COUNTDOWN!

In ONE week, you'll be headed back to classes at UMass!

Here are some suggestions for you to check into TODAY, to ease your transition back into the spring semester:

• Review your schedule on SPIRE.  Do you have at least 12-15 credits?  Courses that make sense for you?   (If you failed any classes that are prerequisites for the spring classes you've signed up for, speak with an advisor ASAP).
• If you're hoping to get into a course that's full, do you have your strategy set?  Have you contacted the instructor?  Plan to attend the class during Add/Drop, to give yourself the best chances of getting in - and introduce yourself to the instructor, saying why you want to get into the class.  Note: after the first few days of class, many instructors will take courses off-line, so you'd need to speak with them to get into the class.
• On SPIRE, don't DROP courses when you change your schedule - use the SWAP function.
• Are you undecided about a major or what direction you should be taking with your academic plan?  Consider signing up for EDUC 125, the OASIS seminar for undeclared first-year students, where you'll do self-assessment, career exploration, and then see what majors will get you where you want to go.
• If you were put on probation following your first semester at UMass, please contact the Undergraduate Advising Office ASAP, if you have not already done so (413-545-2191)