College is often described as the best four years of your life. Four years of new experiences, learning, exploration, great times with great friends, but what most fail to mention, when they talk about these four great years, is the inevitable chaos that is also known as registration for the upcoming semester. Here's 20 thoughts which have most likely gone through your head more than once during this stressful time.
1. Midterms have come and gone. Advising must be coming soon, but when?!
2. I have to check my emails every day, I can't miss the advising email.
I NEED to be the first person to make an appointment!
3. WHAT DO YOU MEAN they're not sending emails this semester?!
How am I supposed to know what's happening?!
4. SHIT! I was supposed to meet with my advisor last week....
Now I'm lucky if I'll get an appointment before registration.
5. Maybe I can convince my advisor that I don't REALLY need to take that class...
No matter what your major, there's always one required class you've heard horrible things about and would do ANYTHING to get out of it.
6. Is it too late now to change my major?
Please read to the tune of Justin Bieber's "Sorry."
7. So my advisor wants me to take six classes next semester and four out of the six are major courses. GREAT.
I'm stressed just thinking about it.
8. What does this class have to do with my major? Nothing.
Why do I have to take it? I'll probably never use this in the "Real World."
9. I'm dropping out, I can't do this.
10. Maybe I'll take some summer classes to make things easier...
$4000 per course!? AND IT'S NOT COVERED BY SCHOLARSHIPS?! I'm a broke college student...I think not...
11. My advisor said it is IMPERATIVE that I take this class next semester, but there's only one section, which has 25 seats.....
Again. Stressed just thinking about it....
12. Googles "jobs that do NOT require a degree"
I need to explore all my options, just in case.
13. I have class when I'm supposed to register.
Do I choose class or registration?! Registration obviously wins. I mean I could bring my laptop to class and register while I'm there. I'll just have to try not to cry.
14. Why does everyone I know have an earlier registration date than I do?!
He registered already!? I know for a fact that I have more credits than him!
15. I made the perfect schedule!
No 8 a.m. classes. All the professors have great reviews on RateMyProfessor. I can get coffee in the morning, have lunch at a reasonable time, and possibly get a job! PERFECT...there just still has to be some open seats by the time I can register.
16. REGISTRATION IS IN FIVE MINUTES.
17. I should just drop out and get a job.
Yeah, they say the "Real World" is a scary place, but
18. 3, 2, 1, GO! SHITTY CAMPUS WI-FI, DON'T FAIL ME NOW!!!
Let me do this as fast as possible, I NEED my perfect schedule!!!
19. I give up.
Three out of the six on my perfect schedule are full, and somehow I picked a class on the wrong campus...I'm left with 8 A.M.s or class until 10 at night. I can pick the professor who should be embarrassed by his RateMyProfessor page, or TBA, which might be even worse. At least I'd know what I'm getting myself into. Maybe next semester, I'll have the perfect schedule.
20. How many more times do I have to do this before graduation?
This stress is not good for my skin, I'm getting grey hairs, and I don't know if my heart can handle it.
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