A large part college students dread is the class registration system. Scheduling at FMU (Francis Marion University) specifically is unpleasant. The scheduling systems at universities are the cornerstone of academic classes. Some colleges have lousy scheduling systems some have superb scheduling systems. Some have an online system or an in-person scheduling system. Overall though, most scheduling systems are horrible. Although students in college have the freedom to pick and choose what classes they want and when they want them, the scheduling system is unfair. The scheduling system currently at FMU is unbearable. The idea is excellent, but the execution is not. You have to log on in the morning, and the bandwidth fills with hundreds of students …show more content…
Freshman have to go to CASA (Center for Academic Success and Advisement) to meet with their advisor and make a mock schedule. Then they go and make their final schedule. This is a total waste of time I know upperclassman meet with an advisor and do it right there, but this extra step is pointless. I had an issue with this because when I filled my mock schedule, it was two weeks before registration day. By then seniors, juniors, and sophomores were already registered and had taken my desired classes I had to re-due my schedule. As Lauren explains in her article “We’ve All Been There: Class Registration” saying, “Your registration appointment isn’t for another three days, but after hours poring over the course catalog, you’ve finally created the perfect schedule for next semester. It took a lot of finagling, shuffling and about 27 pieces of paper, but you’ve done it.” Also, Lauren states “Over the next three days, you obsessively log in to check the course guide, praying your classes are still open and re-working your now not-so-perfect schedule as they fill up. This is another reason the mock schedule is ridiculous.” Thus, when class fills up, you have to waste your time and go to the department chair and ask for an …show more content…
The system is so bad that next year the university will adopt a new system. If the university still allows upperclassman to take freshman-level classes, they should add more courses in the system. Upperclassman should finish certain general education classes before being able to take other courses. Other colleges, for example, Ohio State University they have a better system as stated “For some students who are graduating in four to five years, there may have been schedules available that would have enabled them to graduate in four. The problem is, they just can’t find them. They cannot see everything that you are offering because of the typical manual trial-and-error process that they have to use. Our software looks through every possible combination of classes and has up-to-the-minute seat information. It examines all classes and how they go together to provide open, conflict-free schedules for
Extended class periods and block scheduling will improve student’s grades and can diminish their stress level significantly. A normal day in block scheduling consists of only four classes a day, alternating each day. These classes would last 120 minutes each, with the same 5 minute passing periods in between classes. This scheduling gives teachers more time to explain their lesson. It also gives students time to recover from the late nights due to sports and other activities because they only have four classes a day. Their homework for these classes isn’t due for another day, so they don’t have to stress over getting it done. 120 minute classes combined with blocked scheduling increases the amount of time teachers have for instruction and will overall increase the student’s knowledge, in turn, raising their grades.
A schedule of a student becomes very tight as they need to balance everything out in all ways they can. For example, this year due to me taking a College Now class I have needed to compromise my entire schedule, donating another hour of my life into school. Through the past years of high school my classes started at 8:00 AM, however, now my classes start at 7:00 AM. Along with this class I have regents based classes which I manage such as Physics, English, and U.S. History, yet I take Pre-Calc this year. As a student, I always hear other students around the school complaining about the amount of work they have to do, however, they don’t realize that this work is what leads to their future success. For me complaining is not a valid excuse, as I certainly believe that there should be a deadline for everything because we can manage everything as long as we are determined. A person like me, who receives an assignment, which may be due in the next two weeks will manage their time out and complete it in the next two days, thinking that what if I have more things to do. Throughout all the school years that I have attended, there has not been one assignment that I didn’t complete or didn’t hand it in on time. Where I come from and the teachings of my parents, have taught me that family time and family are two significant parts of your life, which no matter what happens
Sometimes Dual enrollment classes can be really tough. Therefore, when choosing classes for their senior year; the vast majority choose the most unchallenging classes that require almost no effort at all. People make this decision because they think it would require less work and obviously who would want to work hard while they have a better option? That’s where most of them are wrong! In the long run, even for
Having block scheduling is one of the main concerns of the Aldine Independent School District. Block scheduling is when students have half of their classes one day and the other half the next. There has been some complaints about how block scheduling decreases students’ focus, but there has also been many compliments about how it improves students’ education. Michael D. Rettig, President of School Scheduling Associates, states that more schools are considering block scheduling and more than thirty percent of schools in the country already have it [bandwagon]. The Aldine Independent School District has made the reasons remarkably clear as to why they have switched to block scheduling and they are: better test scores, better grades, and improvement of teacher-student interaction.
Society puts too much pressure on high school students to attend a 4-year college right after graduation. Though this is an attainable goal for some, a great majority of students are not fully prepared for the demands of college. 4-year schools require an incredible amount of maturity and preparation, leaving very little room for mistakes. Schools often overlook this aspect because their main goal is to get as many students into 4-year college as possible. This is a great goal to have however they send students off to college who aren’t ready to be handle the difficult of their courses while being away from home. My senior year of high school, my family and I came to the conclusion that we were not going to be able to afford four-year college tuition. This upset me at first because I felt like all my hard work and good grades went to waste. I dreaded the thought of going to community college because my who...
