<p>^I think this depends on a student’s major. For example, I never once had to wait to meet with my advisor. I signed up for a time and met with her one-on-one in about ten minutes time. It was that easy. My friend who is pre-pharmacy also had the same thing. The same was for my friends who were English, French, and Mechanical Engineering majors. I think that most departments have students sign up for a time and then show up then. I was told in my U101 class that some departments do group advising though. None of my friends had that however.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how registration times are made, but I have heard they are based on a combination of major and year. I don’t think honors college students get to sign up for classes much earlier if at all earlier. At least, none of my freshmen friends who were Honors College students in the same majors as I did. I have heard that International Business students get to sign up for classes first. Overrides are a part of life at Carolina and often can be pretty easy to obtain. Sometimes it’s harder, but that’s life.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, advisement does not affect registration appointment times. The one exception to this is that you must be advised prior to registering for classes, but EVERY department offers advising in a timely manner to allow students to get advised before the registration period officially begins.</p>
<p>As far as lines go, if you don’t want to deal with them, then just be smart with how you spend your time. Me and my friends usually go to the Strom around 10 or 11 at night and have absolutely no problems with waiting on anything. We usually get meals around 1 or 2 for lunch and don’t have problems with waiting. I don’t think that this is unique to USC, though. If you go to any restaurant at 12:00, it’s going to be busy.</p>
<p>Let me just be clear that I’m not disputing your son’s experience at USC. I realize that everyone has different opinions and experiences. My experience with USC is that I feel like it’s a small school and have rarely noticed that it’s actually 30,000 students on campus. The only times I truly notice the actual size of the school are at football games. And this comes from someone who graduated in a high school class of 43. My suitemates had an even smaller graduating class of under 30 and they seemed to have the same sentiments.</p>