Freshman registration

<p>You will be able to manage any main campus to main campus class easy. So Stephenson to Wilson (the longest walk possible for main campus) only takes ~6 minuets. Where you run into problems is Blair to main campus or commons to Wilson in 10 minuets. It is possible (bike suggested!), but it can be very hard. This is one of the major road blocks for double majoring/minoring A+S or Engineering with blair. All chem classes are in Stephenson, which would be doable for any other location in 10 minutes with a bike.</p>

<p>SoCalDad, you must me logged in as a student to see the location of the courses.</p>

<p>I just remembered that DS should send his AP scores in. I am surprised that there were no reminders on this topic from Vanderbilt (or perhaps we missed it). If DS orders the scores today, they could get to Vanderbilt in time since he has the 3rd enrollment slot.
My question to you all is…if DS orders all the scores to be sent and later decides that he does not want to take the credit and want to take the class at Vanderbilt instead, is it a bad idea to have that particular AP score on his record ? Would not taking the higher level course make him look bad in the eyes of graduate or medical schools? </p>

<p>It’s a pretty normal practice to retake things like chem/calc/bio even with AP credit, so I cannot imagine anyone would think it looks bad. Course requirements vary pretty widely between schools-- some accept AP credit and others don’t-- so the safest route is to just retake them anyway, unless you already have a very good idea of the schools you want to apply to and their admission requirements.</p>

<p>You also may be able to get the AP credits removed from your record if they bother you. Not sure on that.</p>

<p>How do you select your courses if you don’t know your AP scores yet? Course selection is in June and AP results do not come out until July.</p>

<p>You have to predict what your scores will be, basically. To be safe, you can try to enroll as if you didn’t get any AP credit. The higher level courses will be in lower demand from first years anyway and are easier to switch into later. </p>

<p>You can enroll in as many as 18 hours, so you can enroll in additional courses and plan to drop some based on the AP outcome.</p>

<p>It’s pretty tough to get all your first choices and an ideal schedule your first semester (and even your first few semesters). That’s just how seniority works!</p>

<p>Can any parents with incoming sophomores comment on the math classes?150 versus 140?i read that 150 is no longer departmental exams so does that mean it is doable?</p>

<p>Just a reminder: Student health forms are due today. (I think it was July 1, not June 1, last year.) I see a hold on daughter’s YES registration account re immunization forms and am assuming that will be removed by the time she registers in about a week.</p>

<p>So if we will be using AP or IB credit to place into higher classes, can we not register for those until Vandy receives the score? I’m using my IB Spanish score to place into Spanish 201, but IB won’t send Vandy the score until July. Can I go ahead and register for 201 and Vandy will let me as long as it later receives the score?</p>

<p>I believe that you can register without the score. Sometimes YES will throw an error that you have not met the prerequisites. You may want to ask your adviser or the registrar (I would start with your adviser, even though the registrar is more qualified to answer). </p>

<p>How do you figure out who your adviser is? I need to discuss AP credit and stuff before my registration on the ninth to make sure I sign up for the right classes.</p>

<p>It should have been sent to you via email to your Vanderbilt account. In addition, it is listed when you sign into YES.</p>

<p>On YES it says that I have no adviser. I guess I should try to contact the registrar</p>

<p>Was everyone that registers the week of June 9th able to get hold of their advisor this past week? Were you able to get hold of him/her when you called or did you have to wait for a call back? How long did you spend discussing classes? Sorry for all the questions!</p>

<p>@yellowgranite56‌ </p>

<p>I am registering June 16, but my advisor sent an e-mail on Thursday telling us that we could begin calling her. She picked up when I called and we talked for 10-15 minutes about classes and then she sent me an e-mail.</p>

<p>My daughter simply exchanged emails with her adviser (who could see what classes she had put into her cart). This was sufficient for her at this stage. The adviser also directed her to others who could better answer questions regarding, for example, AP credit, prerequisites, and the immunization hold.</p>

<p>How does the registration work? There is a submit button you press and it all happens at once? What if there are classes in the cart that have the same time slots? Does it randomly choose? My DD has 7 freshman writing seminars in her cart (she registers next week) and wonder if this will be a problem. Thanks for any input anyone has on the process. She has her advisor appointment tomorrow.</p>

<p>@yellowgranite56
You click which ones you want to enroll. Then, there is a submit button at the bottom. It took me a couple minutes to figure this out today, but fortunately, I still got the classes I wanted.</p>

<p>My DD wants to take Chem 102. There are a few seats open in the 8 a.m. class (the one she wants), and a later class with more available seats. Can she select both of them in the hopes that she will get the 8 a.m. class, or can she only select one Chem 102 option? Since she is in the final group registering next week, the classes are going to fill up. She may not have a chance to go back in and play around with the class schedule. I really hope she gets one of the freshman seminar classes that she wants. She has 7 of them in her box in the hopes that she will get one of them. </p>

<p>She can put both in her cart and then click which she wants to take next week.</p>