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Surviving Registration Overwhelming Process Registration has immeasurable impact on most students. Many students are overwhelmed by the process the first time they go through it. With each successive semester, students develop strategies to survive. By the time of commencement, the se- nior class has mastered the ritual. They give advice to less worldly underclassmen; sometimes it works for them, other times it doesn ' t. Registration is a personal event; one that can excite, frustrate, con- fuse, exhilarate, and exhaust even the most exper- ienced student. Prior to registration is the advising period, hewly enrolled students are lucky; they receive additional assistance to get through this step. Veterans are responsible for meeting with their advisor and tak- ing care of the neccesary forms on their own. In advising, students meet with a faculty member in their planned field of study to select courses that will help them to fulfill their graduation require- ments. Advisors try to answer questions about scheduling, availability of courses, and any other concerns a student may have. Students determine a schedule and then fill in their Mo Coupons sheet. Very likely, the schedule is suited to meet the student s needs. Some prefer to have all their classes on Tuesdays and Thurs- days, or maybe have no classes that start before 11 a.m. All the student can do at this point is to wait for his or her registration appointment, which is on the green card that was mailed or had been picked up in room 111 of the Memorial building. The general student population knows that there is no such thing as early registration. If the appoint- ment is scheduled for 10:30 a.m, and the student shows up at 9 a.m., he or she will not be allowed to register early, hobody is allowed to bump-up their appointment without special permission. Lucky students might be able to get in five minutes early if the line is short, nothing is personal at this stage. Registration workers collect students ' cards, find their registration packet, and instruct them to fill out everything completely before they leave the room. After a few years ' practice, students realize that all they have to do is sign the honor code card and turn it in before leaving the room. There is plenty of time spent waiting in lines later where they can fill out the rest. Armed with blank scheduling cards in one hand and a fist full of pens and pencils in another, stu- dents go off in search of coupons. Line after lengthy line, students must wait to obtain the green Moller- ith computer card that ensures them a place in the class. Sometimes by the time the student reaches the head of the line, the coupon is not available. The class is closed and a change in scheduling is called for, such as taking Vectors and Matrices at 8 a.m. instead of at 2 p.m. By the time the scheduling card is filled, it may not reflect the perfect schedule that was planned at advising, however, all the forms that were not completed when the honor code form was signed have been filled in while wait- ing in lines — but it isn ' t over yet. At the checking and pricing station, the worst that can happen is that the coupons are not in the same order in which they were written on the scheduling card. The first letter of the students ' last names determines how long they will have to wait in line to pick up a fee document. From there stu- dents proceed to the payment line if they do not receive financial aid. rinancial aid recipients may or may not have to go through a trouble shooting line to determine what aid is available and what is not. If any aid is missing, a deferment is needed. By this time, anywhere from one to four hours could have elapsed. Making financial arrangments can add another hour or so to that, depending on what is missing. After making the final payment, or the final deferment, all that is left to do is validate the student I.D., pay for parking tags and price books at the bookstore. Most students feel relief after they have complet- ed registration. It is a rough day, and those who survive in a good frame of mind are few and far between. It is easily the most important day of each semester, because it sets the tone for the next four months. Students who are not happy with their schedules take advantage of the drop add period, a miniature version of registration that provides students with an opportunity to make necessary scheduling changes. next semester poses a new challenge to students who think they have mastered the present registration system as well as to those who haven t. Computerized registration will eliminate the use of Hollerith comput- er cards. In their place will be something equally con- fusing, frustrating and exciting. The new system could possibly take less time to cause the same amount of confusion. The process itself v ll still have the same impact whether students chase down green cards or receive a computer print-out telling them what classes they will be enrolled in. Students will develop new strategies to combat computerized registration ' s new problems. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Regist ration 17
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