My least favorite thing about Wittenberg would have to be scheduling. It's hard enough being having two minors and a major to fit everything into four years, but then when I can't even get into the classes that I want to take it's even more frustrating.
I learned that if you email the professor ahead of time, they will either sign you into the class or they will reserve a spot for you, which is very good to know, but you have to know the professor well enough to ask them for a favor. I understand that it is smart to take your gen ed requirements your freshman and sophomore year, but if I don't even know what I want to do, then I want to be able to take classes that I choose and not that are chosen for me. Like taking TWO science classes? I know for a fact that isn't what I want to do, so why should I spend the two years that I have set aside for deciding what I want to major in taking classes that I don't want to major in.
Especially being a comm major, it is so hard to get into the upper level courses because they only have spots open for about 10 people at the most. It is also like this with art courses, I have had to sign up early and was only accepted because I was a minor. What do people do when they just have to take the courses for gen eds?
I'm not exactly sure about what to do with these compliants, I have never heard anyone say that they have had 100% success with the system, but I'm not sure what else we could do.
This past semester was the most stressful scheduling experience of my life. MY ENTIRE LIFE. Even with knowing the professors pretty well, I couldn't get into a SINGLE 300-level comm class so I just took sociology to fill up a space in my schedule so I wouldn't get behind on credits.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what else could be done about scheduling either. The system is flawed, but every system is flawed at every college or university. Your best bet is just to be an RA....(which is stupid too!!)