Campus and Academics

The campus is HUGEEEE.. since it is spanned between the city it has lotsa buses passing through the campus.. My department is big and neat and has almost all facilities...

I had to get rid of three holds before I could start to register for classes..

I had to go and verify my I20 and stuff with the International Students and Scholar Services ..
I had to go to the department and show my provisional certificate
I had to go to the Boyonton Health department and submit the Immunization form and take the mantoux test

All these places they take the holds of temporarily so that we could register ourselves for the classes.. I have already registered for two courses

I have to take an overall of 31 credits. Each course is generally 3 credits.. For any semester I have to pay for 6 credits and with that I get to sign up for upto 14 credits. In my first semester I am thinking of taking up three courses. I shall decide about that once I talk to my Research Advisor

There is breadth requirement.. which means there is a list from which I have to take a certain set of courses..

I have got the UCard and this will enable me to access a lot of things..

I am yet to apply for a social security number..

I will be getting a U Bus Pass which will enable me to take all the buses around the city free of cost.

I have opened a bank account at TCF bank which is a local bank here at minneapolis and has a tie up with the University and have deposited most of my money there..

I have to apply for a computer science email id.. My current sunda020@umn.edu is the general minnesota id and am using this for the time being.. With the comptuer science email id I would also get login to the grad lab at the campus..