<p>seiclan, to my understanding the shopping cart is just for having a readied list of classes. (I believe the comparison was that it was the same as a shopping cart on Amazon.) It’s not essential, and no one is able to reserve their spot in a class (aside from permission-only classes) but consider that the entire class of 2016 (~1500 people) will be trying to get the classes they want and snatching up any remaining seats in the classes that don’t have spots reserved for freshmen on the same day in the span of a few hours. I’m not sure how much of a load Emory’s servers can handle, but I wouldn’t want to be scrambling to find and enter course numbers while a bunch of people with the same appointment time are already enrolling; response time (loading webpages, etc.) will probably be slow enough as it is. Shopping cart allows you to check off the classes you want and enroll in one click. I’m not sure if your son’ll want to wait until orientation to begin adding classes to the cart. Perhaps making minor adjustments after the adviser meeting will be necessary, but I wouldn’t count on having free time to sit down and devise a full schedule + backups on the day(s) your son will be meeting future classmates, exploring campus, etc.</p>
<p>It might be a good idea for your son to go review PACE Unit A, B, F, and G (which cover Gen Ed. requirements/AP credits/picking courses/enrollment process) and, as soon as he has a faculty adviser assigned (everyone should get one before the 17th I think) email them. It is definitely a good idea to at least have some idea of which specific classes he’d like to take (at least fulfill some GERs or take classes toward a potential major?). Apparently it’s also wise to have backup schedules for your backup schedules as I’ve heard horror stories of people winding up with one or none of their choices. As I’m also an incoming freshmen, I can’t comment on the effectiveness of the add/drop/swap process.</p>
<p>I’ll be rooming in LSM and from what I’ve gathered I believe there are no doors for the closets. I think you have to provide your own curtains and rods too.</p>