I spent yesterday in Chico, going through the transfer student orientation that Chico State puts on. The only reason I went, really, was because at the end of the day, we were able to register for classes.
It was rather boring, really. I got there at 8am to check in, get my ID photo taken, and purchase the Course Catalog1 which was a shocking $16. Which just seems slightly like overkill, since Sac City’s Course Catalog was only $4. At least I won’t have to buy another one, if I don’t loose it.
It was only transfer students yesterday, and after the introduction and welcome to orientation, we broke up into groups. I was with all the English majors, and the first thing we did was take a tour of the school. Where I didn’t take any photos, even though my camera was in my bag. I didn’t take any photos yesterday at all, even though I should have.
Our Peer Adviser–and tour guide–was named Morgan, and she was also an English major with an option in Education. An option is a further course of study in a certain direction, and a lot of students pick one, since your strict major requirements don’t give you enough units, and so you have elective credits to fill up.
Anyway, she was really nice, and had an amazing ability to walk backwards without running into things. She walked backwards the entire time, except up and down stairs. If she had done that, she would have been a god to us. As is was, we were pretty impressed.
After the tour, we spent an hour or so in a class room before lunch, going over the general ed. requirements to be sure we didn’t have to take any lower division courses this year. Finally, a reason for why I took Marine Biology–I don’t have to take any science classes at Chico State. We also talked about school rules and random other stuff in the catalog.
After lunch, we met with a Faculty Adviser, who explained which classes we needed for our degrees, how to pick an option, and which classes need to be taken first.
I don’t have an option–not really. Instead, as I get my degree in English, I’ll also be getting a certificate in literary editing and publishing, which fills the same unit requirements as an option.
Have I lost anyone yet? After the meeting with the Faculty Adviser, I finally got to register for classes, at around 3pm. It took me about 45 minutes to pick my classes, and I’m not thrilled that I can only register for five right now. There’s a sixth class I want to take, but I’ve already got 16 units, and they won’t let anyone sign up for more than 17 until after July, so I’ll have to hope that class still has spots available when I can add more classes. Then again, I might just stick with my five. It is two more than I had last semester.
That’s it for school info for the rest of the month. I’m going back up to Chico in July with ME for her orientation. I’ll probably paint the bathroom while she’s busy being bored. And I might go and take some photos.
But, now I’m even more excited about next year, and can’t wait for it to be August.
– “Don’t Wait,” Dusk and Summer: Dashboard Confessional
- It’s the large catalog that universities put out, listing all the classes they can possibly offer, and the classes needed for each and every degree the university hands out. If you didn’t know [back]
WOMAN. Slow down. 16 credits at a 4-year school is a crap of a lot of credits. Seriously, for your first semester, when everything will be new and you’ll be making a shitton of adjustments, 16 is enough. That’s SIXTEEN hours of classes a week! The rule at U.Va. was 1 hour of class was 2 hours of homework, so 16 credit hours was actually 48 hours of school stuff a week. So just relax, take your 5 classes, and see how it goes. You don’t need to eat the whole sandwich in your first bite!
sigh. erin, you’re always right. i know logically that i shouldn’t add more, but i look at the gaps in my schedule, and the list of classes i have to get through in the next two years, and i panic.
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