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Summer Registration Tips!
It is once again time for registration for fall classes!
While some of us struggle to find classes that are interesting, meet requirements, and are taught by reputable professors, it’s truly not so difficult if you plan things correctly. The Student Handbook certainly serves as a guide for detailed descriptions of classes and whether or not they fulfill a divisional or requirement.
Although you might think that you have the perfect schedule planned out before registration, the actual registration process is a whole new ball game. Make sure to have back-up choices that can easily be substituted into your schedule if your first choice is already full by your time to register. And if you find yourself searching for low credit classes to fill up your schedule, library sciences and career and personal development are always good choices.
While fall registration quickly snuck up on us, the summer is approaching even faster. Consider taking a few extra classes during the summertime to keep busy. It’s always a good idea, especially because it helps ease the workload in the fall. Also, many students are on campus and enjoy spending the North Carolina summers together. Do note that summer school doesn’t necessarily mean having to stay on campus.
There is always the option of taking classes at schools near your home and transferring the credits to Wake. While our university is selective in terms of what meets credit criteria, it is definitely something to look into. The online registrar is very useful and accessible if you want to research what classes can be taken at certain universities. It also contains the course number and department for quick and easy access to such important information.
Throughout this stressful process remember that with every registration, you are one step closer to your goals, dreams, and future!
To Cram or Not To Cram?
As spring and its many activities approach us, I ask one question: How will we manage? Should we head to the ZSR for a few hours each day to prepare for a test, even with the quad glistening and the sundeck of South calling your name? Or should we wait until the night before and hide in our rooms, cramming the material for tomorrow’s computer science test into our brains? This is a dilemma that most students at Wake face: To cram or not to cram?
With all of the activities and involvement available on campus (not to mention the beautiful weather we are about to have upon us), it is very difficult to carve out time each day to get ahead and practice long-term studying techniques. Teachers, parents, and even fellow students advise each other to start studying early in order to avoid stress leading up to a big paper or exam, yet we rarely take their advice. More often than not, the ZSR is filled with crammers, those waiting until the last minute to get their work done.
Here are some quick ideas about each method of studying:
- Cramming can be beneficial: Cramming, if effective, allows you to have more free time while also accomplishing your work.
- Cramming can be detrimental: Learning all the material in one night is not ideal. If you write a paper in one night, you do not have time to edit or proofread the essay, leaving excessive room for error.
- Long-term can be beneficial: Long-term studying allows you to have minimal stress and a more well-rounded study method.
- Long-term can be detrimental: Heading to the ZSR everyday can cut into time with friends, involvement with other organizations on campus and social life in general.
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