Because there's so many freshmen that are now getting their registration times and keep asking "is this good?" or other similar questions, I think it's good to teach y'all how registration slots actually work, namely because this isn't widely shared by cmu despite being kinda important.

So, to start all students are split into 4 groups, you will be in these groups for your entire time at cmu. Each group will be randomly assigned into registration section 1, 2, 3, or 4. These registration sections designate which time your registration time will be.

Section 1: 8:00-10:00
Section 2: 10:00-12:00
Section 3: 12:00-2:00
Section 4: 2:00-4:00

Your time will be randomly selected at a 15minute increment within your time slot. So someone in section 4 who got a time of 2:15 actually got lucky with their time, not unlucky.

The catch is, each semester the groups will rotate their time section next semester, move up the list. So section 3 becomes section 2 and section W2 becomes section 1 until section 1 becomes section 4. This forms a loop that'll cycle every semester you're at cmu. So for example, if you have a time of 12:30 this semester, that's means you're in section 3 and guarantees that you'll have a time in 10:00-12:00 next semester.

This semester means, that with vary little variation, you'll know exactly how good of a registration time you'll have each semester and can plan accordingly. I recommend trying to take more popular classes when you know you're going to have a good time and get the easy to get in classes out of the way while you're going to have a bad time anyways.

Hope this clears things up!

should i just start making a lotta backup schedules atp

update: i got the courses i wanted! i unfortunately have a 9am start time (was gonna have a 10am one instead). i also had to pick a diff gen ed but im glad i got the main courses i wanted!

Hey everyone!

I’m an incoming CIT freshman. My registration time is approximately in the middle of the cohort (11 AM), and my advisor mentioned I might miss out on First-Year Writing (76-107/108) for the fall semester, so I need to pick a General Education course as a backup.

Given my heavy math/cs load, my main priority is finding a GenEd with a very light workload and a smooth path to an A so I can focus on my core courses.

Any specific course or professor recommendations that fit the bill for CIT GenEd requirements?

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone!

I’m an incoming freshman in CIT with an A-Level background. Based on my scores (A* in A-Level Pure Math and predicted A* or at least A in Physics), I am qualify to skip:

• Physics: 33-141 (Physics I for Engineering) & 33-142 (Physics II for Engineering)
• Math: 21-120 (Differential and Integral Calculus) & 21-122 (Integration and Approximation)

I’d love to get some advice from upperclassmen: Is it better to just take the credit and skip ahead, or is it worth taking these intro courses at CMU to build a stronger foundation?

Appreciate any insights or past experiences! Thanks in advance!

i saw that there’s a solidcore around 30min by bus from cmu. is there any closer studio that does similar workouts? or if anyone goes there that can have some insight on the commute and bus system and how convenient it is to get there from campus?

My registration timeblock was 10AM EST. Ig this course is really popular but, does this waitlist move? or are the spots just reserved? I'm an incoming freshman in Dietrich. It said for some sections that some spots are reserved for Dietrich but all sections are waitlisted already.. And 6/6, I guess I can't see the waitlist status on all the other sections, but I'll assume they're 6/6 too.

Hi! if u have any experience with any of these courses I'll greatly appreciate any feedback on them! I'm deciding between which to do for my gen ed (im in CIT)

is it possible to get off 15-122 lecture 1 waitlist or is lec 1 100% reserved for SCS? i'm #8 rn. i also joined the waitlist for 15-112 and am #3 for that waitlist

Hey all, had a few questions about my current schedule as a freshman for materials science.

It's a total of 43 units which I think is manageable first semester, and covers a lot of the requirements I want but I was hoping for a second look to be sure there aren't major discrepancies here.

The thing for 21-120 is that I can apply an AP credit there to skip, but am not entirely sure if that is smart as I sort of struggled in AP Calc so I'm assuming that taking 21-122 would be a bit too much to handle first semester.

*As a quick side note it says I need 21-090 as a precalc prerequisite for 33-141 but from what I've seen online I guess my SAT or ACT score cover that and I just need the waiver right?

My only other question is about 76-101, I would prefer to do the full writing requirement in the one semester then use the space in the spring for another gen ed, but I saw you could instead do mini courses and was considering 76-106 + 76-108 as an alternative.

Any help would be appreciated, thx!