By Maddie Garvis\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s that time of year again. Frustration, stress, tough decisions and staying up until midnight to click exactly two buttons on self-service. That\u2019s right, it\u2019s course selection time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best way to go about picking courses is to focus on the classes Hood requires students to take first. It\u2019s easy to be led off the path by a shiny new class that sounds like so much more fun than your science requirement, but it\u2019s better to get those out of the way first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trust me. You don\u2019t want to be trudging through your three-hour lab science requirement senior year while all your friends are in yoga and ceramics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019ve already declared a major, course selection is a little easier, as you have an actual list of classes in your degree progress that you need to take to graduate. Convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t overpack your schedule just because you think you\u2019re a bad bitch when it comes to academics and that you can handle it. You might very well be able to handle it, but your mental health and sanity will suffer if you take on too much. Even if you are a bad bitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That being said, don\u2019t settle for taking 12 credits per semester just because that\u2019s enough to be full-time. You\u2019ll end up behind and taking 18 credits per semester your senior year when you should be spending your time having an existential crisis about how to be a real, functioning adult after you graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disassociating from your problems takes up a lot of time after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although you should always be aware of what required classes you still need, don\u2019t forget to take a fun class once in a while just for the heck of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Podcasting? Absolutely. Badminton? Surprisingly awesome. Queer Histories in the United States? Sign me up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t worry too much (said the overly-anxious newspaper staff writer), and good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"