<p>How does Class Registration work at NYU? When you sign up for a popular class, are seats given based on a first come, first serve basis or is it a lottery system? Is there an advantage to registering for classes early?</p>
<p>bumppp please</p>
<p>I’ve got a noob question that has to deal with this. How do we know we qualify for certain courses we want to register for, if our AP tests are not out yet by june 14?</p>
<p>Related question: generally, how easy is it to crash a class? In my current university, if you are not a junior or a senior and the class is for your major, you might as well not try, even in big classes.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>Any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>^^to jetblk328i</p>
<p>you won’t be able to sign up for classes that you plan to use 2010 ap scores as prereqs for. you will have to sign up for classes that you qualify for ON JUNE 14th. NYU then says if you qualify come summer, you can change your schedule once you know you meet the prereq</p>
<p>are classes assigned by lottery or given to those who register first?</p>
<p>Also when do we find out how we did on our placement exams and what classes we are placed into? Also when do we find out our schedules? And on an unrelated note, when do we find out our roommates/housing info?</p>
<p>After 2 years at NYU, this is what I understand about the course registration system:</p>
<p>Depending on which year you’re in, your registration time will begin on different days. There are blocks of time for each graduating class. I believe seniors get first priority, then juniors, then sophomores, etc. However, I’m not sure how the time slots are allocated within each time block. I’ve heard that within each block, it’s a lottery system but I suspect that the number of credits that you have may influence how early your registration time is. I have a decent amount of AP credits and I’ve taken 18 credits for 4 semesters straight (compared to 16 for the average NYU student) and I’ve usually had a pretty early registration time within my time block, earlier than those of most people in my year.</p>
<p>There are benefits to registering early since virtually all courses (in CAS at least) are first come, first serve and many of the popular ones fill up extremely fast. Some classes are virtually impossible to get into as a freshman since they have the lowest priority. Also, for people taking science courses, many of the desirable lab times are unavailable by the time freshmen can register, which is why a lot of people have crappy schedules during their first semester. Another reason for this is because during orientation, the orientation leaders generally don’t make much of an effort to help you create a good schedule. Most of the time, they just put you into whatever slot is available that doesn’t conflict with any of your other classes.</p>
<p>On a related note, try to attend the earliest orientation that you possibly can. That way, you will be able to register earlier which might give you more options in terms of the lectures and recitations that you can take. If you don’t attend orientation, I believe you will have to register the week prior to the beginning of classes and by that time, there will be little choice left.</p>
<p>In addition to what Kentric stated (i’m going to be a junior too), the registration priority is done by the number of credits you have from nyu (which ususally results in seniors getting first priority, then juniors and so on). so having ap credits does if you an advantage. also,</p>
<p>-switching classes, recitations, etc is surprisingly easy on albert. although you need to get advisor clearance on the kind of classes you want to take (ie. conwest, chemistry, etc), it is up to you to pick which one, when and where it is. do not be afraid to change you schedule around on albert if you know how and if it works better for you (switching professors, recitation times, lab times, etc)</p>
<p>-get on the waitlists for the classes you want! i learned on my own about waitlists but as long as no timing overlaps, feel free to get on the wait lists for classes (with professors or times you prefer) and at least try. there is A LOT of switching around throughout the summer and first weeks of class so chances are you’ll get in if you’re below 20 for big class or 10 for small seminars. just don’t forget to drop the other class you may have signed up for as backup</p>
<p>-big classes are almost always open, it’s just recitations or labs you may get shafted with by registering late. all the premed classes (gen chem, bio, orgo, physics) and most entry level classes (intro to psych, entry level econs, etc) are open to all. however you may end up with an 8 oclock recitation or an early lab (you’re lucky they don’t have saturday labs anymore!). so don’t worry about being able to register for the class but once you sign up for a recitation or lab (even a badly timed one) keep looking on albert to see if a better time opens up for that section throughout the summer. i can’t stress enough how much people change their schedules and random spots will open up until someone sees and grab it (which could be you!)</p>
<p>-and about the whole “crashing a course”, you can generally show up for any class you want but to get credit you need to be registered for it. this can be done either by signing up on albert or TALKING TO THE PROFESSORS. the professors all have the ability to manually add students to their classes and many of them will do it if you email them with a good reason as to why you want to be in it</p>
<p>-as for classes where there are multiple lecture classes for one class (like how there are multiple professors teaching the various conwest classes) ALWAYS look on ratemyprofessors of the rating system provided on albert or something to see which ones are suggested and which ones aren’t. some classes you can’t avoid the one professor who teaches it (halpin for genchem, jones for orgo, etc) a lot of them offer a lot of professor variety and the professor ALWAYS makes or breaks the class.</p>
<p>WHAT IS GOING ON?</p>
<p>I haven’t received any correspondence at all from NYU regarding course registration for fall 2010, and when I logged on to Albert on NYU home it said that I couldn’t register until noon on june 15th, even though “registration begins on april 12th.” Then, when I looked through the course catalog it seemed like most classes were already full! What is happening?</p>
<p>ToT where do u get the nyu pin number to log in to albert? :(</p>
<p>mema where do you find the course catalog?</p>
<p>jack,</p>
<p>Try this:</p>
<p>[NYU</a> > University Registrar > Course Search > Class Schedule Search](<a href=“Class Registration, Transcripts, Graduation”>Class Registration, Transcripts, Graduation)</p>
<p>all freshmen register during orientation so don’t worry about that because your orientation leaders will help you with that. check the course status only to see what you want because some of the classes say they’re closed when really they are holding spots (so that people with later orientation spots aren’t totally screwed). and then some are full (as in sophmores have already taken the spots).</p>