<p>What facinates me is the more I think about which seminar interests me, the more appealing every seminar becomes. It's like as if every seminar answers a question you asked when you were a kid that your old man didn't have a good answer for or a topic you've heard your mates discussing years ago which didn't make sense back then.</p>
<p>Call me crazy because I wish I could take every seminar offered :)</p>
<p>I totally agree, Kjoodles. I guess I'm crazy too :p</p>
<p>so what are our odds of getting into a Frosh seminar?</p>
<p>I guess it depends on how many people apply to a certain one. I'm sure some are more popular than others.</p>
<p>A plug for FRS 139 (20th-Century Poems and Poets: Politics, War, Religion, and Art) - Neil Rudenstine is a great professor and a wonderful person. Also FRS 137 (Ancients and Moderns: Classics in the 20th Century) with Effie Rentzou, and Brent Shaw's FRS 169 (Dying For God: Origins of Martyrdom).</p>
<p>Will I be able to take two seminars in the same semester?</p>
<p>As a general rule, you will be able to take only one Freshman seminar in a semester, and it is not a lock that you will be able to get into the ones you choose. In addition, if you take a Fall seminar, you will find it more difficult to be selected for a Spring seminar, as students who have not previously taken a seminar are given priority. However, some seminars are under enrolled so those would be available either semester.</p>
<p>If you decide to take a seminar in the semester that you are not enrolled in a writing seminar, how many classes can you take? My current schedule that I want has me taking 4 classes in the fall semester. Can I still sign up for a seminar, or will this count as 5 courses and my adviser won't sign off on it? And would you recommend taking 4 classes and a seminar, or is the workload too much?</p>
<p>I did 4 classes and a seminar my first semester - my parents freaked out thinking that I was going to overwork myself, but I didn't have a problem with it. Of course, this depends a lot on what your other four classes are and how well you can manage your time, but I didn't find four classes + a seminar significantly harder than when I took only four classes in the spring.
Advisors in general will sign off on anything you think you can do - they are mainly responsible for making sure that you get all of your reqs for your major.</p>
<p>If I can make a suggestion on a seminar to take I would take this one:</p>
<p>FRS 145: THe religious right in modern america</p>
<p>Kevin Kruse is the professor, and he is amazing. I took HIS383 this spring and was in his precept, and it was absolutely my favorite class.</p>
<p>A word of caution about the freshmen seminars: these are seminars which means you will be discussing the topics covered for a full 3 hours, so pick something you are really interested in, not just something you sort of want more of a survey in.</p>
<p>On writing seminar: Plug for Contemporary American Prose if its offered, but generally I would agree with jssballet about taking your seminar in the fall. It's also definitely easier to take your writing seminar with 4, but I had a roommate who did it with five and did fine with it.</p>
<p>I would in fact suggest signing up for five classes because then you can drop one if you need to or if you want to.</p>