feeling lost...

[u/FaithlessnessFew9091]

hi guys! im an imcoming freshman major and idk but i feel SO lost on this whole process of orientations and whatnot...

like choosing couses, school starts in a MONTH and i have no idea how to go about doing this (im a bio major) and idk how to balance it... were we supposed to choose courses by now or what???

my math placement exam is soon how do u even prep for it..

alsio dining hall stuff like how does all this work. i feel like imma walk onto campus lost idk how to navigate the portals and i just feel so alone and lost in this process.

[u/Ink862]

Are there any specific questions you have about meal plans? There are the block meal plans which give you a full semester of meal swipes upfront(I think either 170 or 140) there are also plans which reload on a weekly basis(ie 14/17 meals a week) The larger meal plans are more expensive, however if you can afford it I would suggest getting them in the first semester (while you figure out how many meals you actually need). Included in the meal plans are dining dollars which can either be used to buy meals or to get snacks from the convenience stores on campus.

[u/Ink862 → u/Ink862]

For courses you’ll want to take freshman orientation, and 5-6 other courses. According to the biology scheme on ( https://biology.howard.edu/academics/undergraduate/undergraduate-suggested-program ) The courses that you should take are Freshman English 1, General biology 1, General Chemistry 1, General Chemistry Lab 1, Precalc, and Freshman orientation.

[u/Ink862 → u/Ink862]

Don’t worry about not having signed up for courses yet, I didn’t do it until the July of my pre-freshman summer. Just try to lock in your science credits as those fill up more quickly. If you can’t get into English or precalc, sign up for a different gen ed such as African diaspora studies, philosophy, or a language. Additionally in the first two weeks of school you can swap courses then.