<p>I can't figure out what to take for my 4th class for a SS-H requirement. Right now, I want to take MUSIC 55A (my preparedness for that is another story...), but I don't know what to go with if this fills up. What do most people in Pratt do first semester?</p>
<p>My other main issue is more general and one that I'd like to vent about more than one with which you can actually help me. My registration window coincides with my graduation rehearsal, so my parents are going to have to enroll for me. I don't trust them one bit to be able to select a good schedule for me if (when) I don't get all the classes in my primary bookbag. Is it typically very difficult to shuffle around the above classes after the initial registration rush?</p>
<p>I am so worried that my schedule is just going to suck or that my parents won't even be able to sort it out and schedule in four credits.</p>
<p>Do Pratt students typically have a hard time scheduling the above classes?</p>
<p>I would actually not suggest Bio 118 with the rest of those (challenging) classes because Bio 118 is quite reading intensive and does consume a lot of time. Try Econ 55 if you have credit for 51</p>
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I would actually not suggest Bio 118 with the rest of those (challenging) classes because Bio 118 is quite reading intensive and does consume a lot of time. Try Econ 55 if you have credit for 51
<p>BAA won't do you any good towards SSH requirements. It is generally used by Trinity kids to get a NS credit. You're gonna be getting plenty of NS credits in Pratt. If you're trying to fulfil SSH requirements, you want to take something coded CZ or ALP or FL or SS.</p>
<p>"My registration window coincides with my graduation rehearsal, so my parents are going to have to enroll for me. I don't trust them one bit to be able to select a good schedule for me if (when) I don't get all the classes in my primary bookbag. Is it typically very difficult to shuffle around the above classes after the initial registration rush?"</p>
<p>HaHa! My D is away at camp without access, and I am pushing the button for her. She has maybe 10 alternates in her bookbag....some of which I disapprove...hope I can be trusted! , but it would help if it is esasy to shuffle; any comments on this?</p>
<p>In the main registration screen on the right hand side, there will be two boxes, the top for primary bookbag (blue) and bottom for alternate bookbag (orange). On the left side there's a box of "scheduled courses" (bluish) meaning ones you have already enrolled in or waitlisted in.</p>
<p>When you register, ACES should enroll you in all the open classes and (normally) waitlist you in the full classes. They will show up in the "scheduled courses" box. </p>
<p>At this point, if there's a class you don't want in the scheduled courses box (either because you don't want it or were waitlisted), you can click the little "X" mark beside the course in the box and you'll be withdrawn.</p>
<p>If there's a course in the alternate bookbag that you want, you can click the up arrow beside that course listing and it will go to the primary bookbag. Clicking the down arrow beside a course in the primary bookbag does the same thing except in the opposite direction. </p>
<p>Once you have a course in the primary bookbag and your registration window is open, you'll see a yellow button at the top of the primary bookbag button that says enroll all. Then you click that and your new selections will be added to the queue to be enrolled. </p>
<p>To see what the main registration window looks like, just click registration at the took of the top on the ACES bookbagging page. </p>
<p>I hope this helps. If not, I'd be happy to take some screenshots or something to illustrate.</p>
<p>ok so say you hit enroll all, and a couple classes are full. You start moving some up from alternate to primary. Now you find out there is a scheduling conflict. so you keep moving them up until one works? Should you be planning for all possible contingencies? Thats an overwhelming thought, although for my D, she is already registered for focus, so she will only need half as many contingencies. For the most part her choices are for freshman ( at least the writing "dance" one; I'm not sure about that ocean class) and she is in the second window; how many back ups do you reccommend?</p>
<p>Ideally, one plans for all possible contingencies, however the ACES registration window shows you how many seat are left in each class in your alternate and primary bookbag. You would then only need backups for the classes most likely to fill up. </p>
<p>As for what you do when there's a scheduling conflict. Usually I plan my schedule so that I have a high degree of confidence in 3 classes leaving one unsure. Then I select backups for that class which will not conflict with any of my other classes. That way, if that class falls through, I can switch on the fly without a total reshuffle of my schedule. </p>
<p>If that doesn't work, then it would be wise to work out 1-2 "sets" of schedules so you know how to reshuffle on the fly. I wouldn't recommend reshuffling blindly then end up losing a required class or something like that.</p>
<p>If you are going with having backups, then 1-2 is enough.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help....but how can you tell which classes are most likely to fill up? For examply, my D really wants that writing about dance class. Both will fit in her schedule. Both have twelve of twelve , as they are freshman classes. Should she plan a third back up? Should she defer her writing to next semester, when she will have a different ( first?) window? That Ocean class sounds like it will be popular. I will make sure to be ready with a back up that fits her schedule.</p>
<p>If your D has second window, I would check back on the writing class after the first window has passed to see how it's working. Plan to have another writing class that's not the same topic, just in case that one is really popular or well liked. </p>
<p>As for defering, that I can't really say. If your D is an engineer, I think she's assigned a semester for writing. If not, it's really up to her to figure out when she wants to take it.</p>
<p>Bio 118... no!!
You are in Pratt- you don't have any reason to take that class!!!
Do not!!</p>
<p>Why no Writing 20 first semester? Third window?</p>
<p>You should teach your parents how to register for classes and make sure that they are quick with the mouse (hopefully, they are technologically literate, :).). Registration can be most stressful. Best of luck!</p>
<p>"You should teach your parents how to register for classes and make sure that they are quick with the mouse (hopefully, they are technologically literate, .). Registration can be most stressful"</p>
<p>Mondo; any pearls? Is there some secret to being "quick with the mouse"?</p>
<p>Click the mouse as quickly as possible but only once (make sure you actually clicked the link and the internet/safari/opera/firefox/netscape/whatever icon is actually rotating) but don't do it again as that'll just bump your server request to the end of the line. Don't panic if nothing happens for a few moments (10-20sec?)</p>
<p>Hmmm... turns out that I was an idiot for believing my mom when she bugged me about grad. rehearsal. I'll actually be home for registration. Sooo happy, but I feel so stupid.</p>
<p>So, can anybody confirm that BAA will not take care of an SS-H requirement? Will music theory?</p>
<p>Also, I will have 2 AP credits to apply towards SS-H requirements, so would I be better off taking an easy A non-SS-H class first semester just to fill four credits and then put off those remaining required classes for later?</p>
<p>Yes, sorry about what I said earlier, BAA93 is STS and NS, and would not satisfy a SS-H requirement. Some higher BAA classes will satisfy a BME life science require (if you are doing BME) but not 93. </p>
<p>I would not recommend taking a class just to get an A without it satisfying some requirement or another. Seeing as you might be pre-med, it would not be wise to waste a credit. Try to find something that would not be hard and yet would satisfy a humanities requirement.</p>