Students are placed in either an honors-level class or a regular-level class. The regular-level class is more of a modified curriculum with a majority of the students needing special education services. The school is unwilling to re-title the class appropriately; therefore, it receives the “regular” designation. The remaining classes are labeled honors (not including Advanced Placement classes). Oftentimes a class will have one regular section and two honors sections. This means any student not needing special education services or remedial work will be designated as honors. This has caused much trouble, due to the fact that students have no “middle class” to be in: they are designated either regular (“special ed”) or honors. The administration is aware of the issue but unable to make changes to the class designations. They even go so far as to call some of the students “honors” and some “fake-honors,” as many of them do not belong in such a high level. The implications of this have been far-reaching: students excelling in a “fake honors” class, expecting to move on to A.P.; parents believing their child truly is an “honors student”; an overly heterogeneous mix of students in what should be a distinctive course; and, the most pressing issue, a severe inflation of
College is a black hole, it ingests hundreds of thousands of dollars, hours of life, and dreams, then spits out a small scared and inexperienced human. It does this by having ridiculously high costs, wasting time and money, and by way of the large investment, killing the dreams of countless youth.
Next, there are time constraints that come into play when a student is assigned enormous amounts of homework. Some who do unrestricted homework assigning may find this difficult to believe, but us humble students do have lives. Many of us have part time jobs, extra-circular activities, volunteering, and general work to attend to.
Within recent decades, college has become a more easily available path than it has been for the past generations. In a current news release, The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that, “Of the 2.9 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2014, about 68.4 percent were enrolled in college in October” (BLS Economic News Release from April 2015). When a student graduates high school, most of them intend to continue on to college. They have the idea that, while there, they can break away from all the general classes and just focus on what they want to learn. However, for almost all students, they find that this is not the reality. Just like high school, they find that they have to take approximately two years in general studies in order to attend and graduate with the major of their choice. General education classes should not be required because a majority of the information learned has already been covered in past years. Most of the courses do not benefit a student 's major, and the total amount of required hours for these classes can become a big waste of time and money.
Many students entering college may discover that they are not prepared for college curriculum courses. These students enter college courses facing a major issue. They find that high school has not adequately prepared them for the difficulty of college level courses. These students lacked the sufficient basis in being well equipped for advanced careers and college entry. These students have suffered a great inequality prevalent throughout high schools since several high schools do not receive equivalent aid. The unequal funding in high schools prevents students from attaining the same education that other students in different areas may receive. Unequal school funding in secondary schools causes inadequate preparation for students wanting to attend a post-secondary institution.
In high school teachers are continually reminding students when assignments are due. However, this is not the case in college. Students are responsible for managing their time. If during the four years students are in high school teachers start to give the students more responsibility than when they get to college they will not be overwhelmed by all the things they have to do on their own. In addition, this would also help because when you are a freshman you are just getting to know the school and you are basically throw into all new territory. On the other hand, I also think a student needs a support system during
In college, attendance is crucial to students’ success. Being late to class can result in having less time to take a test or missing fundamental concepts that may be discussed in a classroom. Students must take responsibility by arriving on time; however, limited parking spaces and other transportation problems at many universities can cause students to be late which can result in poor academic performance. The University of Texas at San Antonio, one of most populous cities in Texas, has 29,000 enrolled students (UTSA . . .). During peak hours, one must be timely to find a parking space; many students find themselves driving in circles while hoping to find someone else leaving the campus and others wait for a shuttle bus that has a reputation of arriving late. Due to transportation problems, some students may feel unmotivated to study in the library or go to class regularly. Therefore, the University of Texas at San Antonio should improve student transportation because doing so could increase students’ academic performance.
This letter seeks to give an overview of the problem of time management among college students who are the target audience in this paper. The paper also highlights on the probable solutions ascribed to it. It also seeks to identify a simple three part model that capsulate a viable solution to this problem if followed to the latter.
Time management is one of the most crucial factors to college success for every student in college. Firstly, while living on campus, time usually isn’t an issue to students because they live on school grounds. There are many advantages that come with time and one of them is getting to class on time. However, this is actually the opposite for commuters because getting to class on time is quite a struggle. They have to struggle to wake up earlier than usual in order to use the public transportation. Students living on campus also have more access to on-site facilities because they don’t have to worry about going home so there is no time limit on how long they occupy these areas. An example is staying in the library because this is where you can get help from tutors on subjects you are struggling with. Also, they can use the writing center for as long as it is open without worrying about time. In contrast, commuters are limited to the use of these facilities because they have to take time into consideration while staying at the library or work...
Schedules are a difficult thing to balance. A person must find the time to complete a number of tasks in a day. A normal adult may have time to get everything done and still have time to spare. The normal college student on the other hand is constantly on the go. College students have busy schedules that include working, studying, and socializing.