<li><p>I really dont know what courses I should take and when I should register for them. What about waitlists? Are many freshmen waitlisted for courses? I want to double major in Foreign Affairs and Economics and minor in Media Studies, but the courses required for the majors/minors are taken in the 3rd and 4th year, right? Does this mean that I can choose whatever courses I want during my 1st and 2nd years at The University? I would like to study French and Art History too, but not major in them…</p></li>
<li><p>My work-study is 3000$ so how many hours a week do I have to work? When should I apply for a job? How do I choose a job? Do I apply or do they assign me a job?</p></li>
<li><p>Where can I find a list of the extra curriculars and clubs? How many extracurricular activities do students normally take part in? </p></li>
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<p>4.In the booklet I received from UVA it says that The university uses a random process in assigning rooms to fist-year students, so students may not choose a specific building or housing area. However they may indicate in their housing application whether they would prefer to live in first-year housing or one of 3 residential colleges So if I prefer to live in a residential college, are they going to assign me a room in one of the 3 colleges? IRC and Brown require addition applications. As far as I know many students apply to Brown. Do they select “Brownies” on a random basis?
Is it better to live in first-year housing or in one of the 3 residential colleges? Please give me some advice, because the deadline is rapidly approaching! </p>
<p>Thanks very very much in advance!</p>
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<li><p>You register at orientation. Your first year you do usually take a lot of “random” classes, but you can also take classes for your major. I’m a 3rd year and since I took many classes my first and second year I was able to finish my major at the end of this year. Waitlists should be avoided as a first year because not many first years get off of waitlists as opposed to upperclassmen who are on the waitlist and need the class to grauduate or something.</p></li>
<li><p>You have to apply for a job, and by the first week of classes many “good” jobs have been claimed by upperclassmen. You should start researching what you want to do. I know of a really cool opening in Curry (the education school) where you can learn how to tutor kids for reading and do work study for it ($9.50 an hour I think). It’s a really rewarding experience, I tutored under the woman running it this past semester - it’s a whirlwind but the kids are great.</p></li>
<li><p>There’s a big Club Fair as part of the fall orientation. You’ll get to walk around and see all sorts of clubs. For a list check out [Home</a> - @UVA - Powered by CollegiateLink](<a href=“http://atuva.student.virginia.edu%5DHome”>http://atuva.student.virginia.edu)</p></li>
<li><p>Each residential college has to be ranked separately. You need to apply if you want to gain admittance to Brown, IRC is sometimes more lax but I think you still need to fill out the app. Hereford may not have an app. If you apply for Brown you won’t be placed in Hereford because it’s another RC, but you can be placed there if that’s the only place left regardless of whether you applied for a RC or not. If you apply to Brown you won’t be placed in IRC and vice versa, unless you apply for both and don’t get into one. There are a lot of other threads on here about RC vs first year dorms, just search.</p></li>
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<p>go to atuva.net. You can look at clubs and they’ll have important forms for you (dining, new student forms, health).
You should have filled out a housing form by…today… I’d go with a normal double room. Meet new people. RC’s select students based on apps - for Brown the app seems a lot like a personality test. For me, for my first year at least, I want to just see who I meet.
From atuva.net you can also get to the SIS system and browse courses. Someone will talk to you about a schedule during summer orientation (you need to sign up for a date). You can probably find out more info about a job there.</p>