Cougar Mentor Program

Student Success Tips
 

Registration and Advisement

• Academic advisement is critical! See your advisor on a regular basis to make sure you are on track with your academic program, courses, etc.

• Pay attention to deadlines! If you miss one, it could cost you not just money, but grades as well (ex. drop/add, fee payment, course withdrawal).

• If your school offers phone or on-line registration, use it. In person registration usually means long lines and high frustration levels.

• Be sure to have university or college representatives sign every form dealing with course selection, dropping classes, etc.

• You may need to defend a course selection when you apply for graduation or you may need to prove you dropped a class.

• Periodically ask for an unofficial copy of your transcript.

• Be sure your records match the registrar’s.

• Select classes based on your own academic capabilities. For example, if science is not your forte, don’t take biology and chemistry in the same semester.

• Be very careful registering for writing classes during short summer or winter intercession semesters. The same hold true for classes requiring large amounts of reading.

• Read the course catalogue carefully. Typically, freshmen are the last students to register, so plan an alternate schedule prior to registration. Your first choice classes may be filled.