There's not much going on in my life other than the final haul that comes with the last three weeks of the semester. However, it is course registration time at CU right now, and with my registration time coming up this week, I thought it would be a good time to talk about it. In general, I want to take a lot of course at CU - I mean, sky's the limit... if it looks interesting, I want to try to fit it in. I'm interested in philosophy, psychology, photography and anything from Greek to graphic design.
However, it just so happens that with the fall 2010 semester, I won't really be choosing from that long list of courses that interest me - I'll be sticking to my major, minor, and CU's core requirements. Also, because it turned out two of the course I'll be taking are 4 credits each, it looks like I will only be taking four classes, instead of five, (for a total of 14 credits) which will be an interesting change from this semester, when I had 16.
Overall, assembling my schedule for the fall was really quite easy, more a matter of figuring out which recitation periods would work than which classes to take. I just hope everything I want is still open by the time I actually get to register. Furthermore, CU notably changed the registration system they used this semester, and I'm hoping it functions properly and easily when I get to sign up for classes.
What should be interesting about the fall is that I either have long classes or short classes - I have two 3+ hour film courses in the afternoons, but then I don't have any hour-and-fifteen minute lectures, I ended up all with 50-minute lectures/50-minute recitations. Perhaps this will end up feeling more like high school.
Those are just a few of my musings on registration for the upcoming term. If you have any questions about CU's registration process, feel free to ask. If you're a student, have you registered yet? Did you get the classes you wanted?
Cheers :)
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Monday, November 9, 2009
Registration madness
Well, we didn't get that snow day, but such is life.
The past week was spent looking forward, preparing for registering for classes - my registration time was last Thursday. Now that I have everything set up, I'm in a completely different mindset. But I was definitely very wrapped up in all the details last week, worrying about the classes that were filling up already, arranging and rearranging various options in the CU Schedule Planner, and generally worrying about how it would all work out.
A few things I learned:
1. Don't get too attached to one plan/class/schedule: This kept happening to me. I would think I had "the perfect schedule," with all the classes I thought I needed, all arranged in just the right order (not too early - no 8AMs - and not too late - this semester I have a class that goes till 10PM). But again and again, these "perfect schedules" kept falling through, and I'd have to start over.
2. You should prepare: I have no idea how I would have dealt with picking classes if I hadn't already known what I was planning on doing when I signed onto CUConnect at my assigned time. There's plenty you can do to prepare, like making several schedules that would work, or at the very least, choosing classes you're interested in.
3. Keep track of things: both the Schedule Planner and CUConnect itself will list how many people are already enrolled in classes, whether the class is closed or still has room. Several of the classes I wanted filled up or were even canceled before I got there, but I was able to rearrange my plans because I kept checking every few days.
As for my own personal approach, I made goals: I didn't want 8AM classes, I wanted either Friday or Monday off, I wanted to get as many Core credits done as possible, and I wanted to continue moving in my film major. I was ready to acknowledge that some of these goals might not work out, but in the end, I kept working on my schedule until they did.
So that's a little bit about my experience with registering - I'm sure that each semester, it will get easier. I hope it goes well for everyone else in college this semester, or that it went well, if you've already registered.
Cheers :)
The past week was spent looking forward, preparing for registering for classes - my registration time was last Thursday. Now that I have everything set up, I'm in a completely different mindset. But I was definitely very wrapped up in all the details last week, worrying about the classes that were filling up already, arranging and rearranging various options in the CU Schedule Planner, and generally worrying about how it would all work out.
A few things I learned:
1. Don't get too attached to one plan/class/schedule: This kept happening to me. I would think I had "the perfect schedule," with all the classes I thought I needed, all arranged in just the right order (not too early - no 8AMs - and not too late - this semester I have a class that goes till 10PM). But again and again, these "perfect schedules" kept falling through, and I'd have to start over.
2. You should prepare: I have no idea how I would have dealt with picking classes if I hadn't already known what I was planning on doing when I signed onto CUConnect at my assigned time. There's plenty you can do to prepare, like making several schedules that would work, or at the very least, choosing classes you're interested in.
3. Keep track of things: both the Schedule Planner and CUConnect itself will list how many people are already enrolled in classes, whether the class is closed or still has room. Several of the classes I wanted filled up or were even canceled before I got there, but I was able to rearrange my plans because I kept checking every few days.
As for my own personal approach, I made goals: I didn't want 8AM classes, I wanted either Friday or Monday off, I wanted to get as many Core credits done as possible, and I wanted to continue moving in my film major. I was ready to acknowledge that some of these goals might not work out, but in the end, I kept working on my schedule until they did.
So that's a little bit about my experience with registering - I'm sure that each semester, it will get easier. I hope it goes well for everyone else in college this semester, or that it went well, if you've already registered.
Cheers :)
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