I registered for a mid-July session, but I think it's the last one of the summer. Is anyone on the board going as well? Does anyone know whether you can register for classes online, because I think if I'm going for the late session, that I might not get the best classes. Any advice?? Or should I call the Orientation services to schedule a change if possible?? Thanks...
You are pretty much screwed. They say they hold X amount of spots in each class for each session... but many doubt it. This is how registration works: On your 2nd to last day there, everyone goes at their assigned time to the FAC (Flawn Academic Center) and waits in line. They have about 50 computers, and people just sit down and register... The thing that no one actually knows is that you DON'T have to register there. You can go online and register, and easily beat all the other freshman in your time slot- which is divided by last name basis... It isn't that complicated. If you use pick-a-prof in conjunction with the online fall 2009 schedule, and you have half a brain, you are good to go. Course Schedule Registration RIS Page These are three useful links... The first is a link to the course schedule, and is self-explanatory... What you need to do is make sure the class you want is open. They open and close as fast as the stock market goes up and down... If a class is full, it could very easily be open or waitlisted within the hour. Check often. The second link is the registration page. All you need to do here is type in the specific course number (ie- 06650) for the open class you want. You are obviously a sports fan, so I suggest getting the LASP (this gets you tickets to every athletic event at UT and it is only $70). You select this on the first page of registration (says Athletics $70). The third link is the RIS page. This will tell you if you have any bars (financial or academic bar that would prevent you from registering... Make sure you have none before you register. If you have one and you try to register, its a no go). It will also tell you the time you can register and on what day. Make sure you select Fall 2009 semester, and register as soon as your time slot begins. If you are a business major, I can give you more advice... Let me know. Hook 'Em!
unless you register early you're pretty much screwed to have the crap classes for the first freshman semester, as the above poster said
Honestly, I would try to get a earlier orientation. I went to the very first one as a freshman, and a lot of classes were still full. I can't even imagine how bad it will be at the end of summer. You can't register until they clear the advising bar, and they can't clear the advising bar until you get advised at orientation... so you will definitely get the bottom of the barrel in class choices. Definitely look at the links ind0fo0 posted... they are all extremely important and helpful. And a little off topic, but you should really check out Camp Texas. I recommend it to every incoming UT freshman I know and I am a counselor for this summer. I went before my freshman year and that is still the best decision I've made in regards to college. It is the week before school starts, so you come to campus already knowing a bunch of people. I'm still best friends with a lot of people that I met there. Like ind0fo0 said, I'd love to answer any questions you have if you happen to be in the engineering department. I'm a Civil, but I can probably answer some basic stuff about the other fields.
Yep ind0fo0 gave some great advice. You can also get professor rating straight from UT (for free!) at CIS.He is absolutely right that you don't have to be physically at the FAC to register during your time slot. Although, at the FAC there will be OAs (orientation advisors) walking around helping you with any questions/problems that you run into. The actual registration process is pretty simple and self-explanatory. When your time slot opens, go to the registration page and select Fall 2009. Then you will see a series of entries that kinda look like this (i'm going by memory here so the wording might be a little off) () Add a course _________ () Drop a course _________ () Add ________ to waitlist () Add ________ to waitlist and drop _________ if waitlist add is successful So you click on the button () (many people miss this step when they first register) on the action you wanna do; enter the unique number of the course (5 digit number) in the box ________ then click okay. If the add is successful, you should see it listed near the bottom of the page. If there are time slot conflicts or the class is full, it'll tell you that the add is unsuccessful. DON'T FREAK OUT if you don't get the exact classes you want. Many classes will be gone by the time you're registering, especially if it's a class that non-freshman take. The major and freshmen specific classes does have reserved seats for each orientation session, but it's not guaranteed that you'll get exactly what you want. However, classes will open up when registration starts again a week before school starts as people shuffle their classes schedule. If it's an mandatory intro class, they WILL squeeze you in. Also, even though having an hour break between classes sounds awesome when you're putting classes together, it's terrible. You end up having these 1 hour blocks that is not long enough to do anything. After my first semester, I try to put as many class back to back as I can stand. You will have 10 or 15 minutes to go between classes. So unless your class is at opposite side of the campus, you won't have problem getting to your next class on time. Oh yea, during orientation, there will be these fun shows and events that the Orientation Advisors spent all semester putting together. You should definitely go to them! You can chat with your friends for the next four years, but you can only see these shows once! (I was an OA summer 2005, so gotta pump it up! ) Hook 'em Horns!
get the earliest time... i got the last one and got royally ****ed. Your best chance at good professors is doing one of those FIGS. Happened to get Dr. Laude through that, who is the best freshmen chem professor there is.
To second what a few people said above... 1. FIGS are the best way to meet people and make friends outside of your standard friend circle. Best decision I made last year! 2. Back-to-back classes are hands-down the best way to schedule your classes. Classes end 10 minutes early (1PM class that is 1 hour long will end at 1:50PM). This is plenty of time to get to your next class.
Freshman registration blows, if you're going late you're not going to get ****. But honestly if you wait a couple days after school starts, you can get almost anything you want. Just be patient and check the website a lot.
Idk if this is true at UT, but when I registered at the University of Colorado last summer, they had a certain number of classes set aside for each summer orientation session. So in my experience, you will be fine as long as you sign up early within your own orientation week.
what i mean is that ..is there an advantage in living in these dorms? or are the regular dorms better??
Doubt there are any advantages... maybe you have the access to other nerds so they can help you out? Heh...
I know at Colorado State that they have their own dining hall that is only for them and some other stuff in the dorms. Not so much in the rooms themselves but workout rooms and stuff within the dorms which regular ones do not have.
the location is nice since honors dorms are right in the middle of campus whereas most of the other ones are on the periphery. Overall, I liked them and they certainly are better than a place like Jester.
As was mentioned, don't even bother showing up at the FAC registration morning as the line wraps around the entire building. I remember pulling my laptop out the morning of and sitting right in front of the FAC while people were all in line. A friend of mine I know had a July orientation but was able to change it to June because he'd be out of the country during his original sign-up date. The honors dorms are smaller (in terms of student size) and IMO nicer than what you would get at Jester or Dobie. Make sure to take advantage of all the free things going on. There are tons of things such as the orientation events previously mentioned, cook-outs, bbq's, slip n' sliding, rush parties, free t-shirts (stock up), etc. Won't be hard to find a good time on and around campus.
i didn't get in to plan 2...so since im doing nat. science, i didn't find any other honors programs... but i chose to live in honors housing to "enrich my academic experience"... would this help??
That's a horrible idea. The honors dorm is full of dorks who play dungeons and dragons and have no clue how to party. Live in Jester or Castilian.
