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Show NEWS Waitlists versus add cards By Tiffany Thatcher Asst. News Editor GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIEW It's the dreaded fall rush for counselors. Get in before the Career and Academic Counseling Center gets too busy. Check yourself before you wreck your future By Tiffany Thatcher Asst. News Editor In this rush to apply in time and sign up for the right classes, counselors often see students at a time of high frustration. The career and academic counseling center, found in LC 402N is now experiencing the fall rush expected each year after Pioneer day. Chad Ostler, Assistant Director of the center, remembers a time when it was even busier. "For the past two years the deadline for applying to UVU has been April 15," Ostler said. "Before this, some students would show up the day before or the day of class, apply, find classes, then be accepted the next day in time to start." This is no longer an option. If a student applies on April 16, the soonest they can start is spring semester. "One problem we have is because we are the first point of contact for students, it's of- ten frustrating for them when we send them to other advisers," Ostler said. The counseling center is designed for undecided majors, general education students and pre-professional students. Personality tests, interest inventory and exploratory tracks are provided for undecided majors. Personality tests can show a lot about the student and what he or she might enjoy, but it is up to the student to decide. "It's a tool to help, not a magic ball," Ostler said. For these students, the different careers available have been divided into five categories which students can study in order to recognize patterns in their interests. "This tool helps in the decision making process by narrowing down options and pointing students in the right direction," Ostler said. "Students are often more decided than they think." LuAnn Smith is the Registrar at UVU. Found between One Stop and the Hall of Flags is her office where students with registration problems or questions go for help. Smith often tells students looking for information about the wait-list available during the first week of classes. After that week, it closes and students must use an ADD card. "The wait-list has made our job easier," Smith said, "We have had it for a year." ADD cards, found in various locations on campus including One Stop, are $10. They are first signed by the professor whose class a student wants to enter and then is submitted to the registration office. "An important tool for students is the student timetable, found online," Smith said. "The student time table shows all of the important dates and deadlines." Many students that are unaware of the deadlines visit Smith's office each year. However, she cannot help them as much as she could have before that deadline passed. "We have a lot of students come in the day after a registration deadline," Smith said. "We set a candy bowl out that day to hopefully soften their hearts." Smith's advice to all students is to be aware of dates and deadlines by checking the student timetable often, specifically tuition deadlines and the drop/withdraw deadlines. Students can find the timetable by visiting www.UVU. edu/schedule/ into the browser, or from the UVU home page by clicking event calendar then student timetables. Each semester, holds are placed on undecided students' registration, not allowing students to sign up until they visit a counselor. This is because without information and direction, it is easy to waste time, money and credits. The average student who gets an associate degree has 91 credits where just 63 are required. This illustrates how common it is for a student to be inefficient or indecisive. When asked what students should be most aware of, Ostler most strongly advised those looking into medical, law or dental school to go to pre-professional counseling. 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Students can be assured that they are purchasing the correct textbook for their classes because the bookstore can link directly to a student's UV ID number and through BookMatch, match the class with the required textbook. BookMatch can be found online at www.uvu.edu/bookstore . The bookstore also offers online rentals for some textbook editions, which decidedly lowers the cost to the student. The bookstore will also buy used textbooks back from students at the end of the semester, usually for a small fraction of the cost. If students need their textbooks im- While not as conveniently located as the Bookstore, Beat the Bookstore is fairly close to campus. It is located across from Wal-Mart on Sandhill Road. It also has some advantages over the UVU Bookstore. Here, students can buy used books at a discounted rate. Beat the Bookstore keeps a tab on the required textbooks for classes at UVU. Also, students can sell textbooks to Beat the Bookstore at any time during the semester. Usually Beat the Bookstore offers in-store credit, or the option to have a check sent in a month. Book-X-Change The UVU Book-X-Change is located at 45 W. University Parkway and has been around since October 2010. This textbook store offers a variety of services to students. Every textbook in the store is available for purchase or for rent. Robert Duree, an owner of Book-X-Change, states that their buyback policy is one that can't be beat. The store offers cash for all textbook buybacks, every day that they are open. If students want to apply that cash to in-store credit then Book-X-Change will automatically give an additional 25 percent credit. Students can cash that credit out at any time. Duree is proud that their store is focused on customer service. " We always try to take care of the customer first," Duree said. Amazon.com Amazon.com is a widely popular for many college students to purchase their textbooks from. These textbooks can be purchased from Amazon.com account holders across the country. Usually if a student's edition is available on Amazon, it can be at a significantly lower price than at any nearby bookstore. Some professors may even allow for a previous edition of the textbook, which can save quite a bit of money. One of the main disadvantages of Amazon.com is that all textbooks need to be shipped, which takes additional time. If students like to plan in advance, this is usually a good choice. Students also never have to leave their house to go shopping ever again. Textbook shopping can be frustrating, but taking a little time to compare prices, especially online, may help students to save a lot of money. WEB EDITOR CO-PHOTO EDITOR CO-PHOTO EDITOR brandon.oneil@gmail.com gilbert_cisneros88@hotmail.com sjbuntjer@gmail.com BRANDON ONEIL GILBERT CISNEROS JAKE BUNTJER |