UMSON Fall 2014

U.S.A. Maryland

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Deadline is set - February 3, 2014

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I received my wait list letter over the weekend. I applied to the Shady Grove campus.

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Hey Everyone, so I'm a little confused about how to register for classes. Are we supposed to go to advisement and choose classes there or do we just register online? Also what classes do we sign up for? Are they already chosen for us? I expected to get an email about how to do all of this but I didn't.

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Someone on the Shady Grove facebook group commented that registration will open up on May 19th. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I figured I'd give it until then before calling.

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I called today and didn't receive much information. They told me that the instructions are on the accepted students page, but that says we had to go to an advisement meeting and it doesn't say what classes to sign up for. I really wish they would send us all an email to clear things up.

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Also, I just made a UMSON Baltimore BSN Fall 2014 page so that everyone can talk on there. Go ahead and join!

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*On Facebook

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Hi there, to clear up about classes. I attended the online info session for admits and this is what they told us regarding BSN (not sure about other programs) and this is for Baltimore campus but similar for Shady Grove.

-First go to UMSON website > Student Resources > Records and Registration > Student Forms > Approval to Register form. You need to fill this out first! It looks like this: http://nursing.umaryland.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/Approval-to-Register-Form.pdf

-You don't need an advisor as a 1st semester, newly incoming student. The form is for ALL students and they fill it out every semester BEFORE you can register for classes (which opens for us on May 19). You will get an assigned advisor during the first couple weeks once school starts.

-You need to fax or electronically submit the "Approval to Register" form online (see my link to the PDF above). You can either print it out and fill it out, ignoring the advisor part, or submit the online PDF "Interactive" version of the form that goes directly to them when you hit submit.

-Fill this form out early, ideally before May 19th or asap.

-Use you UMID # on the form and you should set up an email beforehand as it needs to be on the form. I called IT help to set up my email as it was confusing.

-As far as classes, we all take the same ones at least for traditional BSN program. No room for electives this first semester. Look online at the "Sample Plan of Study" under your program (for BSN I used the one here http://nursing.umaryland.edu/academic-programs/undergrad/bsn for students starting Fall of 2014). Note the names of the courses and then go to UMB SURFS and click "Class Schedule", specify NURSING and leave the other fields blank then search and you'll see the courses offered for Fall 2014.

-On the form, the "CRN" is the 5 digit number listed next to the course title in the "Class Schedule" page,"SUBJ" is NURS for all your courses, Course # is "314" OR "316" etc, and "SEC" is section which is either "01" or "02" for Baltimore on the class schedule (pick a time) but "SG" means it is at Shady Grove, "Title" is the name of the class, and credits are listed in the schedule also.

-DON'T sign up for clinicals or anything or lab modules at all. These will be dealt with specific to each course or we will get a notice later on by orientation. They are changing the way this works and it will no longer be a "lab module" way of signing up for lab/clinical.

-By the way I think the "Important Course Information" here: http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/accepted/registration is still out of date and refers to Spring 2014 because of the dates in the letters, so ignore those even though they say at the top that it will be updated May 12th (it still hasn't changed).

-On May 19th I would register for classes following this How To http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/student-resources/records-and-registration/register starting at step 5.

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Don't worry too much about registration. There is enough room in every class for you. The classes won't fill up and you won't miss out like what happens at other schools.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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Is anyone else having problems with the interactive approval to register form? Mine won't let me save or email it!

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Yes! I ended up having to just print it out then fax it.

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Also what's the link to the FB group?!

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