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Nothing ever seems to work out right when you’re planning your schedule. Times and locations conflict, the computer system glitches, or you don’t have the prerequisites you need for each class. The worst is when you finally figure everything out only to find that one of the classes you absolutely have to take is 100% full. But maybe you’re not completely out of luck. 1) Email the Professor Many classes have a wait list once they’re full. In order to get on this waitlist you … [Read more...]
Planning your schedule doesn’t need to be a stressful event, especially if you get it right the first time. Than you won’t have to spend the entire summer stressing about the class you didn’t get into or frantically trying to create a schedule that does work at the start of next semester. So here a few tips to help you master the schedule making process. 1) Avoid the class across campus Back to back classes are great. You don’t have to worry about that in-between time when you’ve … [Read more...]
There is no such thing as a perfect schedule, especially a universal one. Every individual has their own ideas about the best time to sit through a lecture and the best time to study. Honestly, experience is the only way to figure out what’s right for you, but here my thoughts just in case. Morning Classes I am not a morning person. I can barely crawl out of bed, even after my alarm has gone off fifteen times.So any class that begins before 11:00 AM is a class that I am not going to be … [Read more...]
Every year tuition costs rise, but the average annual income remains stagnant. As a result, parents and students are struggling to find the funds to pay for college, and universities are searching for solutions to keep costs down. Rhett Allen takes an interesting view of this financial situation in Wired.com’s “Chocolate Chip Cookies and College Classes.” According to Allen, some colleges are attempting to cut down costs by creating a four day course schedule that runs Monday – … [Read more...]
My first term at Drexel University my advisor signed me up for an 8 AM class. I lived maybe three minutes away from the classroom, but I was never on time. Not even once. In fact, I think I missed more class time than I ever actually attended. After that term, I refused to take a course that began before 12PM. I need my sleep, and I decided that attending class before my brain was ready to function wasn’t the best idea anyway. But the perfect schedule does not exist. Since, I … [Read more...]
