How to graduate on time
[edit] Straight Track
- Talk with your advisor somewhat regularly; make sure your advisor is from the department you want to major in.
- Read the Course Catalog and make a list of courses explictly required to complete your major
- Keep that list, and check courses off as you complete it
- Check and see if your major requirements change from year to year - remember that you generally need to fill the requirements that were in place at the time that you declared, but exceptions will be made if classes cease to exist.
- make sure you fill your distribution requirements
- take 4 or 5 academic classes every semester (unless you transferred in made AP or whatever)
- know the 84 hour rule, the 9-9-9 rule, and all other rules that may apply to you.
- don't try to "squeeze in" an extra major in your last two years unless it's really not a squeeze.
[edit] Crooked Track
Just have a working understanding of the college requirements (the 84 hour rule, the 9-9-9 rule) and your major requirements.
If your track gets a little too crooked for your liking, consider doing summer programs that Oberlin will give you credit for.
[edit] The Little Track That Could
Well, maybe it couldn't. This track was bound for glory but it got derailed sometime during sophomore year and wound up on probation. Now it has to cram 7 semesters of work into 4 semesters of time, and it's not that it can't be done, it's that this is the track that gets really hard, and it's the one that you get on by not executing hard (or moderate, or sometimes even easy) semesters flawlessly in the first place. Sound familiar? Statistically speaking you or someone you know is or will be on the Little Track That Could. This is the track that contributes to our low and getting only slightly better graduation rate. But the people on this track are often terribly interesting in the bargin.
