Winter registration has begun

Fella students,

The Winter registration has begun. If you are new and didn't know what, when and how, then follow these steps.



1. Login to ecampus. On the main page towards the center right of the page, you'll see an Enrollment section. This will indicate when you can register for the classes. Hurry! and don't waste time. High demand classes go away very quickly. So grab one if you have an early enrollment date. I don't know how the school decided on who gets to register when but in the last quarter my turn came almost toward the end and this quarter its towards the beginning of the registration period.



2. Keep a list of a few classes that you can do handy so that you can select one or the other because the classes might have already been filled up by the time you get your turn. Use www.schedulaid.com/ to plan on your courses. Before the scheduleaid was in place I prepared something like this that helped me.



3. Make sure you drop the courses before the deadline if you have enrolled for more than the courses you would like to take in a given quarter. The deadlines are all available on ecampus when you login.

Phew! Accounting midterm just over

Phew! Just crossed one hurdle. I just finished my ACTG midterm and oh! boy feels like I have just climbed Mt Everest. Caught between heavy office work and a demanding professor, it definitely feels like I am doing my MBA. My test was on a Tuesday and I had 6 chapters for the test. By Sunday evening, I had completed working on all the chapters but I never feel confident unless I do a complete revision on the previous day. Hence I used Monday evening and Tuesday early morning to do a complete revision. Finally it was time for the test and to my surprise it didn't feel that bad. I liked the test because the expectation was correctly set. We were told that the paper would be lengthy and we would have to manage our time well and so I did. There were some tricky questions that I wasn't too sure about but overall it was good. Finally it's time to catch all that lost sleep.



Some tips on preparing for the ACTG exams from Paisley

1. Do your homework and understand them.

2. Listen to the class. A lot of true/false questions can be answered if you just pay attention in the class.

3. Manage your time well. Don't just sit there and think.. move on.

4. Grading is on a curve.. So you are competing against the brightest student on a difficult paper. Don't loose heart. If the problem was too difficult, you may not be alone.

5. If you have a recording of the lecture, try listening to it. SOme of the concepts can be understood well if you listen to them after reading the book.