advising

This week has been very stressful because it is the beginning of advisement for picking classes. I've never had to pick my classes alone before. Throughout middle school, classes were chosen for you. In highschool, we sat down Freshman year with our parents and guidance counselors and made a four year plan to fulfill our requirements. For first semester, we chose our classes in a meeting with a faculty member who basically told me what I needed to do. It's very stressful doing it by myself. I've spent a good amount of this week going on www.ratemyprofessors.com and trying to pick out good professors by other students comments. I also read through the course catalog and tried to learn what courses I should be taking for my major. Hopefully I'm on the right track. In FYE class, we went through what classes I need to be taking but I'm still unsure. I made an appointment with my advisor to meet next Tuesday so we can figure everything out. I learned that double majors don't get a degree in both! How upsetting is that. With double majors one primary major appears on your diploma while the other is just on your transcript. I learned that if I want to get a degree in both, I need to have 14 extra credits of Psychology. I want to do this. I am unsure of what classes to take and whether or not I can add on a 6th course to my schedule. I think I can handle it? I'm not sure. I've done really well this semester with all A's I'm pretty sure, but I don't know how different that will be when I start taking courses like law and psych and HISTORY. I'm terrible at History. What if I can't do it? I'm really hoping that everything works out. I talked around for an easy History professor. I'm usually not one to take the easy way out but considering it's a course that I'll never use again and that I don't even like, I thought it was practical. I asked around for really informative law and psych teachers who quiz a lot because I know that is what I need to succeed. I think I have found the right ones for me.

I started to consider taking Speech as well, but then I heard that it is on North Campus and I'm not sure that I want to walk there when it is freezing. But I'm unsure of what else I can take. So far I have history, psych, legal studies, speech, and critical writing. I am unsure whether or not I want to take one more. Even if I did take one more, I want it to count towards my major but I'm unsure of what classes I can take without taking legal studies or psych 101. It's all very confusing and I'm very happy that I have a good advisor. Truthfully, I'm also considering communications. I won't even get started on that problem.