<p>I find the recent spate of schedulling horror stories interesting. I attended Ohio State and never had a single problem because I took my advisor’s advice-never,ever turn you schedule card in later than the first day morning of registration. I always showed up at the Registrar by 9am that first day and bingo, first choice every time!!! I tell my advisees that I will not meet with them after the first day of registration for that reason.</p>
<p>The only mistake I made was scheduling an 8am class first term. I didn’t understand the difficulty of getting up in time.</p>
<p>I have passed on my advisor’s advice to my son and he is batting 1.000 through 3 semesters, choosing to attend the first summer orientation session frosh year. He even slogged thru the rain the first evening to get to a computer in the Vooheess Computer Center to check alternative course/section options on <a href=“http://www.ratemyprofessors.com%5B/url%5D”>www.ratemyprofessors.com</a>.</p>
<p>Which is another tip. That web site seems quite helpful as is recommendations from upperclass students about profs to search out and those to avoid.</p>
<p>Last tip that I have passed on to him. Before registration for second term classes get a college catalogue and work out a tenative 4 year schedule which incorporates all graduation requirements and considers electives offered only one a year or once every two years. I do that with all my advisees and it has helped them enormously.</p>
<p>Yes my peeps, in the scheduling game the early bird does indeed get the worm.</p>