It’s the spookiest time of the year again. No, not Halloween. Scheduling is  upon us, and we are confronted with the terrifying reality of our eventual exit from college.

Seniors and graduate students get to register on Nov. 7, and the last of the freshmen will get to sign up for classes on Nov. 15.

For some students, this will be the last time they meet with their advisors to schedule their classes as late in the day as possible to optimize their sleep time. The process will probably be bittersweet for those students, only more bitter than sweet if they find out they’re a credit short from graduation.

Students who have never scheduled with their advisor before, however, might be nervous about the process. Don’t be nervous. If you go into your appointment well-prepared, the registration process will probably be painless.

Do your homework before you meet with your advisor. Go with an ideal schedule, and if you can’t figure it out yourself, prepare specific questions.

As in anything in life, there are good advisors who are well-versed in your program’s course requirements, and there are also advisors who will accidentally give you completely wrong information.

If you come out of your advising session feeling lost and confused, you have other resources. You’ve probably been assigned a secondary advisor as well, who can also help you. If you’re in a full-blown panic, you can reach out to your department chair.

Everyone here wants to help you graduate. Some of your professors might show it in ways that don’t quite make sense to you, but everyone ultimately only wants your success. If you contact enough people, you will be able to find a scheduling solution that works for you.

No matter how daunting you might find your next semester’s course load or how scary it might be to see your path to graduation fully mapped out, you’ll make it if you use the resources available to you.

So let terribly outdated Harambe costumes and outrageously cheap candy be the only things that scare you this Halloween, and let scheduling be something altogether unspooky.