Where to get class info BEFORE S.O.A.R.?

anon94785555
Sat, 30 May 2009 03:08:44 +0000

Excellent advice in #3, Pathetique. I disagree with taking the English course mentioned. Most people don’t need skills classes, they can spend their time taking literature courses instead and learn to use the system more quickly on their own.

Mom- remember to let go, back off. This is your child’s show, there is no WE receiving information, your student gets to log in and find out a lot the general public (that includes parents) isn’t privy to. She, and anyone else, can look at the online catalog and timetable to check on courses required for any major and those she may be interested in. Also, after she registers, she can change her schedule at any time if she wants to. It is hard to be a parent when you have to stand by and let your child learn how to navigate the system herself. You can look things up for yourself, but she needs to figure out things for herself, with the help of an advisor who knows the courses and system much better than any of us parents, even alumni.

Be thankful you can participate in a parents program and that it is a month before classes- a lot of private schools hold theirs just before classes start- no time to absorb all of the information and decisions made. Hopefully your D will share her choices with you and not tell you it is none of your business (our son does share his schedule)- the hard part is to train yourself that much of the college experience is none of your business, it is your child’s. They need their independence. No more signing off on school schedules, et al.