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Expect delays for print version of class schedule
Katherine J. White
Issue date: 11/16/05 Section: News
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Bakersfield College students may have no complaints about the wait listing system. However, everyone, including students, counselors and professors do not like waiting for the printed class schedule, which, they all say, typically arrives too late for practical use.
BC officials say that the printed schedule will appear Dec. 12. A pamphlet containing a list of courses that will be offered in the spring semester can be found in BC's Admissions and Records building.
"I don't care about the wait listing system, but the printed schedule always comes out later than they say it will," said BC student Amy Smith, 20, and a forestry and animal science major.
Other students simply express appreciation for the wait listing system.
"It's (the wait list system) been good. This is my first semester, and I've been able to get into all of the classes I needed," said Julia Marin, 18, and an undeclared major.
Speaking of the waitlist system, Rey Abaldonado, 18, and a nursing major, said the waitlist system is "a great idea." However, regarding the printed schedule, Abaldonado said that the "printed schedule comes out too late."
According to Mike Fox, 18, and an undeclared major, "there's nothing wrong with the wait list."
Darcy Brown, a BC counselor, said that that the wait list gives students fair and equal chances to get into the courses they want.
"There are little glitches (in the waitlist system) to be worked out, and BC is trying to work them out, but it's a good system," Brown said. "The system is easier for teachers, and not as chaotic as when they were sending out add and drop slips. The wait list is more efficient, and not like the previous lottery system of adding." Speaking of the printed schedule's timing, Brown said simply, "the administration is working to improve that system."
According to Dan Murillo, counselor and counseling departmental chair, the wait listing system is "pretty good. It prevents students from crashing as in the old days. There's no more of that drawing straws/lottery thing now." However, with a smile, Murillo added that the new system is "rough on procrastinators." In regard to accessing a BC course schedule, Murillo says that having an online schedule is fine, but that having the printed schedule is "necessary, and it needs to be on time. Lots of students have no access to computers." Murillo said it is more convenient for many computer-deprived students to have a printed version of BC's course schedule.
BC officials say that the printed schedule will appear Dec. 12. A pamphlet containing a list of courses that will be offered in the spring semester can be found in BC's Admissions and Records building.
"I don't care about the wait listing system, but the printed schedule always comes out later than they say it will," said BC student Amy Smith, 20, and a forestry and animal science major.
Other students simply express appreciation for the wait listing system.
"It's (the wait list system) been good. This is my first semester, and I've been able to get into all of the classes I needed," said Julia Marin, 18, and an undeclared major.
Speaking of the waitlist system, Rey Abaldonado, 18, and a nursing major, said the waitlist system is "a great idea." However, regarding the printed schedule, Abaldonado said that the "printed schedule comes out too late."
According to Mike Fox, 18, and an undeclared major, "there's nothing wrong with the wait list."
Darcy Brown, a BC counselor, said that that the wait list gives students fair and equal chances to get into the courses they want.
"There are little glitches (in the waitlist system) to be worked out, and BC is trying to work them out, but it's a good system," Brown said. "The system is easier for teachers, and not as chaotic as when they were sending out add and drop slips. The wait list is more efficient, and not like the previous lottery system of adding." Speaking of the printed schedule's timing, Brown said simply, "the administration is working to improve that system."
According to Dan Murillo, counselor and counseling departmental chair, the wait listing system is "pretty good. It prevents students from crashing as in the old days. There's no more of that drawing straws/lottery thing now." However, with a smile, Murillo added that the new system is "rough on procrastinators." In regard to accessing a BC course schedule, Murillo says that having an online schedule is fine, but that having the printed schedule is "necessary, and it needs to be on time. Lots of students have no access to computers." Murillo said it is more convenient for many computer-deprived students to have a printed version of BC's course schedule.