Come the end of March and early April, thousands of students will log on to their PAWS account for scheduling only to find a hold preventing courses from being added.Paul Ivey, University College associate dean, said about 3,000 University College Center for Freshman Year and University College Center for Advising & Counseling students have holds that will prevent them from scheduling until they have sought counseling.University College has been sending students e-mails regarding their status since Feb. 5, after the 14th day of classes.”We try to give them a two-week span of time to respond,” Ivey said. “Human nature is that they’ll attend to that when it really impacts them … That doesn’t impact them until the time it comes to .”Robert Doolos, University registrar, said holds can be placed on students’ scheduling options either before the option is available or during scheduling.”Normally, the reason for that is that the department or that college require advising,” Doolos said. “Normally, it is a method for ensuring a student contact someone about an issue that needs to be addressed.”Holds can be placed on students in UCFY and UCAC because of low grade point averages, undecided majors, failure to make it into their senior college of choice and to require freshmen to sign an enrollment agreement declaring their intent to enter a senior college, Ivey said. “They’ll eventually have to come in to see us,” Ivey said of the students who have not yet met with counselors. “Whenever they show up for this during those times when the scheduling priorities are opening, the wait is going to be a long time.”Representatives from the College of Art and Design said the number of students scheduled to be placed on hold is far lower — a mere 30 students of the 1,200 enrolled.Representatives from the College of Education said the number of students to be placed on hold will be determined in the coming weeks. –Contact Lindsey Meaux at [email protected]