<p>So, I know that we register during Orientation, but I had a few questions beforehand anyway. :)</p>
<p>How much control have you guys had in picking your classes/profs? If you disliked one section of a class you were in, could you switch to another? What about Core classes--we're preregistered for those, so basically have no control over the prof/TA, right? Did you find that it was relatively easy or difficult to get into the classes you wanted? </p>
<p>Also, is it absolutely ridiculous to be thinking of taking 6 classes a semester at CC? I want to go into Political Science, and I'm especially interested in a 5-yr combined program with SIPA which basically requires you have the core done by junior year, and that you have decent poli sci/IR exposure, as well.</p>
<p>And really, thank you so much to the current students who've been posting on these boards--you've been a great help. :)</p>
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How much control have you guys had in picking your classes/profs? If you disliked one section of a class you were in, could you switch to another? What about Core classes--we're preregistered for those, so basically have no control over the prof/TA, right? Did you find that it was relatively easy or difficult to get into the classes you wanted?
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<p>first semester picking WHAT you want with WHO you want tends to be easier since there tend to be multiple sections of every class. as far as switching goes, its very easy to do within the first 2 or 3 weeks, after that tho you kind of have to jump thru hoops. (like i switched a class after 1 midterm and i had to go get things signed by the teacher i was switching out of, the one i was switching into, and my dean) but its still possible.</p>
<p>you'll probably have lit.hum. pre-registered but i dont know about FoS/U.Writing. what they did this year was only pre-reg those for the fall and not for the spring. so who knows if they will open it up or not like that again...</p>
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Also, is it absolutely ridiculous to be thinking of taking 6 classes a semester at CC?
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<p>i know people who have done it. it all depends on what you're taking i think. for example, if you're going to take 6 high level courses, that would be stupid. i think it would be completely manageable if you were going to do something like lit.hum., FoS/U.Writing, intro language course, poly.sci., econ(?), and something like physics for poets or something...dont go crazy trying to challenge yourself in every subject if its not what you plan on majoring in</p>
<p>at least that's my way of thinking about it.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. Also, I was wondering--on average, how many core classes does an underclassman take per semester? Especially if s/he wanted to be done with the core and basic major recs by junior year?</p>
<p>you can't change a core class (lit hum/CC/music hum/art hum) sections without going through the petition process and showing that you have a time conflict...you can't just switch from one section to the other because you dislike the teacher.</p>
<p>They always preregister you for core classes first semester freshman year and then thereafter your on your own.</p>
<p>I assume that by "by junior year" you mean before junior year not by the end of junior year, so if you want to be done with Core before your junior year, you'd need to take probably three core classes per semester: Lit Hum is 2 semesters, CC is 2, UW is 1, Frontiers is 1, Major Cultures is 2, Science Req is 2, and Foreign Language is up to 4, Art and Music Hum too, 2 semesters. That's 16 semesters (unless you can test out of the foreign language requirement), which means you'd have to take four core classes per semester. If you test out of the foreign language requirement, that would be three per semester, and there are other loop holes like, you can choose a major cultures B that may overlap with your poli sci major--I don't know about poli sci, but the history department will allow you to overlap some major cultures classes with a history major/concentration. That would leave you probably one or two classes a semester to do your poli sci stuff.</p>