<p>Transferred into Emory from NYU for the Fall semester. I've had Clairmont Clifton and Woodruff recommended to me by some of my friends that go there, and I was wondering if anyone had some opinions on those dorms. I've also been having a miserable time trying to find open classes. If there are any other transfers reading this, did you manage to get around all the classes being closed already?</p>
<p>Dude, your kidding me? I’m also a transfer student and haven’t started registering yet. I have a premed advising phone appointment tomorrow and the adviser said there should be no problem in getting classes.</p>
<p>Many professors may just overload you if they aren’t like say, gen. chem, with a pretty strict quota. If you like a professor or class and it is closed, contact the professor and say you want in. They’ll probably tell you to wait till add/drop/swap, but keep you in mind. As in, if no positions open up, they’ll probably overload you. Just a warning, however, if you are taking a basic level science course (gen. chem, bio, physics, orgo) with lots of sections, a professor with a closed section may be reluctant to overload if they notice that one or more sections w/other profs. has yet to fill. The only professor I’ve seen willingly overload is Dr. Weinschenk for organic chemistry and maybe Liotta (but he probably won’t this year). Gallivan and Soria probably want to keep small class sizes (especially Soria who does a lot more interaction and graded activities than most) so will avoid going over the 65 limit at all costs. Finding out a professor’s view toward class size or finding out about their style/pedagogical attitude (so to speak) can kind of tell you about your chances of getting the overload. Departmental politics will play a role as well. Your best bet is to ask around about a profs’ chillness in terms of who and how many people can take the class and if the department itself tries to encourage certain quotas (like the chem. dept having a “no overload” policy for gen. chem, but relaxing it for upperlevels and electives).</p>