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Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>So I get around to registering for Orientation and there are only 2 dates available:</p>

<p>June 6-9
July 11-14</p>

<p>Of course, 6-9 was listed as "closed" because that date has already passed, leaving me with the 2nd to last orientation, July 11-14 as my only option.</p>

<p>So I began to wonder, since I plan on going to a selective grad school AND I want to get into the BHP as a sophomore, I'm going to need a ridiculously high GPA, 3.7 at the least... and while of course my effort will the sole determenant of that GPA, having good professors doesn't hurt.</p>

<p>Now I've taken the first step by registering for Pick-a-Prof, which has already given me some idea of who I want as my professors in McCombs (and the rumor that honors courses give out high grades is verified, some classes had an average GPA of 3.7... which is very good for grad school and one more reason why I need to get into the BHP).</p>

<p>So now I have a resource that tells me WHICH professors I ought to pick, now I'm wondering, when I arrive for registration in early July... will all their courses be filled?</p>

<p>So what I'm really asking here is:</p>

<p>1) Is there a trend of good professors getting their courses filled fast- Leaving later registrees to fill out professors with a less-than-stellar reputation?</p>

<p>2) Sort of a prelude to the first question, short of pick-a-prof, how educated are most Orientation members on their professor/class choices? Do they get told which professors have a good/bad rep, or do they just pick a class and sign up for the professor with the coolest name? This question is for those of you who have already been to orientation.</p>

<p>I would be devastated about the time I got to registration with my "list" of preferable professors, only to find that I'm left with Professor Poloskey for "Business Finance", who as one student gracefully put, "Worst Professor I've ever had." </p>

<p>While Professor Poloskey really isn't that bad, its just an illustration of what I'm afraid I'll be left with when my July orientation comes rolling around.</p>

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<p>they have a certain number of spots for each class at each orientation, so the popular ones don't all fill up early</p>

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<p>"Business Finance"? what is your concentration going to be?</p>

<p>Keep in mind that a challenging courseload is important for admission to GPA, in addition to GPA and leadership ECs.</p>

<p>You are better off having a last name that starts early in the alphabet (Alpert versus Smith) because you can grab the good classes earlier in your session - your actual session dates dont matter though, because the same amount for each class are held in reserve for each orientation session.</p>

<p>And, yes, Pick-A-Prof is god.</p>

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<p>Finance is my intended major for now, and I hold an interest in law... though I have doubts as to whether I should take some of the pre-law classes offered.</p>

<p>Thanks for the answer, I'm glad to hear that they do reserve a certain amount of spots for each class, and I'm already working on getting my last name changed to Aaron.</p>

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<p>why not just change it to A ? you know, like Macolm X, you could just change it to (name) A .
sounds cool.
(j/k:D)</p>

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<p>I'm majoring in finance as well (probably a dual-degree in psychology), with an interest in pursuing law, but don't plan on taking any pre-law classes. They are completely unnecessary and I honestly don't even think they are full 3-hour classes are they? I could be wrong.</p>

<p>I do know that the university holds sessions on prepping for law school and/or applying though, which sound useful.</p>