<p>I just got back from a long trip and found out that I'm late registering for courses :(
Almost every class I saw that I wanted to take was full, including core classes like Math 103. Some of the seminars have a little yellow "WL" by them, but some don't. I was still able to place the full courses into my bookbag, so does this mean there is a chance I'll be able to still take them? </p>
<p>Also, how do you know what course to sign up for if you haven't received certain AP scores back yet?</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that, but you should have asked your parents to do it for you if you were away. </p>
<p>First year students cannot waitlist for a class during the first semester, therefore, no, if a class is full, you are SOL for now even if you are able to place them in your bookbag. Duke wants every incoming freshmen to have 4 courses that they are enrolled in by the time the first day of classes rolls around. </p>
<p>There is a chance you could take the classes you want, especially classes like math 103. People will drop classes and switch sections and stuff during the drop/add period the first two weeks of schools, so definitely keep an eye on those courses when you get to Duke. </p>
<p>Regarding AP scores, it depends on how confident you are about them. If you are confident you got a 5 or in some cases a 4, then you probably assume you'll get the credit and work from there. If you have absolutely no idea, or if you know you did poorly on those, you should assume that you don't have the credit and select the appropriate course.</p>
<p>Thanks a ton for that explanation. Basically I'm screwed unless people drop out of classes huh? Damn, that's no good :(</p>
<p>The thing is I can hardly find classes that are open at all that would help fulfill my "areas of knowledge" requirements so I'm not sure what to do. I do have a few waitlists by my classes though, but I still can't get in because I'm a freshman?</p>
<p>No, being on a waitlist won't do you much good, especially if there are already people ahead of you and you have little chance of getting in. If those don't pan out and you don't have any backups, then you'd be pretty screwed when august rolls around. </p>
<p>There is a chance that classes could be expanded, as I heard chem 22 was recently. But those cases are rather infrequent to my knowledge and is not guaranteed to happen. </p>
<p>If you were in pratt I'd tell you to give Dean Simmons a call and try to work something out. But it sounds like you are not, so I'm not exactly sure who you should call. Maybe there's an advising center for that kind of stuff? Or maybe you can call a dean of undergrad studies or something and talk to him/her about the situation. </p>
<p>In the meantime, try to work something out to the best of your ability. Having some sort of plan to fall back on is better than nothing.</p>
<p>I would recommend spending an hour or so on ACES looking for other courses that are open. I was in the same situtation as you (registering late the first semester of freshman year) and wound up finding 4 classes that I liked. It may take some time, but there are so many classes offered and often there is open space. You can also use the search function on ACES to search for specific requirements and only check "classes with space open" to see what's available.</p>
<p>If not being able to fulfill Areas of Knowledge is keeping you out of enrolling in certain classes, I would say not to worry about it. You have sooo much more time to do that. I'm a rising sophomore, and I've barely worried about them at all. I've only now started to keep an eye on them, but not any more than that. Tons of classes fulfill requirements you wouldn't expect. It's easy.</p>
<p>Cool, all that makes me feel a bit better. I want to eventually major in econ, so I am trying to squeeze in as many related classes as possible from the start.</p>
<p>Now, for the econ people: If I did well on AP macro/micro econonmics, would I enroll in 51D or 55D? 51D is what T-Reqs says but it seems really basic and similar to what we learned in high school. However, 55D requires pre-requisites. So am I supposed to be 51D or 55D?</p>
<p>Hey, I'm an econ major too. If you have AP credit in micro and macro, I would go ahead and take 55D since 51D is a tough weeder class (55D is too, but to a lesser extent) where tests are unnecessarily difficult and it's hard to get a good grade.</p>
<p>51D is a little different from high school. It doesn't cover some stuff, like producer theory (where a monopolist should produce at, etc.). This is all covered in 55D, which is an intermediate micro class. 51D also has other stuff though...I saw my friends in 51D looking at graphs that I had never seen before.</p>
<p>I would go ahead and take 55D if I were you. It should be a good (but hard) class since it's being taught by the person who wrote the text.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks a lot for the advice. Would I have to email the professor first to give me permission to take the course? It won't let me enroll yet because of the pre-requisite requirement</p>