<p>is it ever difficult/frustrating to get the classes you need at cornell? whats the process like?</p>
<p>also, as an incoming freshmen, when/how do you choose your classes? do you meet with an advisor or anything?</p>
<p>a bunch of my friends complain about being shut out of classes. </p>
<p>Though, to be honest, I've NEVER been unable to get just the class I wanted. I simply got up on time, had my class numbers ready, and everything always worked like a gem for me. We register online at a designated day and time. My friends, on the other hand, would get up sometimes on time then would fumble looking for classes they wanted to take only to be shut out by the more prepared.</p>
<p>Your advisor may pre-enroll you in some courses over the summer....but you do not have to stick with them. You will meet with your advisor in August to go over the courses you should take and you will enroll during the add/drop period. Cornell switched to a different course enrollment system, but since I'm graduating I didn't have to register so I'm not sure how it works.</p>
<p>It's not hard to get into the large lectures, but sometimes labs can be a pain...you just need to be flexible with your schedule sometimes.</p>
<p>I've never not been able to take a class because I couldn't get in. Sometimes you don't get the section or lab you want, but with some talking to TAs and professors the situation can easily be remedied. Well, actually there was one class I couldn't get into, which was Cooking.</p>
<p>Make sure you have a couple back up plans. This is easy to do with schedulizer.com, which you'll probably use a lot when thinking about classes to take. Most people don't have any serious issue. Certain sections and labs might fill up quickly, in which you'll have to enroll in a different one. </p>
<p>Also, each lecture/section/lab has a 4-digit code associated with it. Have those handy, because it takes less time to type in those numbers to select your courses/times than it does to search for each class on the system. </p>
<p>It won't matter much for first semester freshmen since they're going to be pre-enrolled. You guys will still have to go through add/drop, where you can add/drop courses and modify your schedule. Similar process as above.</p>
<p>And also, don't worry about which lectures you get into, because those don't really matter. You can attend any lecture you want, but you'll have to attend the sections and labs you're enrolled in.</p>