<p>as the title says, i got my third choice, fws on british literature.
not exactly the seminar of my dreams.</p>
<p>i can place out of a fws b/c i scored a 5 on ap english lit, so should i just drop it
during add/drop and sign up for another one during second semester?</p>
<p>or should i just get this darn thing done and over with?</p>
<p>i can't BELIEVE i ended up with brit. lit.
my first choice fit perfectly with my schedule.
i've been doing this gaggathon of classics&literature thoroughout my hs career and for once in my life wanted to take something different.
dammit </p>
<p>does anyone even know what brit lit is like?</p>
<p>British literature makes many allusions to classical stuff. Some of it is good and rather famous (Shelley, Shakespeare, Tennyson, etc.) while the rest of it can be quite boring and difficult to read. In fact, in my state, almost all sophomore high school students are required to take a course in British literature. I’m not really too find of literature as a whole, though, so I may not be the right person to answer this topic…</p>
<p>haha yeah, i took brit lit in soph. year. i guess it wasn’t too bad, but certainly not too thrilling…
what i meant was, does anyone know what fws brit lit is like under wendy jones?</p>
<p>I’m considering doing the same thing–dropping the FWS and taking it second semester because I placed out of one. I was excited about my first choice, but the one I got just plain sucks.</p>
<p>yes, i saw the darn syllabus…
well, my first& second choice were within my schedule, and trust me, there weren’t a whole lot of other options left for the third w/ labs and whatnot, so i just went with brit. lit. b/c it sounded relatively harmless.
harmless, yes, not something i actually wanted to take. </p>
<p>little did i imagine that i would get my third choice. </p>
<p>i guess brit. lit wouldn’t be toooo awful- it’s just that it’s from teh english department.
yes, i know there are fws from the eng. department that don’t fall into the steretype of english fws, buut if brit. lit isn’t designed for english majors, i don’t know what is.</p>
<p>prof. wendy jones sounds nice enough. should i just suck it up or drop it?
i wanted fws to be an interesting experience</p>
<p>…
as i have already stated clearly above, i didn’t have many options left after #1, and didn’t think i would end up w/ the third since #1 already fit into my schedule.
but
as much as i detest the holier than thou vibe, you’re right. i’ll stop whining and drop it. </p>
<p>just kidding.
it’s focused on jane austen so maybe we’ll catch some snippets of a bbc series or something.</p>
<p>Why don’t you go to the first class meeting of your first or second choice? There is always a possibility that someone will drop your first or second choice and you will be able to take it. Then your back-up plan could be to wait until second semester.</p>
<p>I think you can do this, anyone out there who knows, correct me if I am wrong.
Don’t delay. Add/drop for FWS is different than most classes.</p>
<p>FWS was annoying because I personally hate writing (and reading). haha. My advice is get FWS requirements out of the way during your freshman year. Along with PE requirements. Then you won’t have to worry about fulfilling those requirements down the road. Reason, you might have to take a required upper-level major/minor requirement and having those FWS/PE requirements lingering behind might screw up your junior or senior year schedules. This advice is especially true for those who are science/engineer majors with coursework load that requires a lecture, section, and lab (and those take up huge chunks of your day).</p>
<p>So if you don’t care what FWS you want and hate writing/reading, I’d shop around for FWS classes the first 2 weeks in Aug/Sept. Usually creative writing classes are easy (but depends on the instructor). Look at the syllabus and see how much reading and writing will be required. Ample research will save your semester from any reading/writing hardships.</p>
<p>D has a very tight engineering schedule first semester. She chose 5 FWS that fit into her tight schedule. Did not get a single one and instead got placed into the brit literature one which was not even on her ballot! </p>
<p>So what does she do now? If she tries to attend one that she wants she will have to skip the one that was assigned. Should she email teachers to see if they will take her? Is it likely that she will be able to add drop into some of the ones she wants? they all occur over the same 2 hour window so it would be difficult to try several of the classes. </p>
<p>Since she only has to take one, should she skip it and take it second semester?</p>
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