<p>For freshers is it necessary to register for courses now (or before orientation) ? If so what is the deadline for course registration? (I heard from a friend of mine that the deadline for NYU Stern was yesterday.)</p>
<p>The method of registration varies by school. You should get a packet in the mail from your advisor explaining what you need to do to register. Registration varies from sending back a form with a few boxes checked about your preferences, leaving your advisor to do most of your scheduling, to looking through packets and writing out your schedule, sending it to your advisor, and registering during orientation. Most people register over the summer. Last year SCS was the only school not to register during the summer, and there was talk that that would change.</p>
<p>um... which packet is that? I'm going to CIT and the only packet i've got lately is the welcome packet. Also is it possible to go online and use the andrew ID for registering? (there's no deadline right? I mean if i register a bit late will it affect my chances of getting my choices).</p>
<p>yeah i too haven't received anything of this sort in my mail....and i haven't yet been assigned an advisor as well....so should i still register for courses online?</p>
<p>They probably have a hold on your account so that you can't register yet. The registration information will come later in the summer- I know that the CS freshman advisor is still putting together the packets, since in the last week he asked sophomores to write reviews of classes. Before that, I received a letter in the mail from my advisor saying more information would come at the beginning of July or something.</p>
<p>This link may be of help to you when you have to register. It has information on the topics of different sections of 76-101 (Interpretation and Argument, the freshman English class). Last year people in some schools did not get this information: <a href="http://english.cmu.edu/degrees/courses/F_2006_101desc.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://english.cmu.edu/degrees/courses/F_2006_101desc.pdf</a></p>
<p>are there any specific english teachers or specific topics that are really amazing and we should consider taking?</p>
<p>I got into a registration area of the myandrew site - it asked if I had spoken to an advisor and i said no obviously (I was just bored). Not sure what would have happened if I had said yes. According to CMU of course things open up on the 14th</p>
<p>I spoke to my advisor yesterday. I just called the number on the the letter, but I can't confirm the site opening yet. I still have to the calcplacement test and the class registration thing. </p>
<p>Anyone has any recommendation for which humanities courses I should put down?</p>
<p>For CIT, the registration starts around in the first week of August. Make sure you check your andrew mail as you will get all the registration info from Kurt Larsen(CIT Academic Advisor) over there. It will be good to look at schedule of courses right now.</p>
<p>lildude-ravi,</p>
<p>where can i look at schedule of courses that you're talking about??</p>
<p>Good English Courses/Teachers (soley from what I've heard...I obviously only took one of them)</p>
<p>The Nutrition one (don't remember the teacher)-I heard this one was a blast and that it was actually somewhat useful</p>
<p>Race and Ethnicity by Neeta...I think her last name was indian...A friend took this one and said that the teacher was great, and there weren't too many readings</p>
<p>Curosoe I heard cancels class a lot if that's what you like, but was overall a so-so teacher (again, I'm just repeating what I heard...if someone else has input, that'd be great)</p>
<p>There's a simpsons one too that I hear is alright...their notes were always on the board when I had a class in the same room right after.</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd avoid the Science Fiction and the Enviornment topic...I heard it was waaay to enviornmentalist for the girl who took it, but if you're more into that side of it than sci-fi, it could be good.</p>
<p>Also talked to people who didn't like Reames-Henry, but to be fair, they'd signed up for a class targeting drama majors and neithier of them were...</p>
<p>Just remember to look up the topics and not register blindly...</p>
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Also: Online schedule of courses:
<a href="https://acis.as.cmu.edu/gale2/open/Schedule/SOCServlet%5B/url%5D">https://acis.as.cmu.edu/gale2/open/Schedule/SOCServlet</a></p>
<p>not the most useful unless you also have an idea of what courses you'll be taking (check your department's website, it's usually posted there). You can also use the pulse scheduler or tartan scheduleman to map it out.
pulse: <a href="http://www.tcpulse.com/psched/%5B/url%5D">http://www.tcpulse.com/psched/</a><br>
tartan: <a href="http://www.scheduleman.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.scheduleman.org/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://cmu.edu/hub/%5B/url%5D">http://cmu.edu/hub/</a> has links to the schedule of classes as well as many other things.</p>
<p>I had several Interp teachers (long story). I was in a section about War of the Worlds and media studies/panics, which was fairly interesting. Initially I had Stephen Jordan, who seemed very through, but didn't grade any of our papers, so I can't comment on his grading. Jeff Glover replaced him and is a very interesting teacher, full of references to pop culture. Danielle Wetzel was very helpful to me and seems a fair grader, though I don't think she normally teachers, as she is (was?) the head of the freshman English program. A friend of mine took a section about Walt Whitman and didn't enjoy it, but he was only in it because it was the only available section.</p>
<p>Humanities: Look at your requirements to graduate (Course Catalog: <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/esg-cat/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/esg-cat/</a> , may not be exactly what you graduate under since it's 2004-2006) I took Cognitive Psychology and enjoyed it, but the professor is different for the fall semester. I've heard good things about the intro philosophy courses, as well as the Shakespeare classes that can be taken instead of interp if you have AP English credit.</p>
<p>has anyone in MCS received anything from their advisor? i heard that people in other colleges have already started getting emails...</p>
<p>Physics:
Vogel, I've heard, is one of the best professors for physics. First semester he teaches "Physics I for Engineering Students" and second semester he teaches "Matter and Interactions II"</p>
<p>The professor of "Matter and Interactions I" for the first semester is good, too - I heard.</p>
<p>Economics:
Klepper, I've heard, is both incredible and hard.</p>
<p>Math:
You MUST take a class with Mackey. He's awesome! He teaches Concepts of Mathematics this coming semester (Fall '06)</p>
<p>im in MCS and i got a letter with registration materials and stuff about 5/6 days ago. has anyone else gotten this too?</p>
<p>on the letter from cmu, it said that they'll give us a "recommended" schedule in july (After we take the calc placement exam) do we then pick the courses AND the profs that we want?? (i guess it's first come first serve)</p>
<p>Many courses only have one lecture, so you have no real choice about the professor (unless it's a course you can wait and take another semester). However, if there are multiple sections/lectures taught by different professors, you'll probably have a choice.</p>
<p>I've never had Mackey, but I had two other professors for Concepts of Mathematics (21-127), and they were both confusing. I hear Mackey is awesome, so I second the take a class with Mackey suggestion.</p>
<p>I am relying so much on ratemyprofessors.com, hope it is a credible source. According to it, Mackey is supposedly a really good teacher, so us SCS class of 2010 should feel lucky =) Also, Schaeffer for calc 3D is also supposedly very good, so I am looking forward to take those courses.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard about Glover in Interpretation and Argument?</p>
<p>Glover is very entertaining, and he makes a lot of pop culture references.</p>
<p>ratemyprofessors.com isn't exactly the most credible or unbiased source. If you want some entertainment, read the reviews of Professor Yeung.</p>
<p>haha everyone loves yeung.</p>
<p>too bad that he is teaching 85-355 this fall and I cannot take it =(</p>