<p>Most of you are probably familiar that most other colleges requires 5 instead of 4 classes a semester. Yet NYU only allows 4. Why is that? Do you think it would be hard to take 5? I mean in all honesty, Berkeley's standard is 5 and they are known for high grade deflation on extremly competitive situations where a score above 90 can still be curved to a B.</p>
<p>You aren’t prevented from taking more than 4, just discouraged. Tuition only covers up to 18 and since NYU is a semester school that means taking 4 classes usually equals 16 credits.</p>
<p>I understand that, but it is still different than other colleges that are a semester system (JHU, Duke, Wake Forest, Fordham, etc). Even though the credit things work out that way, the credits of each class is an arbitrary number. </p>
<p>Also, we are prevented from taking more than 4 during your first semester Freshman year (if you know of exceptions, then please tell me so I’ll be less apprehensive in pushing to get 5 classes.</p>
<p>I took 5 classes more semesters than I took 4. Add a two-credit elective or for your minor. Or (I don’t know if you’re in Stern), when you get to upper-level courses, most are 3 credits with the same amount of work, so you can actually take 6 in a semester.</p>