I, Curtis

I think I just found my new best friend at FSU, the distance education coordinator just emailed me (its 4:30AM presently). She is all over the registration issues, she rocks!

1. Got a new email from my old advisor this morning, telling me that to get my PIN I should call her between 1PM and 4PM on the 14th. Umm… ok, why did you not email it when you got it? And what’s this call thing? I was told I could get my PIN by e-mail.
2. Also got email from the Distance Education counselor and it would appear she is on my side, she is attempting to pry my PIN out of my old advisor.
3. This is my last semester with my old advisor, I was issued a new advisor by the department.

I am really hoping that something positive happens later today, either by getting my PIN from my old advisor or by getting it from my new advisor or the DE counselor.

The classes I need are filling up fast, so I’m going to be pissed if I have to get permits issued for each one (or have the DE counselor get them issued).

I picked FSU because I liked the program design better than at other institutions, but as I stated previously, the distance education aspect is getting more annoying and I feel helpless being so far away from the campus.

The semesters are now open for registration, but I was not issued a PIN, which is required for registration, therefore, I can not register, but other people can.

I have e-mailed my department and requested a new advisor. I hate when this shit happens 🙁

I am always eager for registration to open, its just something I do, I like being the one to devirginize a course and takes its first seat. Due to problems mentioned in the previous post, I do not even know if I will be able to register for classes, but I am sure going to try :-). I can barely sit still, I am bouncing around (and talking way too much) because of the excitement. I’m starting to think that I need to get fucked or something.

I think part of my excitement is coming from the fact that I have decided that I do not believe that I have been singled out by the registrar to be screwed by the previously mentioned issues, as well as the fact that the pre-requisite thing for online majors seems to be in place now, only its not in place. There is a major restriction on the online courses, which just appeared like yesterday or today sometime, which means that someone is making adjustments and preparations. As long as my advisor is not lying to me about the PIN number thing (which would likely indicate the registrar is throwing out that process for now), then I should be able to register with no problems.

All I know is I will feel better when Banner thinks its midnight (should be about 23:46 given the current Banner clock).  I will either be able to register and be happy, not be able to register and neither will anyone else and I will be happy or I will not be able to register and everybody else will and I’ll whine to my advisor by voicemail and beg her to talk to the instructors for any closed sections for me.

Only thing that feels like it might get messy is a course I was wanting for my computer science minor, but no big deal, I’ll sort it out later.

I know that sometimes when I am dealing with people I get frustrated too early with things like slow processes or anything that takes time and requires human attention, but now I feel that I have a right to be, at least when it comes to Fayetteville State University.

Registration opens in about 10 hours, and there are a few problems.

1. Advising PINs – These are great in place of a registration hold for advising, but they are best when the advisors can actually give them to students. Last time I checked, my advisor did not have access to my advising PIN and I was supposed to wait until Thursday to get it. Thursday came and went, no PIN has shown up yet. I e-mailed, and no response.
2. Online Restrictions – it was announced by email on March 29th that we would be required to have declared an Online major before registration opens to be able to register for courses that are needed. I filed my change of major on that same day and my department processed it about 48 hours later. My form is somewhere in the magical land of ITTS waiting for the registrar to enter it. It takes 5 – 10 days for the whole change of major process under normal load at the registrar’s office, but now there is this requirement that comes 16 days before registration and everyone is scrambling to get the requirements met. My change has not shown up in the system yet, therefore, I must assume that I will not be able to get the courses I need, even if I did have my PIN (although, there is no sign on the courses that they are so restricted).
3. Semesters are not open – Usually a few days before registration opens the registrar will “turn on” the semester, making it go from “view only” to clear, which allows students to view information about their registration eligibility and other helpful little notes. I can not see my status on anything at the moment, nor can I declare my intention for the semester with the registrar (a semester requirement for administrative purposes).
4. Registrar does not answer – I have sent several e-mails to the registrar’s office and they have all gone unanswered. If there were to be a problem (such as my major not being entered), I do not believe I could get a response from anyone, and the registrar announces that if I call, I will be on hold for a long time before I reach anyone. Maybe I should set aside an afternoon to call and get all of my issues resolved at once.
5. Date confusion – Everywhere I look for the registration open date, I see April 13 at 12am, except for seeing it in once place that I can not remember that stated it is April 14th at 12am. If the 14th is correct, I could calm down, but somehow I doubt that one source was correct.

I am not sure what is going on with these people, but I find it hard to believe that if registration PINs were not issued until Thursday that very many people were able to get them. I also am having a hard time trusting my advisor presently, she is not answering my questions, only delaying giving me a PIN. Not sure what to think there.

I will try accessing Banner at midnight with my CRNs just in case some magical thing will allow me to register. I have been trying so hard to get everything done on time so that I would be able to register as soon as registration opens, maybe another semester? and maybe the instructors will be nice and permit me into closed sections?