the scheduling blues

well, I know I got an A in my Java test. That made me happy. But I still don't think I should been docked half credit just because I didn't put in my semi colons at the end. After all, it did say a fragment of code. As for my chem test, all I know was that the class average was a mid C. Hopefully I did better than that, but purely multiple choice tests scare me like that. Like the old SAT. Geesh. And I have no idea on my math test, though I hear most people didn't finish.

But now that this semester's almost half over, I get to worry about next semester. yay. how fun. The list of classes is up now, but I've got some serious issues with availability. Most importantly, I can't take a whole lot of Engineering courses. It sucks cuz now I won't be a semester ahead anymore. They're making me wait until next fall to take all the important classes with everyone else, and I see the relevance of that, but it really bogs down people who are trying to get ahead. Plus I just got an email from my advisor saying that I still have no be enrolled in at least 3 upper division Engineering classes. I think I'm okay because one of the classes I'm planning to take has the lab set up separately, so it's like I'm signing up for two different classes along with a math class in disguise. As for the rest of the classes, time becomes an important issue.

For now, I have my schedule set up as follows:
(3 units) MATH 323 (proofs) MWF 10-11
(4 units) AME 302 (numerical analysis- the math in disguise class) MTWF 11-12
(3 units) MSE 331 R (properties of materials) MWF 12-1
(1 unit) MSE 331 L (lab for said class above) T 2-5
(3 units) MATH 464 (probability theory) MWF 2-3
(3 units) MATH 410 (matrix theory AKA scary numbers in boxes REDUX) MWF 3-4
Total: 17 units and no job.

The best thing about this schedule is what's missing. What's missing? Thursdays! I'd have absolutely no class on Thursday! That would let me meet up with advisors, go to study groups, and, most importantly, sleep in!

But the bad thing is clearly the 5 hours of class on MWF. Granted, I used to eat this for lunch in high school. Zero hour. Roberts. Enough said. But with college and without that distinct sense of structure, that sense of your-teachers-will-know-if-you-ditched, it's become a lot more tiring. Last semester I was at school from 8-5, 6 hours of lecture, and let me tell you it was no cakewalk. But that was only twice a week. But things are a little different now. People are a little different now. But that's the way it goes. Sigh.

And because of all my scheduling conflicts, it looks like I'm gonna have to give up on my quest for an Econ or a Physics minor. They simply don't fit in anywhere. Nor are they offered during winter break. And I'm really trying to get a job this upcoming summer instead of class. So yeah. Reality bites. Dreams rule.