<p>mine opens the 11th, and I was waitlisted</p>
<p>I'm the first window, that means that I'll be the third window next semester right?</p>
<p>Yup.</p>
<p>Which window you get is based on your Student ID, which in turn <em>I think</em> is based on your SSN.</p>
<p>my SSN is pretty leet then =)</p>
<p>Question. As I look at the language courses it looks like Spanish I is already heavily enrolled. If I have third window will I be able to get into a section? It would seem odd that a freshman couldn't get into Spanish I.</p>
<p>What freshman type courses are likely to be open for third window freshmen?</p>
<p>Is it possible to get into a closed course? Can profs sign you in?</p>
<p>ok, ok ... what are the coolest classes at Duke?</p>
<p>ozym - not if you spell it as 'leet' :-D n00b</p>
<p>starbucksguy - profs can open up aditional seats for <em>some</em> courses, but many of the language courses are constrained by seats... Last Fall, though, there were 4 open seats in Spanish I. If you go to registrar.duke.edu and go to the schedule of classes, you can check from <em>last</em> Fall to see what openings there were in courses then.</p>
<p>JMAN - [url=<a href="http://www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/1180/FREETIME%5DThis%5B/url">http://www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/1180/FREETIME]This[/url</a>] is the coolest class. Ever.</p>
<p>Actually the language departments tend to be the most open to adding new seats in classes or opening up new sections. I don't know if this is the case for Spanish, but I honestly have not heard of people having trouble getting into the intro/intermediate language courses here.</p>
<p>The coolest classes at Duke depend upon what you're interested in.</p>
<p>Starbucksguy - if you're feeling daring and want to embark on a new adventure, take a look at taking Chinese 1. The instruction for Chinese is outstanding.</p>
<p>Arabic 1 filled up really quickly for the coming semester, but they did open a third section for the overflow (and one section is designated freshman-only).</p>
<p>is it allright if you take your own language at Duke?</p>
<p>say if you're Korean and you take Korean?</p>
<p>Certainly - people from around here take English all the time :) Main thing really would be to talk with the director of undergraduate studies for the department to figure out proper placement.</p>
<p>musings, but ur not korean tho</p>
<p>People do it, but it's looked down upon if you're already fluent in your own language and you decide to take a beginning class. For fluent speakers, taking advanced classes is encouraged and there's no problem whatsoever - talk to someone in the department you're interested in if you want to figure out what class is most appropriate for you.</p>