<p>^No, the page doesn’t refresh. Make sure you have clicked the checkboxes for the 4 classes you want to enroll in, and at noon you click the green “go to enroll page” button at the bottom of your bookbag. Another page will load and there is another green button that says “Finish Enrollment”. You are NOT enrolled in classes until you click the “Finish Enrollment” button, so make sure you do that. If any of the pages take an especially long time to load, don’t hit the back button or anything. It’s just the high volume of traffic on ACES. Good luck with registration!</p>
<p>thanks for all your help bluedevil13! i took your advice and got all of the classes that I wanted for the three I was worried about, and got my second choice for writing 20! (which didn’t really matter cause it’s writing 20 haha)</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Johnathan Dueck for writing 20? haha</p>
<p>No problem, BallerDuke14! Glad registration worked out well for you. (And I’m sure the Writing 20 will be fine…)</p>
<p>can i make it from the sociology building to the bio sci building in 20 min? thanks!</p>
<p>snowy435, do you mean the Social Sciences building? If so, then yes. It’s about a 10-minute walk. </p>
<p>You can find the locations of all buildings on [Duke</a> University Campus Map](<a href=“http://maps.duke.edu%5DDuke”>http://maps.duke.edu)</p>
<p>would it be better to try to get into my top choice class with only 1 spot left or to make a different schedule that i would be guaranteed to get if i registered right when the enrollment window opens?</p>
<p>nevermind the above question, that class just filled up. now i need to know if it’s possible to get from carr building on east to the french building on west in 20 minutes?</p>
<p>Just how much of a gamble is it to register for a class with a professor that’s TBD? Specifically for Math 103?</p>
<p>Very much a gamble. Given that the math department often has visiting profs teach the “dept staff” courses, you could be looking at anyone in the world, many times with undecipherable accents.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I can’t really say that the risks will necessarily lead to a negative result. I’ve taken two dept staff courses and both times it turned out pretty good. The first one was actually taught by a senior grad student and I have to say, he is one of the best math teachers I’ve ever had and no one can break down the complex concepts in math 103 into easily illustrated and digestible bits better than he. Plus he’s just a cool guy.</p>
<p>The one thing I will say though, is that math classes often require a fairly large amount of self-teaching. It’s possible that if you get a bad teacher, as likely as that is with dept staff, you’ll need to do even more than that, thus requiring you to have a lot of discipline and motivation.</p>
<p>My other option is sigining up for Espinosa’s class, but I’ve heard nothing about him/her so it might be just as much of a gamble. And thanks for the tip about the dept staff classes. Are they always taught by grad students/visiting professors? I just assumed the TBD’s would just be assigned later to one of the regular teachers but I guess not.</p>
<p>so do these enrollment windows flip-flop? cus 3rd window registration really, really sucks.</p>
<p>Yeah it changes at registration every semester. I think it goes in the order of 3rd–> 2nd–>1st–> 3rd</p>
<p>will i have a problem getting from the social sciences building on west to the art building on east?
i didn’t think so because the social sciences building is right next to the bus stop but now i realized how far away the art building is…</p>
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<p>How long do you have between the two classes? If it’s >15 minutes, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I’d actually say give yourself at least 30 minutes. Between 15-30 minutes is cutting it very close and probably not doable on a consistent basis in most cases.</p>
<p>I would need to get there in 20 minutes. It would be from 4:05-4:25. Does it being pretty late in the day make it an easier to catch a bus and get there on time?</p>
<p>edit: and i’m willing to speed walk</p>
<p>Does anyone know how far away the amtrak train station is from campus? Going home (charlotte, nc) will be a lot cheaper by train (~$20 one-way) and more time saving than having my parents come pick me up and since my last class ends on East at 4:05, while the train takes off everyday at ~5:00, and I was wondering if I would be able to make it to the train station by at least 4:45.</p>
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<p>At that time of the day you might actually be okay. By my estimations, it’ll take 3 minutes to get from your class in SocSci to the bus stop, 10-14 minutes to grab a bus and ride to East, and then 5-6 minutes to walk (very quickly!) to the Art Building. As you can see, you may be a few minutes late occasionally depending on the bus situation, but I don’t see it being too crowded that late in the afternoon. Also, many professors will be okay with you being a couple minutes late if you let them know you have a class on West before, but I guess it probably depends on the professor.</p>
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<p>You can definitely make it by 4:45 (assuming you’re all packed and ready to go before your class). The Amtrak station is about 1 mile from East Campus, so you could take a cab and it would only take 5 minutes and probably be pretty cheap. I guess walking would be a possibility too, but would take closer to 20-25 minutes.</p>
<p>Alright awesome, thanks Bluedevil13! also, another question I had was about the freshman meal plan. It’s to my understanding that it’s set up so that they want freshmen to eat breakfast and dinner 6 times a week at the marketplace, while they assume you buy your own lunch on west (since there really is no point to transferring that $4 credit to west, because that won’t buy you much). So if that’s the case, do most people who try to maximize their meal plan by not having any of those expensive meals go to waste just eat breakfast before their first class, even if they do have 8:30s every day?</p>
<p>^ regarding the bus situation above, I wouldn’t count on making it on a consistent basis for a few reasons. The timeframe given assumes that you’ll packed and out the door the moment class is officially over and you’ll arrive the moment class begins. That is very optimistic and doesn’t account for the fact that many professors like to take every last second of class time and many times even more. Also, at that time of the day, there will be many people going back to east. While that also means more and more frequent buses, it could also mean more crowded buses and the chance that you won’t get on the first one you see and will have to wait for the next one. Lastly, It’ll probably take a bit more time to walk from the bus stop to the Art Building. Judging from the map, it’s about a 3 block walk, my guess is that you’ll need to speed walk or run which I would hate to do personally.</p>
<p>In the end, it’ll most likely be the little things that end up taking a precious minute here and there like packing, getting out of the classroom, ending a bit late, getting on or off the bus, etc etc. And before you know it, you are late. </p>
<p>^ As for the freshmen meal plan question above, I was under the impression that the 12 meals a week is for 5 breakfasts and 7 “dinner-equivalent” meals which also includes the choice of 2 brunches on the weekends. That might still be the case. As for maximizing the meal plan, you could eat your breakfasts on east or you could get a breakfast to go. To go containers are available in the marketplace, and you could have them put together a meal of your choice and take it to class or eat on the bus. Popular options include hot breakfast items and fresh cut fruit. Many profs won’t mind you eating in class, especially if it’s a big lecture. </p>
<p>As for me, personally, I’d be pretty sick of MP food, and would probably end up taking the credit most of the time. But then again, I lived in Aycock, which was close to the bus stop but far from the MP, I’m not really a morning person, I usually get up at the last minute, and I generally don’t eat breakfast anyway.</p>