Hey aska,<\/p>\n
I’m currently finding myself in a frustrating situation in terms of term two courses. As a first year student, when picking my schedule in August, I
\nwasn’t sure whether I’d want to pursue a specialist or a double major, so I ended up choosing courses that I no longer need (since I’m going with a
\ndouble major). As a result, I have two vacancies in my schedule – so I thought that I’d go ahead and satisfy my breadth… that was easier said than done. I literally sifted through the calendar (I know) and of the 40 possibilities (that could actually fit in with the remainder of my schedule), only 3 less-than-satisfactory courses aren’t full :\/ I then decided to just look for fun courses that I could select instead (thinking I’ll just deal with breadth in year three or four), but they’re all full too. I just don’t know what to do anymore :\/ (aaand keeping the physics and calc courses that I no longer need sounds terrible to me, since I suck at both). I just feel that the longer it takes me to figure this out, the more the wait lists will grow (and so will my panic). So what should I do? Should I pursue breadth or just fill my schedule with etc. courses? *How *do I actually get myself into courses at this point? I also feel uneasy about wait lists (since it seems like I’ll have to join some one way or another): is a number such as 65 waiting for 500 seats a long wait list? What happens if I don’t get in from the wait list – I’ll be short that credit! I know I just tossed a million questions at you, but I’m really anxious about all of this. Thanks so much for reading.<\/p>\n
FirstYearIsWayTooStressful<\/p>\n
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Holy way too many questions.<\/p>\n
Okay I’m going to answer these as well as I can and hopefully I don’t miss any.<\/p>\n
When you’re choosing your courses for the S term just before it, yeah, seeing waitlist after waitlist is going to happen. I mean think about it: you were already behind fourth, third, and second year students in your initial enrollment, and then a lot of time has passed since then, meaning non-degree students and UTSC or UTM people get in your way too. It totally sucks but that’s just how it is.<\/p>\n
So remember as a rule of university (and life, I suppose): never ever ever ever ever<\/a> procrastinate! Granted, you didn’t figure things out until much later…<\/p>\n Anyhow, right now, since ROSI is essentially in its every-man-for-himself<\/a> mode and you just keep refreshing course pages in hopes of a vacancy, you’re better off just taking what you can. Even if it isn’t a requirement, you can at least get something to fill in your 20 FCE right? Likewise, maybe you’ll even find something that interests you!<\/p>\n