<p>Do any current students have any advice on selecting freshmen classes? I don't want a heavy fall term as I'm still trying to settle in, but still be progressive. </p>
<p>As for distribution courses, if one covers 2 sections (LIT and SOC for example), does that counts as 2 completed distributions or you must choose which it fulfills? </p>
<p>Also, what is the requirement (I'm guessing SAT score?) to take the test for english 5?</p>
<p>You will find out about your english placment later this summer. If you need english 5, the school will schuedule you for it in the fall or winter term. If you are scheduled to take english 5 in the fall, they will give you the course selections let you pick your 1st,2nd, and 3rd choices. Then you will take your first year seminar in the winter. If you get english 5 in the winter, you will take first year seminar in the spring.</p>
<p>If a distribution covers 2 sections, it gets counted as 2 distributions.</p>
<p>I think they changed the rules this year. </p>
<p>From the online dartmouth handbook:</p>
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Although some courses may be listed in two Distributive areas (ie. SOC/INT), each Distributive area must be filled by a unique course. Thus, a student will have to take ten separate courses that fulfill the eight Distributive Requirements.</p>
<p>However, a single course can be used to fulfill both a Distributive Requirements and a world-culture requirement.
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<p>One another note, do you know how exemption from english 5 works, sybbie? I</p>
<p>The english 5 cut-offs are determined by the college each year so you will not find out until they tell you over the summer (which is why you cannot find it on the website). For the past few years Dartmouth has talked about eliminating the writing exemption all together and making all freshmen taking english 5, who knows this may be the year.</p>
<p>attaching last years thread</p>
<p>I'd have to find the letter to double check, but if I remember correctly a piece of mail i received said that if your SAT writing was good enough you would be automatically tested out of one of the writing courses. I'll try to find it and edit this post later.</p>