<p>I am aware that some students take a fifth class at Chicago. However, I was wondering if one was allowed to simply sit in on a class, do all the assignments, and simply learn about something of interest without officially registering for that course. I presume that financial aid helps pay for four classes per quarter, and if one took an additional official class, one would need to pay almost 10,000 dollars more in a year. Moreover, the rather extensive core, classes required of a major, or classes required of second majors (if one wishes to pursue) would not allow a person to take too many classes for sheer interest, which are irrelevant to a major. So is a person allowed to sit in on lectures or learn with a class, they are not registered for. Should one consult the teacher before hand, or should one just indiscretely sneak in if the class is of considerable size? Is this an allowed practice? </p>
<p>For example, if one wanted to satisfy the foreign language competency requirement but would rather not use up one of the four classes of the quarter, could one sit in on a language class, learn the language, and pass the competency exam the next year. Thanks for any information.</p>
<p>For a lecture, I think you can just slide into the classroom. I've actually never done it, but it would be lots of fun.</p>
<p>You are allowed to audit classes (or at least some of my friends have done it). When you get to campus, talk to an advisor/the prof you want to audit from. From what I have seen, profs tend to be pretty lenient with the students auditing for fun.</p>
<p>I am actually doing this right now. I'm sitting in on Stat 245, and I am allowed to attend all lectures, but the teacher won't give me access to the chalk site (and therefore to the homeworks). I think he is being especially strict in this regard, and that most teachers I have encountered will give you access to the chalk site.</p>
<p>For language classes however, I think there is a special policy not to allow (non-graduate student) auditors. I'm not sure, but I've heard this several times.</p>
<p>I could imagine that foreign language would be a sticky situation, as you're essentially piggybacking on a requirement.</p>
<p>Remember that a 3 on the AP exam or similar performance on a diagnostic test during O-Week fulfills the language requirement.</p>
<p>If you have taken a foreign language before and are looking to place out, I suggest buying a couple of review books and getting yourself into shape for the placement test. If you don't place out entirely, you should only have to take a class or two to fulfill it, and you can take the language class for credit and audit a class that genuinely interests you.</p>
<p>Does anybody here know what the Latin tests are like? Is the material similar to that on either of the Latin APs? Does it focus on just things like grammar, vocab, and translation, or are you required to know things other than just hte Language itself. Like about Roman Literature, culture, life, and history?</p>
<p>From what my son told me, the Latin placement exam consisted of three paragraph-long passages to translate, of varying difficulty, the first of which was fairly easy, and the last of which was more difficult than anything he had encountered in his IB class.</p>