Comments on: Smart Tips for Scheduling Your College Classes

By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:16:33 +0000

Id like to mix day with back to back classes and days with spaced out classes (not too spaced out though). Just want to slip in a little lunch

Extra class wise, my university has a maximum number of classes(unit of credit, we call it) you can take per semester. If you want to overload, you have to go through getting permission from head of department, schools etc…

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:47:26 +0000

Thanks a lot Jamie, I revisited my schools website and it turns out we have two weeks before any thing shows up as a “W” The thing is they don’t really mention that to the freshman. I’m glad that into my second year they school is much less over bearing.

I personally prefer back to back classes, I would much rather take three classes back to back and be finished before 4 pm than have classes all day wasting away precious time! I’m the type of person that if I have enough time to go back to my dorm between classes I usually take a nap and forget to go to the rest of the classes. So to combat that I’ve been scheduling myself back to back classes since my second semester. It’s worked out well. Then again different things work for different people. I had to learn how to discipline myself.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:09 +0000

@ Mel”: At UCSD the policy was that you had about 2 weeks to drop a class without anything (including a W) going on your record. They included the deadline on the calendar every quarter. I always dropped my extra class before the deadline, so it never earned me a W. I’d ask the registrar or check your college’s course website.

@ Allan: Sorry you didn’t find many of these useful, but I’m glad you liked #4. As to back-to-back classes, a lot of students find that the longer they’re in class the harder it is to focus on the lecture. Time in between classes is a great time to study, catch up on homework you should have done yesterday, eat lunch, etc. But if it doesn’t work for you, the solution is easy: don’t do it. These are just suggestions.

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:20:53 +0000

#4 is the only useful one. ALWAYS schedule back to back classes. Do you really wanna be in class all day? also, wtf is there to do for like an hour and a half while you wait for your next one to start…

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:06:32 +0000

I like the idea of having an extra class but my school likes to tell it’s freshman that to many “W”s (withdrawls) look bad on you when you to get a job later. Can you look into this? Are they just lying?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:07:00 +0000

@ Solo: True, some majors are more demanding than others (so for example, fun classes might not be so much of an option), but you can still sign up for an extra class and drop one–this is especially helpful with tough majors, because you’ll notice that teachers have different styles of teaching the same course. You may hate a genetics course taught by one professor, but love it when it’s taught by another.

By: Solo

Solo — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:15:27 +0000

good advice, but it depends on what you are majoring.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:14:46 +0000

@ Paul: Thanks for the compliment. And I know what you mean about having few options–that happened to me often as a freshman & sophomore. I usually tried to prepare an alternate schedule of classes every time I registered–that seemed to help.

@ Britt: I did address work in #5, and I’m not sure what tips you’re looking for about difficult classes. I’d be happy to add more if you have questions. Also, not sure how budgeting relates to your class schedule? If you’re worried about signing up for an extra class, as long as you drop the extra quickly, most schools will refund you the charge for it.

By: Britt

Britt — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:01:19 +0000

terrible advice… what about work, budgets and difficult classes?

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:19 +0000

Great advice. I wish I had been able to sign up for more classes, but most of my options were already full by the time I was able to sign up.