Last night, I registered for my spring classes. And let me tell you-- it's akin to a brutal war out there! Everyone wants the "perfect schedule" with the "perfect professors" at the "perfect places"... (that's unlikely to happen because seniors/juniors/sophomores stole our classes already!). Those green rectangles, indicating open sections, turn red, indicating closed sections, faster than you can blink. There were thousands of freshmen last night trying to register. So I guess it boils down to... who has the faster reflex for refreshing and pressing that "Register" button!
mondays
1:55 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL CHEMISTRY
5:35 PM - 6:55 PM INTRO TO MICROECONOM
tuesdays
8:10 AM - 9:30 AM SCIENTIFIC &TECH WRT
12:35 PM - 1:55 PM INTRO SCIENTIFIC RES
5:35 PM - 6:55 PM ISS WOMEN LEADERSHIP
wednesdays
8:55 AM - 9:50 AM PHARM CONVOCATIONS
10:55 AM - 12:15 PM ISS WOMEN LEADERSHIP
1:55 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL CHEMISTRY
5:35 PM - 6:55 PM INTRO TO MICROECONOM
thursdays
5:35 PM - 6:55 PM ISS WOMEN LEADERSHIP
fridays
8:10 AM - 9:30 AM SCIENTIFIC &TECH WRT
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM GENERAL CHEMISTRY
1:55 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Wow, my Wednesday is going to be bundles of fun.
Statistics closed (thanks Sophomores!), but if it opens up I'll take that instead of Microeconomics. Science Writing closed, so it's Writing for Business & Professions unless someone else has any suggestions for a writing course. In fact, I don't even care what second writing course I take as long as it's NOT THE EXPOS MONSTER. [EDIT: I changed my Writing for Business class for Scientific and Technical Writing, which is probably more relevant for my future and hopefully easier. It's too bad it's at 8:10AM on a different campus! Ahhhhhh!]
I've decided to take ISR at the expense of having a more difficult sophomore year, but hopefully it's worth it.
ISR is a course for Douglass science students that places you in a lab of your choice for real hands-on research. I'm excited! It's just that instead of knocking out some of my requirements (grr, why does Pharmacy condense our undergraduate curriculum into two years... WHY?!?!), I'm taking a course that won't count towards anything. But it's a rare opportunity, so I don't want to pass it up. I will update you guys on my lab placement and the course itself. I've met the instructor over the summer, and she's one of those incredibly inspiring and motivating researchers :)
Issues in Women's Leaderships is mandatory course for Douglass students. I love learning about feminism, women's studies, etc. However, I want to take courses in that department that are not the IWL class. I've heard mixed reviews: "It's an easy A, mainly discussion in class." "It's busywork. It hasn't changed my mind on anything. It's annoying." "It opened my mind! And now I'm a women's studies major!" ... Hmm, I'll let you know how that goes.
Pharmacy Convocations is my introductory pharmacy class. I'm so excited :) It's too bad I have to take the Rex B at like the crack of dawn.
ALL in all, registering for classes has been successful! I feel bad for freshmen registering tomorrow... it's scary in webreg. This is what happens when you're competing with the rest of the 25,000 students at Rutgers New Brunswick. Everyone uses ratemyprofessors, so everyone has an idea who to steer away from so the good professors' sections fill up so quickly. No one wants classes that end at 10pm at night. No one wants to wake up at the crack of dawn to take a writing course. But someone will have to. So yeah... good luck...
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