<p>You don;t have to do either of them and I frankly don;t know the difference. Here is what you should do.</p>
<p>1) Know what AP credits you will bring in (along with the liberal ed requirements they fulfill) and the required courses you need to take for CLA. I’m in carlson so I don’t know what they require in CLA. This should give you a good idea of what courses you will register for first semester. I recommend researching the classes that “double-dip” on generals so you can free up room later for classes you actually want to take. For example, I think BIO 1001 counts for the biological science w/ lab and environmental theme while Bio 1009 only fulfills the biological science w/ lab. The link below shows what the lib ed reqs are and list which classes fulfill what.</p>
<p>[Liberal</a> Education Requirements](<a href=“http://onestop.umn.edu/onestop/Registration/Additional_Registration_Information/Registering_for_Courses/Liberal_Education_Requirements.html]Liberal”>Lib ed requirements overview | Twin Cities One Stop Student Services)</p>
<p>2) Be familiar with the “class search.” Go to onestop and click the link on the right. You figure it out pretty quickly. I think I remember them going over how to use it at orientation but it would be good to know beforehand anyway.</p>
<p>3) If you really look into the classes you will take, you may be able to go even further. I went to ratemyprofessors.com and looked up some of the good and bad professors for the classes I would take. It came in handy as the BIO class I signed up for had two offerings at the time I wanted, one with a good prof and one with a bad prof, so it came in handy for me.</p>
<p>4) They will go over how the scheduling works at orientation which was very helpful since I found it sort of confusing w/ signing up for a lecture and discussion. It seems easy now, but it was confusing at the time. If you can figure it out, look into when you want/can fit in the classes you will take. I found it very difficult to fit everything in on the fly. However, that may have been because the honors courses I signed up for only had a few offerings. The class schedule link at onestop lists the time and place of the classes, so that may help if you want to look into it.</p>
<p>In regards to finishing, i can only speak for what the CSOM students did. CLA was probably similar, but i don’t really know. So, this is what CSOM did. At about 10:30 the last scheduled group thing ended. Right after that we had an optional information fair type thing. Each studend will have an individually scheduled time with their assigned counselor. Some started at 10:30 and some were around noon, maybe later. They are scheduled every 15 minutes. You talk with the counselor about your schedule then go to a computer lab where you actually register for classes. After you finish with that, you can leave whenever you want. So, the main factor for what time it ends is what time you counselor meeting is scheduled. You may have an hour to kill in between the end of group stuff and you meeting or it may be right after. I left at about 12:30 and traffic wasn’t bad at all. I don;t know what time traffic gets really bad, but it would only maybe effect those with one of the last scheduled times.</p>
<p>Hope that helps. Just post if you need anything else answered and I’ll do my best.</p>