So I just finished registering for all courses on SOLAR, I am sure many of you are either happy to get it done or still stressing over it!

So we will be given our timetable by Aug. 9th and I assume that McMaster pick our tutorials and etc? If that is the case, I must say it is actually really EASY to register for courses!

Here is the question I'd like to ask for any upper year students:

Do we get to pick our profs? When I registered on Solar, I couldn't find any prof names or anything like that. So does SOLAR automatically place us to assigned class (meaning assigned prof/tutorial)?

Normally, if you look at the Master Timetable, it would say the core, and the profs assigned to that core.

Thanks for your QUICK response. So you are saying profs are assigned to us?

Or are you saying that once the timetable is up, we can pick and choose?

Well, it depends on the course. If it's a really big course, then you have a choice to pick which prof you want by choosing which timeslot they are alotted in. If it's not so much of a big course (like the ones that I'm taking) it's normally chosen for you.

Originally Posted by PinkSapphire

Well, it depends on the course. If it's a really big course, then you have a choice to pick which prof you want by choosing which timeslot they are alotted in. If it's not so much of a big course (like the ones that I'm taking) it's normally chosen for you.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I never saw timeslot when I was registering on SOLAR.

When the timetables are released in August you can go into SOLAR and adjust your schedule to have certain profs...assuming it fits and there are spots open

Nope, not SOLAR. The Master Timetable. Sorry for the confusion.

Normally, you can make a mock timetable using the Master Timetable from this website:
http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /scheduling/coursett.html

With that, you choose the mandatory courses you need as well as your electives, and it says the timeslot (Ie from what to what time the class runs to). Sometimes it also says the prof assigned to that timeslot.

SOLAR doesn't show you the times, just the core, tutorial and lab sections. Your timetable will tell you the time of your core and if there are multiple cores for a class, you can change the core when SOLAR re-opens.

You can also check the time slots in the master timetable and it will tell you the corresponding prof.

Timetables will be released early august, and SOLAR will reopen again after that. Once solar reopens, you can change your sections to whatever you want

Originally Posted by PinkSapphire

Nope, not SOLAR. The Master Timetable. Sorry for the confusion.

Normally, you can make a mock timetable using the Master Timetable from this website:
http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /scheduling/coursett.html

With that, you choose the mandatory courses you need as well as your electives, and it says the timeslot (Ie from what to what time the class runs to). Sometimes it also says the prof assigned to that timeslot.

No worries! It seems like alot of people try to the mock timetable but is it really the worth time to do it?
I mean, SOLAR will get the Timetable done for you, I don't see what is the big fuss. Maybe I'm missing something here.

So we do get the option to pick our profs AFTER the timeable is released? We can't pick now eh?

People make a mock timetable to make sure that there are no conflicts and that everything fits. You can also try out different combinations of cores/labs/tutorials to get a schedule you like. When timetables are released you can adjust the one you are given to get the one you want.

After your personal timetable is released in August you can adjust it to get the profs that you want.