In the fall of 2006 I moved to Springfield to start my college career at Missouri State University. It didn't take long for me to decide that it wasn't the place for me. In the spring of 2007 I transferred to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. While I was up there I began having back problems. When I came home for the summer I went to my family doctor who ordered an MRI then sent me on to an orthopedic specialist. After reading my MRI the specialist informed me that surgery was needed and it was most likely going to be the first surgery of many. Great, just what I wanted to hear. After hearing this news my family and I decided that it was in my best interest to transfer to MSSU and stay local in the event that more went wrong with my back.
Seeing as my transfer to MSSU was a last minute decision I waited until the last minute to enroll. I just went to admissions and a student enrolled me. And that's the way it went for the next two years. I was never assigned an advisor until the fall of 2009. Only then did I get an advisor because I specifically asked for one. I know this is somewhat my fault, but c'mon, they can do better than that. Because I never had an advisor I hadn't taken some of classes that were prerequisites to other classes. I also hadn't even begun to take any classes for my major.
It's like I've hit a brick wall, because I do not have all the prerequisite classes to my major classes I cannot carry a full course load. Not even close. The fall of 2009 I took 17 hours and this spring I am taking 19 hours all in an attempt to play catch up. But it's too little too late. This summer I can only take 7 hours and this fall I can only take 9 because you guessed what I am taking this summer is a prerequisite for what I'm taking this fall. What I'm taking fall of2010 are prerequisites for pretty much every other class I have to take. Annoying!
My advice: if you don't have an advisor make sure you're assigned one ASAP so you can avoid the situation I've gotten myself in to (with a little help, I might add)
I have never been assigned an advisor either and feel like most of the time am just getting by the seat of my pants. It's really annoying. Since I technically never "declared" a major yet am doing business/computers stuff a random person enrolls me in classes. Rarely have I felt that they actually know what they are talking about and do their job: advise.
ReplyDeleteThat being said I have applied for PSU for the fall and hopefully will have better luck there.