<p>Maybe it is different for the other schools within AU, but I know that we were told that for incoming CAS freshmen, the advisor does the actual online registration, not the student. As boysx3 said, the freshman guide is the vehicle for the student to communicate his/her course requests to the advisor. The advisor then completes the actual enrollment, making adjustments based on availability as well as any factors such as major requirements, gen ed requirements, etc. that they feel are relevant. It’s true that AU has an online enrollment system, and students do their own enrollments in the future (at least starting sophomore year, I forget who does it second semester freshman year), but for incoming freshmen, the advisor does that step. Once the student has been enrolled by the advisor, their schedule is “official” and can be viewed under course registration / student snapshot on my.american.edu. However, it can still be changed during the meeting with the student and advisor at orientation. (Or even later.) Once she had enrolled her, my D’s advisor emailed her her schedule, and explained her reasoning for the minor change she had made. She also mentioned other options that they could discuss at orientation. But for now she has a firm schedule and she is definitely enrolled in her classes, and all she completed was the freshman guide - her advisor did the rest.</p>