Getting Ready to Register
S o you've been accepted to a college and made the decision to attend. Now what? Registering for your first semester will be different in some ways than in future semesters, but some things are true no matter what. Keep reading for tips to help you pick the right classes and get on the right track! During your summer orientation, you'll go through some variation of this: You attend presentations, go on group tours and do ice breakers in small groups, then you'll be broken up by department then by major, given a little advice, then put in a room full of computers to register, with maybe one administrator in the room for technical difficulties. At this point, you have in front of you a list of recommended classes and a course search to pick between teachers and times. You're also, as a freshman, in the very last group of people to register and therefore some classes will have filled up, though there should be plenty of slots for core classes. If yo...