Registering without FASET

Colleges & Universities Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Doing IE /accepted into Honors.
Any insight about registering w/out FASET ?</p>

<p>ALSO:</p>

<p>Found on the Facebook website for Class of 2013:</p>

<p>“…they will assign you your core classes sometime in late june. Then you will go to FASET and you will have a chance to move, pick up, or drop classes with help from FASET. Your time during FASET is considered as Phase 1 of registration. Then once you get to Tech, which is like the Thursday or Friday before classes start, Phase 2 of registration will open up and remain open through the first week of school…”</p>

<p>Does anyone know if this information is correct?
Will core classes be assigned without registering for FASET?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Not sure how FASET works, but I’m sure you can call the registrar and ask: 404-894-4150 Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm, or you can email <a href=“mailto:comments@registrar.gatech.edu”>comments@registrar.gatech.edu</a> or you can fill out a form on this website: [Georgia</a> Tech: Registrar: Contact: Email](<a href=“http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/contact.php]Georgia”>Contact Us | Registrar's Office | Georgia Tech). </p>

<p>Are you starting with any AP/IB credit, or are you an incoming ISyE major with no credit? Also, it would be helpful to know if you’ve chosen a track in ISyE. Do you plan to co-op / intern in your first summer?</p>

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<p>I did AP (took 6, waiting on this year’s scores) but right now I only have a 4 in APUSH and 3’s in the others. I want to do the Economic Design Analysis track. I haven’t planned on the summer between freshman and sophomore year yet.</p>

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<p>Well, the AP Hist score will at least give you HIST 2111, so that’s good.</p>

<p>As for your other classes, I’m a big proponent of taking the first semester easy. Until you know how adjusting to college life will affect you, you don’t want to slam yourself with difficult classes. In addition, if you’re co-oping in the summer, your Fall GPA is the only one Spring recruiters will see, so you want it to be good.</p>

<p>With that in mind, I recommend two hard classes (the next Calc that you need and probably CS) then fill out your transcript with easier classes: in your case, probably Psyc 1101 (intro to psych), English 1101 (English I), and HPS 1040 (health). You will probably also have to take Psyc 1000 (intro to college life), which is just a 1 hour / week class that goes over the basics of living in college. </p>

<p>Those classes would combine to give you 16 hours, and they all meet a general requirement for any engineering majors, not just ISyE/EDA, in case you decide to transfer. </p>

<p>So, let’s say:</p>

<p>Calc I (MATH 1501)
CS I (CS 1371)
Health (HPS 1040)
Psyc I (PSYC 1101)
English I (ENG 1101)
College Life (PSYC 1000)</p>

<p>If you think that’s too much for you, you can cut out Health. I wouldn’t cut out any of the others - especially Psyc 1000, which is an easy A as long as you go to every session. Psyc 1000 also does some nice things - like introduce you to department chairs and whatnot. </p>

<p>In terms of AP’s, if you get credit for Calc I, substitute Calc II. If you get credit for English I, substitute English II. If get credit on CS I, take CS II. The only real change would be if you get credit for Psych 1101, in which case you can try to find another substitute (like to burn a social science elective and take INTA 1110 if you can get in).</p>

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<p>And one other thing - that EDA track might not be around for much longer. There were only a few ISyE faculty researching in that area, and all have now moved on to another area, leaving that as a minor interest. As a result, the department is taking no new EDA PhD students, and the plan is to close the program after the current students graduate (probably next year or the year after). Most of the EDA type researchers are now in the business school. The business schools pay more, so top EDA researchers tend to jump ship and head to those programs.</p>

<p>So you might want to keep an open mind about your track.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the information. I also plan to do marching band, which I hear is an easy A. Would marching band give me my health credit? I’ve heard that band can take the place of a health/gym class at other schools but I don’t know where GT stands on that.</p>

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<p>I have no idea what counts. All the Catalog says is: “All undergraduate students attending Georgia Tech must satisfactorily complete a wellness requirement (HPS 1040 or equivalent).” ([GT</a> Catalog : Undergraduate : Wellness Requirement](<a href=“http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/wellness.php]GT”>http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/wellness.php)) and I can’t find the definition of “equivalent”. I was an athlete as an undergraduate, so I took “running” as my health class. Maybe Band counts, as well. </p>

<p>Before just asking around or making an assumption, I highly recommend emailing the Registrar’s office and asking (they’re very fast with email responses). That way, in 4 years when your Degree Petition is rejected for not meeting the Wellness Requirement, you can print off the email response as proof.</p>

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<p>And don’t just go on their website and post in the message board or search - actually send an email to <a href=“mailto:comments@registrar.gatech.edu”>comments@registrar.gatech.edu</a> with your GTID number (the 9 digit number starting with 9), the course number for band (probably MUSIC 1008), and ask if that class meets the Core Curriculum Wellness Requirement for Undergraduate Students.</p>