A Word to the Wise: Registering for Classes

One of the most important things you can do in university is this: when you receive the date and time you're allowed to register for next year's classes, do it! I don't care if you have to take off work or get up early. It's so important to register the second your allotted time starts.

I found this out the hard way going into second year. I registered a few days after my selected time, and pretty much all the classes I wanted at the times that fitted together were full. My second year sucked because I got stuck with mostly essay courses, early times, late nights, no breaks, and bad professors. I learned my lesson and the following year registered at the time they assigned to me, 9am. Needless to say, I had a much better third year.

Although you can't help but take some classes at crappy times or get a professor you don't want, you can still manage to have a pretty good schedule if you just simply register when you're supposed to.