Christine
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I have a question about college course scheduling when you have declared a major but are a freshman/sophmore.
My DD is currently at an out-of-state university. In order to get in-state tuition, she is part of the Academic Common Market (which is a recipricol agreement between certain states). If she takes a major that is not offered in the state of Virginia but is offered at her university, she only has to pay in-state tuition. A huge break. So, she's in a major she doesn't want to be in to get the tuition break. The thinking is that she will take all her Gen Ed courses the first 2 years and at the 2 year point, she will either transfer to an in-state university or she will stay where she is, change majors and pay the full price.
So, her advisor called her in to schedule her classes for Fall 2010 at which time she will be a sophmore. The advisor is aware that she won't pursue this major. My DD has nowhere completed her Gen Ed courses. She still needs to take some science courses, English and math. Probably some electives, humanities, etc. But, no, they have her signed up for 2 courses that pertain to her major and one Biology course. And, to boot, she is only signed up for 10 credits. I *think* she will probably be adding English to that, but even so, do you think it's unusual to be doing 2 courses pertaining to her major at this point? I'm thinking she needs to put that stuff aside for another year, but maybe I'm wrong. Advice please?
My DD is currently at an out-of-state university. In order to get in-state tuition, she is part of the Academic Common Market (which is a recipricol agreement between certain states). If she takes a major that is not offered in the state of Virginia but is offered at her university, she only has to pay in-state tuition. A huge break. So, she's in a major she doesn't want to be in to get the tuition break. The thinking is that she will take all her Gen Ed courses the first 2 years and at the 2 year point, she will either transfer to an in-state university or she will stay where she is, change majors and pay the full price.
So, her advisor called her in to schedule her classes for Fall 2010 at which time she will be a sophmore. The advisor is aware that she won't pursue this major. My DD has nowhere completed her Gen Ed courses. She still needs to take some science courses, English and math. Probably some electives, humanities, etc. But, no, they have her signed up for 2 courses that pertain to her major and one Biology course. And, to boot, she is only signed up for 10 credits. I *think* she will probably be adding English to that, but even so, do you think it's unusual to be doing 2 courses pertaining to her major at this point? I'm thinking she needs to put that stuff aside for another year, but maybe I'm wrong. Advice please?