Morning Orientation: Registration

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Morning Orientation Registration

• n Introductions
• n Registration Materials Discussion
• n Registration Advice
• n Building a Schedule
• n The Process Groups Stations
• n OCs Recommendations Q/A
• n Afternoon Orientation A Preview

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Quote of the Day

• There is a division in the student population
  between those who go to college to learn and
  those who go to college to earn a diploma.
• - J. Blau (University of Washington
  graduate student, in a letter to the editor,
  Chronicle of Higher Education, May 24, 2002)
• A parable

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Introductions SCS Contacts

• Freshman Advisor (15-200/15-128)
  Rich Pattis
• Upperclass Advisor (15-100/15-128)
  Scott McElfresh
• Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education Mark
  Stehlik
• Undergraduate Program Administrator
  Cathy Fichtner
• SCS College Liason/Donner House Fellow Rowshan
  Palmer
• Career Consultant
  Kevin Collins
• SCS Orientation Counselors Larissa Atamian,
  Chris DeLeon, David Everling, Joshua Hailpern,
  Meghan Laskowski, Jonathan Martin, Ben McCann,
  Reinaldo Negron, Jim Puls, Anita Taylor, Kim
  Weston
• SCS RA David Po

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Registration Materials 5 Pages

• Orange Page
• The Schedule Planning form that you returned to
  me I have highlighted the Item letters in green
  (for good) and red (for questionable)
• Blue Page
• This presentation (for reference)
• Green Page
• My current comments/recommendations about your
  schedule
• White Page (called a white-print)
• CMU credit from AP/IB/Cambridge, credit by exam
  (e.g., 21-127), and transfer credit (the same
  information that you can get via SIO)
• If you need credit to register for a course
  today, I can provide it during your registration
  session for any other missing credit, see me
  during the first few weeks of the semester
• Purple Page
• A survey that you will complete about the
  advising/registration process
• If you dont have these materials, get them from
  the OCs, now!

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Sample Green Page
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Reading the Green Page

• IC/CSW Course
• All students must register for both these courses
  (no conflicts with IC!)
• There is only one IC there are many 1st semester
  CSWs to choose from
• Programming Course
• Most students will take one programming course,
  either 15-100, 15-200, 15-113, or 15-211 see me
  if you disagree with the recommendation.
• Discrete Math Course 21-127
• All students not placing out must register for
  section G,H,I, or J (lecture 3)
• If you place out, you may register for it (if you
  want to take DM at CMU)
• Math Course
• I have indicated the course that you can (and
  should) register for.
• Science/Engineering and Humanities Courses
• I have indicated the course you wanted to
  register for (with a comment).
• Total Units based on my recommendation/your
  schedule
• Final Comments

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Registration Advice

• Unit Total must be between 36 and 57 (inclusive)
• Ensure that you can drop one course and still be
  above 36
• So, 45 units is a reasonable minimum, because a
  typical course is 9 units
• SCS receives about 75 slots for 76-101 each
  semester
• Most students want to take this course, so if you
  are in the second half of the queue numbers, plan
  on taking some other humanities course in the
  fall
• For all courses, avoid Section W (building MSB).
  It is in Qatar!
• You may take a course, even if you have AP/other
  credit for it.
• A Typical Schedule Includes
• 2 seminars IC/CSW (15-128/99-101)
• 5 academic programming, discrete/another math,
  science, humanities
• If you play a varsity sport, I suggest you
  register for only 4 academics
• You may change your registration after today
• But, non-reserved slots will disappear fast, as
  HSS students register and upperclass students
  return and begin tinkering with their schedules
• Avoid classes with (long) wait lists. If you are
  waitlisted, attend class the first day. Talk to
  the teacher before/after class be polite,
  sincere, etc.

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Building a Schedule

• Poll How many of you have used the Pulse
  Scheduler already?
• OC Demos
• Building a schedule using Pulse Scheduler/Tartan
  ScheduleMan (Jim Puls)
• Registering using OLR (Josh Hailpern)
• Demos will include use of waitlists,
  mistakes/corrections, etc.
• Watch closely
• I, and many of the OCs, will be in the room to
  help when you register
• Levels of Accomplishment for Today
• Minimal Register for the IC, a programming
  course, 21-127
• SCS guarantees you a slot in each of these
  courses
• Basic Minimal a CSW
• Most Basic a math and science
  course (in a typical schedule)
• All Most plus a humanities
  course and anything special
• Im available on Friday from 1pm-4pm, for final
  registration help

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The Process Groups and Stations

• Registration by Queue Number (on the green page)
• Group A 1- 50
• Group B 51- 100
• Group C 100- 143
• Schedule for Groups 3 Stations
• Group A 11am-Registration, 12pm-Lunch,
  1pm-Connecting
• Group B 11am-Connecting , 12pm-Registration,
  1pm-Lunch
• Group C 11am-Lunch,
  12pm-Connecting, 1pm-Registration
• Registration Wean Hall 5419A/5419B
• When it is your time to register, line up in
  queue order outside the door
• When a machine is available, the next student
  will be called to enter
• If you are not present and miss your turn,
  register with Rich on Friday
• Detach and fill out your survey when done put it
  in the box before leaving
• Lunch Pickup in Wean 53?? Eat outside
• Connecting with CMU (Wean Hall 5403)

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Academic Integrity Registration

• I will discuss Academic Integrity in more detail
  in the afternoon
• For registration, note that I will consider it an
  academic violation if you register (typically on
  a portable but any other machine as well) before
  the time indicated by your queue number
• I have set all SCS students to be able to
  register as of about 10am
• But dont do so until your appointed time
• There are all sorts of electronic time-stamps
  placed on things you do with computers, so we can
  discover when you registered
• If we discover that you registered before the
  time indicated by your queue number
• It will be reported to the Dean of Student
  Affairs
• I personally will deregister you from all your
  courses
• Youll have to register again, from scratch,
  after everyone else finishes
• If you have already registered, and you tell me
  immediately, we can work something out (but tell
  me immediately).
• This will ensure fairness. Have a nice day ?

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OCs Recommendations Q/A

• All the adults will leave the room
• The OCs will supply recommendations about the
  scheduling process, and about individual courses,
  instructors, etc.
• At the end, they will have a question and answer
  period
• Arrive at your designated Group activity by 1115