<p>Course selections weren’t due until sometime in June last year, I think it was pretty late in the month. After you submit the courses you want to take, a schedule is generated by the computer system and your student will receive the schedule during orientation. Randomly generated : P you might say. The way course selections translate to fall schedules was explained to me in advance by several parents who have been through the process, thankfully! I am so glad we’d already heard this when IllD93 received her schedule or she would have been freaking out when she saw her “schedule” which had no Spanish (as a Bio/Spanish double major that was disconcerting), no UMX (which she had put in her course selections), but did have Chem listed (which she’d AP’d out of) and also Theatre (?) etc. </p>
<p>It may be different for engineering majors with their more structured curriculum but for college of arts and sciences majors - computer generated schedules for freshman don’t always work well if you have FF status. I"m not sure if they are just as wacky for non-FFs but I’m guessing perhaps they might be in some cases - in any case **DO NOT WORRY. **Everything is sorted out in person when your student meets with their advisor during those meetings you’ll see listed on the Orientation schedule. </p>
<p>The []<em>[] is at its best when its people are involved. The []</em>[] is not a school full of bureaucratic red tape - and when technology is imperfect their people come through. When your student sits down with a real person a corrected schedule will be put together during that meeting. It is only the first schedule that works this way; after they are enrolled they will meet with an advisor in advance and will then select the classes they want online at their registration time. IllD93 already registered for fall 2013 cllasses and has her schedule in hand. </p>
<p>At schools that have summer orientation/registration (our flagship does it that way, as did IllD93’s other top choice, UMinnesota) the schedule is generated at that time allowing time to purchase books at leisure, etc. But those schools also required us to physically show up for that summer event and with so many out of state/out of US students attending the []_[] that approach is not as workable. I preferred not having to head down to Miami in June or July for orientation/registration, saving us a trip (and a lot of $) and having it all happen the week before classes started when we were already there. One issue with this approach is kids are scrambling for books with only a few days notice. However the bookstore has a very generous grace period for returns allowing plenty of time if you want to purchase your books on Amazon (get the free Student Prime membership right before orientation!)</p>