{"id":38468,"date":"2019-07-02T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=38468"},"modified":"2019-09-07T22:41:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T02:41:24","slug":"course-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/07\/02\/course-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dreaded Moment… Course Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"I like to compare course selection to buying concert tickets: the number of seats available is scarce, everyone is trying to get the \u201cbest\u201d times and dates, and there\u2019s absolutely no time to think.\r\n\r\nAfter my experience with course selection in my first year, I\u2019m kind of scared for course selection this year (I was telling my friend the other day that I feel like I have PTSD from last year). Popular courses like chemistry get filled, all the \u201cnice\u201d times get taken, courses overlap, and everything becomes chaotic once you log in.\r\n\r\nBut since I have already been through it once, I feel like I know what I need to do to make course selection as smooth as possible.\r\n\r\nI need to make sure my wi-fi is reliable<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCourse selection is already stressful as it is, so I don\u2019t like to bring added stress by using the free wi-fi from Starbucks that everybody <\/em>is using. Not only is public wi-fi slower, there\u2019s also the possibility of your device suddenly disconnecting to it (in that case, I would cry for <\/em>you).\r\n\r\n
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cred: giphy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nLast year, I used my home wi-fi and literally turned off all my other electronics (I\u2019m convinced they \u201cdrain\u201d the wi-fi away from my laptop) and everything worked considerably well so I'm planning to do the same this year.\r\n\r\nI need to have (multiple) backup plans<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s nothing I fear more than when things don\u2019t go as planned. That\u2019s why I had a total of 3 backup plans last year,\u00a0 only one of which resembled my actual timetable in the end. Knock on wood that everything goes as planned because the worst thing that could happen is that I am almost done and then I select my last course and it\u2019s full\u2026 then I need to adjust everything<\/em> *shivers*.\r\n\r\n
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My mock timetables for this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI think I\u2019ve accepted the fact that I can never fully plan exactly what my schedule will look like, but I still like to have a general idea of what I would like <\/em>to have as my timetable so that I can refer back to it while I\u2019m selecting my courses.\r\n\r\nI know what I want\u2026 but I have to be realistic! <\/strong>\r\n\r\nI like my days to look fairly similar throughout the week. I also like to start early and end early, but that\u2019s a personal preference (it\u2019s all about knowing what you <\/em>like). But I have to be realistic\u2026 After enrolling in a 9 am course in my first year, I\u2019ve learned that while I like to start my days early, I\u2019m not THAT much of a morning person.\r\n\r\n
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cred: tenor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI know that I do not<\/em> like to have large gaps (an hour gap is ideal) in my schedule because I feel like I\u2019m wasting time, but I\u2019ve also learned that I don\u2019t like to compile all my classes in a few days; I like to spread my classes out throughout the week to avoid burning myself out.\r\n\r\nCourse selection is slowing starting to creep up. Good luck to everyone, and let the games begin\u2026","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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