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First of all, let me just say how horribly disorganized my institution is...I'm so pissed right now. Like most schools, my college's pre-registration for spring classes started this week. For some ridiculous reason, instead of just letting us schedule our own classes online, all freshmen were required to make an appointment with their academic advisor who would then enroll them into the courses they wanted.
This is where the total B.S. comes into play: we recieved emails on how to schedule an appointment on our school's website, which clearly stated that we would be able to login to the site at 9:00 AM sharp. Low and behold, it apparently allowed students to login at 8:30, so everyone who planned to go on at 9:00 got TOTALLY SCREWED. In that half-hour, every single one of the Wednesday appointments were taken, leaving only Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately, my classes conflicted with all of the Thursday appointments, so I was forced to settle for a later one on Friday.
Now, since so many people have chosen classes already, there are pretty much none left. My school's administration, being the geniuses they are, somehow overlooked the fact that there's barely enough space/faculty to accomodate their largest freshmen class yet. There are ridiculous conflicts with everyone's schedule now; for example, there is only one Biology II section and one Calc I section left, but they are both at the SAME TIME!!!!!😱😱 Since I go to a small health science college, both of these are required for all majors.
To make things worse, almost all of the lab sections and other classes left are scattered all over the place. I could potentially have a class at 8AM and then not have my next one, which would be a lab, until 5PM. I'm also a commuter student, and it takes me about 2 hours to get to school and 2 hours to get back home, so I may be looking at waking up at 4:45AM and not getting home until 11PM. If this is the case, I'd have almost no time to study, do homework, sleep, work, etc. and my GPA would go straight down the toilet (Bye bye med school).
This total lack of consideration for students is absolutely unacceptable IMO. We are, after all, paying top dollar to come here, and they still treat us like dogs. I'm seriously considering withdrawing from this school, working full-time for half a year, and then re-applying somewhere else. What are some other options??? I'm freaking out right now!!!!
/rant
This is where the total B.S. comes into play: we recieved emails on how to schedule an appointment on our school's website, which clearly stated that we would be able to login to the site at 9:00 AM sharp. Low and behold, it apparently allowed students to login at 8:30, so everyone who planned to go on at 9:00 got TOTALLY SCREWED. In that half-hour, every single one of the Wednesday appointments were taken, leaving only Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately, my classes conflicted with all of the Thursday appointments, so I was forced to settle for a later one on Friday.
Now, since so many people have chosen classes already, there are pretty much none left. My school's administration, being the geniuses they are, somehow overlooked the fact that there's barely enough space/faculty to accomodate their largest freshmen class yet. There are ridiculous conflicts with everyone's schedule now; for example, there is only one Biology II section and one Calc I section left, but they are both at the SAME TIME!!!!!😱😱 Since I go to a small health science college, both of these are required for all majors.
To make things worse, almost all of the lab sections and other classes left are scattered all over the place. I could potentially have a class at 8AM and then not have my next one, which would be a lab, until 5PM. I'm also a commuter student, and it takes me about 2 hours to get to school and 2 hours to get back home, so I may be looking at waking up at 4:45AM and not getting home until 11PM. If this is the case, I'd have almost no time to study, do homework, sleep, work, etc. and my GPA would go straight down the toilet (Bye bye med school).
This total lack of consideration for students is absolutely unacceptable IMO. We are, after all, paying top dollar to come here, and they still treat us like dogs. I'm seriously considering withdrawing from this school, working full-time for half a year, and then re-applying somewhere else. What are some other options??? I'm freaking out right now!!!!
/rant
