Choosing Professors-
www.Ratemyprofessors.com This website can be one of your best friends. Talking directly to people who have taken classes with the professors is the best, but if you do not have any info on them, this will be very helpful. When looking at it though, keep in mind that every class has the people that fail because they did not work hard and are going to write horrible reviews. Try and look at what the majority of people say and not narrow in on one comment in particular.Choosing Classes-
1. Do not take all your hard classes in one semester or quarter. Spread them out. Make sure your schedule is balanced with hard and easy classes. This also means that you shouldn’t take all of your electives in your first year. It will come back to bite you in the ass Junior and Senior year when you’re wishing you had options to round-out your schedule.2. Don’t schedule classes you’ll sleep through. You may be used to getting up early for class during high school, but trust me when I say that college involves a very different sleep schedule. If you know you are going to have a hard time getting up, schedule a later class.
3. Talk to your advisor about a major map and every semester check your DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) to see what classes you should take to stay on track. College is expensive, you and your parents probably won’t want you on a 5 year plan. If you’re paying for it yourself, you definetly don’t want to be on the 5, 6, or 7 year plan.
4. Having a day off can be amazing. Lets be honest, what student doesn’t want Fridays off? But make sure that doesn’t mean having over six hours of classes on another day. You could be burnt out before you even get to your Friday.
Textbooks-
