How to find your classes

Colgate13 · 08-11-2005, 09:50 AM

If anyone is looking to see what their classes are, you can find them online. Go to the bookstore's website and click on the textbook reservation link in the middle of the page. Enter your info and you'll find a list of classes.

mhc48 · 08-11-2005, 08:18 PM

Unfortunately, if a class (like a language) is offered at different times for different sections, the bookstore link doesn't give you the section information, so as to be able to figure out your full schedule, only the class you got.

Also it doesn't give the full title and author of the texts: I was thinking about checking into purchasing the texts at Amazon.

jrpar · 08-12-2005, 12:54 PM

You can get the full detailed schedule on mycolgate.

click on Student Resources tab, banner self service on right hand side, quick links, student service, registration, and you'll see two links to your schedule.

mhc48 · 08-12-2005, 01:17 PM

Thanks, my D told me that she was tracking things on mycolgate too. Apparently, though, not everyone's schedule was put up at the same time, she told me hers was not up when she had last looked.

In any event, though I created an account for myself on mycolgate, it doesn't have access to her information and I wouldn't want to log in under her name and password anyway.

Well....except, yesterday I was trying to set up Outlook on her laptop so that it could be ready when she got up to school, and then also wanted to put in an IMAP connection so that she could retrieve e-mail that way while she was still home, instead of through Web Access. I had to ask her for her password in order to check that it worked, but assured her I wouldn't access it again, and told her to change the password.

However, I was also given special temporary dispensation to log on, go to the Bookstore, and ....put her text books on my credit card!

jrpar · 08-12-2005, 01:35 PM

LOL mhc48. I was in the room when my son logged on to mycolgate to find his courses - a friend had alerted him that they were there and how to get there -- but I had to look away so I wouldn't see the password.

kary2285 · 08-12-2005, 01:51 PM

In response to not knowing the whole title and author, a lot of times you can figure it out. I highly recommend ordering the books online, a great service is fetchbook.info. just match the title and price and that usually works (if you're unsure, it's a good idea to wait until you get to the bookstore.) I've saved a few hundred dollars over 3 semesters doing it this way. Another great website that doesn't often show up on fetchbook is bookcloseouts...they have great copies and incredibly cheap shipping. Don't be a slave to the bookstore! (haha)

it's also a good idea to wait on ordering books (if you want) until you get the syllabus and see how much you're actually going to need the book, and if it's not very much, the library has been a great source (not sure how that's going to pan out this year). But if you're taking Western Traditions, buy the bookstore's copy of the bible. You'll need it.

mhc48 · 08-12-2005, 03:19 PM

I tried that method, Kary, by blocking and copying as much of the book and author name as was displayed, and then pasting it in on Amazon, but didn't see enough of a price difference (if at all) to make it worthwhile taking the risk that it was the wrong book or edition or ....

I don't know, why deprive her of that integral part of her education, of going to the College Bookstore, bucking the crowds, wandering the stacks, finding the books, snatching one before someone else gets the good one, flipping through the pages to see if she can find one used but not too much used with the baggage of someone else's highlighting, then carrying them around, paying for them.

I figure the experience will be a useful one, practice for eventually in finding a mate.