announcements
Happy October!
This post is going to keep you busy for a while, make sure to do everything you need to.
Remember all that reading you did way back at the beginning of this game? Er... you get to do some of it again. ^^; There's a couple brand new posts and there's a couple heavily revised posts that need careful reading, the revised posts especially, but the new posts tie in quite closely to the older posts.
Heavily revised: majors & schedules
Brand New: core requirements & credit-by-examination
And because these changes hit some very important parts of the game, the form at the bottom of this post contains a couple questions to check that the above posts were actually read.
As you can see, the student schedule have gone through a serious overhaul, as has the majors list. Everything that's been done was designed to make things both more authentic to an actual university AND to make the game simpler overall, especially for new players or players unfamiliar with how a university works.
Now, some of you might be wondering, "WHERE DID MY CHARACTER'S MAJOR/MINOR GO?" In the process of overhauling the majors list... it was decided it would be easier to just start the list over than to fix the current one for various reasons. BUT that does not mean you have to change your character's major(s). The below form also has a section that will facilitate adding a character's major back onto the official list. Simply find the character's major at an actual university and include a link to it. Don't worry about providing a link for the minors that are missing, we'll add those back according to what characters have. This change is an ooc change and will not affect the characters ICly.
And last but not least... one thing was added to the FAQ about class designations.
✘ How are students classified?
The number of cumulative credit hours students have earned will determine their classification. Freshmen are between 1 to 23.5 completed hours. Sophomores are between 24 to 59.5 completed hours. Juniors are between 60 to 89.5 completed hours. And Seniors are 90 or more completed hours. Students are also classified by which term in their class year they are. Each class level generally takes two terms to complete and are shown by a Roman numeral after their year designation. A student that has just begun university and has earned no credits will be a Freshman I. A student that is in the second half of their Junior year will be a Junior II.
Fill out and reply to this post (note: comments are screened)
Player Name:
Student Name:
Year: (include whether they're I or II)
Major:
Minor:
Link: (omit if major is on the list still)
(copy/paste this second as many times as necessary into the same comment)
How long does a Friday or Saturday class meet?
What does the second digit in a course number mean?
This post is going to keep you busy for a while, make sure to do everything you need to.
Remember all that reading you did way back at the beginning of this game? Er... you get to do some of it again. ^^; There's a couple brand new posts and there's a couple heavily revised posts that need careful reading, the revised posts especially, but the new posts tie in quite closely to the older posts.
Heavily revised: majors & schedules
Brand New: core requirements & credit-by-examination
And because these changes hit some very important parts of the game, the form at the bottom of this post contains a couple questions to check that the above posts were actually read.
As you can see, the student schedule have gone through a serious overhaul, as has the majors list. Everything that's been done was designed to make things both more authentic to an actual university AND to make the game simpler overall, especially for new players or players unfamiliar with how a university works.
Now, some of you might be wondering, "WHERE DID MY CHARACTER'S MAJOR/MINOR GO?" In the process of overhauling the majors list... it was decided it would be easier to just start the list over than to fix the current one for various reasons. BUT that does not mean you have to change your character's major(s). The below form also has a section that will facilitate adding a character's major back onto the official list. Simply find the character's major at an actual university and include a link to it. Don't worry about providing a link for the minors that are missing, we'll add those back according to what characters have. This change is an ooc change and will not affect the characters ICly.
And last but not least... one thing was added to the FAQ about class designations.
✘ How are students classified?
The number of cumulative credit hours students have earned will determine their classification. Freshmen are between 1 to 23.5 completed hours. Sophomores are between 24 to 59.5 completed hours. Juniors are between 60 to 89.5 completed hours. And Seniors are 90 or more completed hours. Students are also classified by which term in their class year they are. Each class level generally takes two terms to complete and are shown by a Roman numeral after their year designation. A student that has just begun university and has earned no credits will be a Freshman I. A student that is in the second half of their Junior year will be a Junior II.
Fill out and reply to this post (note: comments are screened)
Player Name:
Student Name:
Year: (include whether they're I or II)
Major:
Minor:
Link: (omit if major is on the list still)
(copy/paste this second as many times as necessary into the same comment)
How long does a Friday or Saturday class meet?
What does the second digit in a course number mean?