<p>udel15:</p>
<p>It appears that your D is already starting to think like a typical UD student. Unfortunately, to answer your question, it is unlikely that your D will be able to pre-select most of her course sections and apply them at NSO. UD made some changes to the freshman course selection process 3-4 years ago after students who were scheduled later in the NSO period complained that they had more limited course availability because of attending a later NSO date. Unless this has recently changed again it is my understanding that at NSO students pretty much get assigned course selections (I suspect computer program generated) based upon their major and/or the need to complete General ED requirements (for those students who are undeclared). While there may be some limited choices (i.e. electives, specific language etc) it would be impossible to even pre select specific sections of these courses without knowing what the schedule of the assigned courses are. As to whether you can request section changes in the assigned courses I do not have the answer to this. My D went thru NSO 5 years ago. At that time it appeared that certain advisors would allow it while others would not. Perhaps someone else viewing this thread who has attended NSO more recently could respond to this. As I noted is an earlier post on this thread course changes can be made in mid to late August once all the the initial schedules have been completed. Unfortunately there tends to be limited availability of openings to make changes with at that time. Course selection/scheduling is one of the more challenging/agonizing events a student has to go thru while at UD (but I suspect this is true for all colleges). </p>
<p>On a more positive note it has just recently been brought to my attention that UD appears to be in the proces of beginning to phase out 8:00 am classes (as a result of ongoing dissatisfaction expressed about this time slot by students and faculty). The odds of getting classes at this time slot therefore appears to be much reduced, even for freshman. Believe it or not some students were not in favor of this.</p>