disalarming | Class Registration

I am in the process of registering for classes for the fall 2009 semester, and my God, I’ve forgotten what a pain registering for classes can be! One of the issues that I’ve had with registration is the fact that not all of the professors for the next semester are listed on the registrar. In theory, every professor at a university should be fantastic, but that is not always the case, as you can see by visiting Rate My Professors. The professors that are listed in the registrar have gotten positive reviews according to RMP, but I am a little nervous about picking a class with an unlisted professor. What if the professor turns out to be the one professor that is awful?! A professor really makes or breaks the classroom experience, and I don’t want to be excited for a great class and then get stuck with a mediocre professor.

I’ve also been trying to work out my schedule so that I can finish each day fairly early. This semester, I finish every day at 5pm, which is awful, so I am adamant that I will finish my classes earlier in the day next semester. I’ve actually been a little bit too successful with this goal; I am looking at either having four classes on Mondays and none on Tuesdays, or three on Mondays and one Tuesday morning. I’ve been debating whether or not a complete day off is worth having four classes in a row, two of which are languages, or having one morning class on Tuesdays and having the rest of the day free. The class in question doesn’t have a professor listed, so it’s not like I can make a decision based on which seems to be the better professor; my decision will depend on whether or not I feel like I can cope physically and mentally with four classes in a row and do well in all of them!

My issues with professors and class times aside though, I hope that the schedule I put together and will hopefully be able to receive for next semester is going to be pretty kickass. I am signed up for classes for both my Public Communication major and Chinese and French minors, as well as some classes I need to take regardless of my major to fulfill my General Education requirement. I’m taking a full course load as well as keeping my current part-time job and hopefully getting either another part-time job or an internship, so I am going to be incredibly busy – but I’ll be busy doing things that interest me, so hopefully it’ll all pay off in the end!

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.