!</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Student center does not automatically detect pre/co-requisites either. That’s up to you to figure out and plan.</p>
<p>@fallenmerc good stuff dude… Quick question what do you consider alot of open spots for a class? I just want to gauge my confidence level that I’ll get my classes.</p>
<p>The number of open slots shown in student center atm, no matter how large is still a bit misleading. There really isn’t a definite way in telling how fast a class will fill up except a few trends from experience:
<p>Keep in mind that if the class is ABSOLUTELY required for your major and you don’t get a conflict-free spot, the Prof/TA WILL kick other ppl out to make room for you (This situation rarely happens though).</p>
<p>Also, I was in engineering so I’m not familiar with any othr college’s trends. I do remember that the physics/chem 1 LAB sections filled up REALLY fast since the science majors also needed them.</p>
<p>Wait, I didn’t get an appointment though. It just says July 11th to July 20th for me when I login. Is it just like that for everyone?</p>
<p>How many minutes does it take for the classes to begin filling up past the start time?</p>
<p>That’s odd… If you don’t get a more specific appointment time, assume it’s 7am on July 11th. It might actually be as late as 8am though… </p>
<p>Also, video tutorials of the studentcenter part of my explanation:
[Cornell</a> University Registrar: Enrollment](<a href=“Classes + Enrollment | Cornell University Registrar”>Classes + Enrollment | Cornell University Registrar) </p>
<p>How long does it take? When I mentioned “really fast” for the above post, I was referring to within the first 3 minutes lol. </p>
<p>Don’t forget the obscene amount of lag/unresponsive commands during this server overload! The absolute worse thing you can do during pre-enroll is hitting the “back” or “refresh” on your browser. Maybe they improved the service for you guys this year… you can always hope. </p>
<p>This is just pre-enroll though, there will be an add/drop period later on during the first 2 weeks of the semester where you can change your schedule easily. Beyond that you will have to add/drop manually with the help of you college’s registrar.</p>
<p>just to confirm… so we can check out multiple times to add courses throughout the entire pre-enroll period?</p>
<p>Anyone in A&S needing to take language classes - the discussion sections fill up fast - you may want to place those in your shopping cart and proceed to checkout first if your other classes have a lot of empty seats available. If you don’t get into the language, one option is not to register and just show up on the first day, but there is really no guarantee you will get the section. My daughter ended up with the hardest TA doing it this way and it made a harder semester for her as compared to other sections, but she knows a lot more Spanish as a result and it may help her next semester.</p>
<p>@spiced candy. Yes, the check out will work multiple times as long as your appointment period status is “valid”</p>
<p>@fallenmerc ok, thanks loads! & thanks for the super long posts too! :)</p>
<p>@fallenmerc Hey I have a question regarding what you said about adding a discussion first if the class only had one lecture. I went on student center and couldn’t find any way to search specifically for discussion sessions. The only way I could see was to search using the class number, which brings up specific lecture and discussion times together… is this right?</p>
<ul>
<li>by class number, I meant, for example, chem “2070”</li>
</ul>
<p>Steps 1-3 plz… </p>
<p>[CHEM</a> 2070 - Cornell University - Schedulizer](<a href=“http://cornell.schedulizer.com/courses/chem/2070/]CHEM”>http://cornell.schedulizer.com/courses/chem/2070/)</p>
<p>chem 2070, as I mentioned, is the class code. You need to enter the class number. </p>
<p>Lec 1 TuTh 10:10am - 11:00am Abruna,H (hda1),
Zax,D (dbz1)
Baker Laboratory 200 5690
Lec 2 TuTh 12:20pm - 1:10pm Abruna,H (hda1),
Zax,D (dbz1)
Baker Laboratory 200 5691</p>
<p>Lab 401 M 12:20pm - 3:20pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5692
Lab 402 Tu 9:05am - 12:05pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5693
Lab 403 Tu 12:20pm - 3:20pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5694
Lab 404 W 12:20pm - 3:20pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5695
Lab 405 Th 9:05am - 12:05pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5696
Lab 406 Th 12:20pm - 3:20pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5697
Lab 407 F 9:05am - 12:05pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5698
Lab 408 F 12:20pm - 3:20pm<br>
To Be Assigned TBA 5699</p>
<p>So for chem 2070 in particular, the class numbers are all 56XX.</p>
<p>Should you use multiple computers to register? Would that help?</p>
<p>I think student center can detect logins from multiple computers and then reject your requests. If you have multiple computers now, try logging on both computers. I’ve personally never tried it.</p>
<p>I’m getting it’s almost impossible to get your ideal schedule? I’ve gone on schedulizer, added all my courses and found a time table that I liked. </p>
<p>However, when it comes to choosing between professors, the professor I picked’s lectures did not correspond with my ideal time table.</p>
<p>Yup. You win some, you lose some. As you move closer to senior year though, you tend to win more with your ideal schedule.</p>
<p>ahhh I didnt notice the additional search criteria… sorry for wasting your time aha</p>