<p>I just received the transfer packet that cost Rutgers $5.00 to ship lol.</p>
<p>What's this about the "Transition Seminar" course that all transfer students are required to take? Have any of the prior transfers taken this? Does anyone know the fine details about it?</p>
<p>I'm already planning on taking a full load consisting of Organic I, Physics I/Lab, Physio. Psych, Health Psych, and another Psych course. I guess I have no choice though as the packet made it quite clear that it is required.</p>
<p>Hopefully, it will be just something fun with no actual work.</p>
<p>Looks I should've checked the Rutgers site first.</p>
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12:090:220Students in Transition Seminar (1) Introduction to the university and technology services for transfer students. Topics designed to assist students in the adjustment to the university and to facilitate better first-term academic performance; characterized by small-group learning. Open to entering transfer students only. May not be repeated for credit.
<p>Actually, I am a majoring in psychology with an intended minor in chemistry, but I plan on attending a pharmacy school after my senior year.</p>
<p>And that course load is supposed to be the easiest of my next four semesters.</p>
<p>Rutgers is only accepting 54 of my credits, and of those credits, most are simply elective credit due to my initial thought of pursuing a business degree. I currently only have 3 out of the necessary 38 Psychology credits complete and 8 out of 24.5 in Chem. </p>
<p>I need to average about 17 credits/semester to graduate on time, and this is crucial for me as (a) I have no money (b) have no family support (c) would still have to complete 4 more years of pharmacy school. </p>
<p>The preliminary curriculum that I worked out with a rep. from the pharmacy dept:</p>
<p>Inorganic Chemistry - 3
Psychology - 3
Psychology - 3
Systems Physio. - 3
Psychology - 3
Literature - 3</p>
<p>It does seem kinda daunting, but I think I will be prepared to put in the necessary study hours while still maintaining a social life and 10-20hr/wk job. Anything will be easier than the personal/family mess that I've been dealing with the past two years.</p>
<p>I plan on dorming at College Ave. I paid the housing deposit the first week of April, so from what I understand, I am pretty much guaranteed a spot. </p>
<p>If not, then I don't know what I am going to do.</p>
<p>An apartment with 2-4 roommates would certainly save me a ton of money, but I honestly never gave it much thought. I'd figured it would at least be more convenient and better socially if I lived on campus for the first semester.</p>
<p>did you transfer students register for classes yet? </p>
<p>and jesusateboogers, i'm in the same boat as you. i need to average around 18 credits a semester to graduate in 2008. summer classes aren't an option for me, but i'll probably take a winter class or 2 to lessen my courseload for senior year.. haha.</p>
<p>I tried registering on-line, but the system kept incorrectly telling me that I did not have the pre-requistes.</p>
<p>For example, I could not register for General Physics I even though I already took Calculus I last fall, and the prereq for that Physics course was only Algebra or something.</p>
<p>looks like you'll have to go to campus to register.. haha. it takes me an hour to drive up to new brunswick and i had to go twice in the past 2 days. i'm glad i'm all done though :]</p>
<p>I think I'll just register on August 1 during orientation. </p>
<p>What really sucks is that many of the sections that I want are closed. The only Organic Chem that is open has a Friday 5:00PM meeting on Cook. Do most closed sections open up again in late August/early September? Is there a waitlist?</p>
<p>yeah.. many of your classes will most likely be closed because all of the pharmacy students take all of the same classes, and they register for their classes asap. as for closed sections opening up again, it'll be a hassle, but you can actually go to the class that you want and ask the professor to squeeze you in. you have to get something signed and what not, but my friends have been doing that for a while. also, i'm certain that there's a waitlist.</p>
<p>also, you should probably be aware not to expect much from orientation. not many students at all show up. i was even told this from the dean, that transfer students are just generally not interested in attending.</p>