06-30-2011 at 04:24 PM
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Unbalanced schedule
I was selecting my courses today on SOLAR and most the electives I wanted were already full, as a result my schedule is somewhat unbalanced. I have 6 courses during the first term and 4 courses during the second term.
First Term: Health Age 1BB3, Econ 1B03, Comp Sci 1BA3, Anthrop 1A03, Socio 1A06, and Stats 1L03
Second Term: Commerce 1E03, Econ 1BB3, Math 1M03, and Socio 1A06
Do you guys think this is a good idea, or should I try to balance out my schedule?
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06-30-2011 at 04:39 PM
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even though you're making your term 2 much easier, term 1 looks like hell IMO. over-loading in term 1 isn't a good idea especially in first year because you haven't experienced university courses yet and you need time to adjust from the difficulty of high school to university. i would suggest moving Anthro 1A03 or Health age 1bb3 to term 2. equally balanced terms would be better.
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06-30-2011 at 05:11 PM
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term 1: 5, term 2:5
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term 1: 4, term 2: 6
Would be best, for the reasons explained by the other poster.
Econ, compsci and maybe stats should be pretty darn easy
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06-30-2011 at 05:28 PM
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Problem is, all the electives I want during term 2 are full. Is it possible for me to email someone to open a spot for me, or am I out of luck?
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06-30-2011 at 05:32 PM
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Quote:
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Problem is, all the electives I want during term 2 are full. Is it possible for me to email someone to open a spot for me, or am I out of luck?
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You can, but you most likely won't get a spot because they are electives. Just talk to the department each course belongs to.
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06-30-2011 at 05:40 PM
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You can keep checking solar everyday. It's rare, but people do drop courses before 2nd term starts.
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06-30-2011 at 05:47 PM
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I looked, but cannot seem to find the contact info for the department that each course belongs to. Could someone please provide a link?  |
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06-30-2011 at 05:48 PM
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I looked, but cannot seem to find the contact info for the department that each course belongs to. Could someone please provide a link? |
http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /sched...20201 011.pdf
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06-30-2011 at 06:26 PM
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I don't think it's a good idea to have an unbalanced course load in first year. Try to fix it so that you have 5 courses each term. Keep trying over the summer to get the courses for first term. Then you have up until second term to keep trying for those courses.
6 courses one term and 4 courses another term is definately doable, lots of people do this. But I don't suggest it for first year.
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06-30-2011 at 09:23 PM
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As people have suggested, either make term 1: 4 courses and 6 the next term or balance it out. Email the appropriate people and see is any adjustments can be made otherwise I suggest finding some other electives such as Geog (which are fairly easy according to reviews).
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07-01-2011 at 11:56 AM
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As others suggested, I don't recommend you take an unbalanced course load in first year, especially with 6 in first term and 4 in second. If anything, try to make it 4 in term 1 and 6 in term 2. If the electives you want are full, there's still plenty of time to try and get in. You have July all the way to the first 2 weeks or so of school, so keep trying!
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