<p>Ok so this is a question to upperclassmen. I'm going for Journalism and have been going back and forth between what should be my other major since I have to double major. I recently (yesterday) figured out that I kind of want to major in East Asian Studies and that I want to take Japanese specifically. I signed up for Elementary Jap I. and dropped the French course I was planning on taking up until this point. Unfortunately I'm currently waitlisted (#4) for the Japanese class and I really want to be enrolled, because I'm trying to take at least four semesters of Japanese so I can study abroad junior year. In your experience with waitlists is there even a shot this late in the game for me to be enrolled off the waitlist. I really want to do this but if there is no chance of me getting a spot in the class then it's probably better for me to fill this course with another class while spots are still available.</p>
<p>if you’re four and you’re in a class like Japanese, go to the first class and see if the prof is giving out overrides (i forget what they’re really called). usually, people will drop after the first day, probably because they were on some other waitlist, lol.</p>
<p>if there’s room in the classroom, the professor will give one. i know that each room has an occupancy that they can’t go over. it’s up to the professor at this point. but go to the first class. or enroll for the fifth class and drop the other one if the japanese prof lets you stay.</p>
<p>So are you saying to go to class and sit in and talk to him after, or just wait and talk to the prof after the class lets out?</p>
<p>about enrolling for the 5th class, there is a problem with that because the other class is at the same time as Japanese so ALBERT will not allow me to register for both…that’s why I was wondering if I should wait it out or not.</p>
<p>hmmmmmm.</p>
<p>a) YES, go to the class and sit in and get a syllabus, then talk to him after. you’ll want to be in the first class if you intend on staying anyway. </p>
<p>b) i’m not sure about that one. . . i’ve never had a situation like that. . . i would call your adviser about this one, just in case.</p>
<p>Ok I’ll definitely sit in on the class even if I don’t get off the waitlist before then. Thanks for the advice you’re always a help missamericanpie :)</p>
<p>So I was just thinking, when I signed up for French I was told to sign up for Elementary French I until I took the placement test and then I would be placed into the appropriate level. Would this also be true for Japanese because if so, then that might better my chances.</p>
<p>if you did not take the placement exam for japanese yet, then you are allowed to take it once. However that will not increase your chances of getting into the class because you are a freshman. You do not have priority over upperclassmen in terms of class selection. However your professor will see the waitlist and on the first day of class, he or she will ask who is currently on the waitlist and you will know about what he or she says he wants to do. your best bet is talk to your professor on the first day of class. Depending on the size of the room, you might be placed in. if not, take the placement exam and place out of elementary 1 and take elementary 2 in the spring semester.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t recommend placing out of elementary I for any East Asian language. . . i find that at NYU the East Asian language classes really build upon each other and for the sake of your GPA, i would wait and take Elementary I in the spring. they usually offer Elementary I and II in both the fall and spring.</p>
<p>ohh well I mean i’ve never taken japanese before lol. I took french in high school (it was either that or spanish) but I’m double majoring in Journalism and East Asian studies. I would wait to take it in the spring but I want to study abroad for my junior year and I’ll need at least four semesters of japanese to do so and as of now I don’t plan on taking summer classes. Ugggh Well whatever I’m not going to stress about it, it will all work out.</p>