<p>I am interested in taking French courses, but that entails taking one both in Fall and Winter. So, now I have to reorganize my Fall schedule, meaning give up one class, to include a French course. However, I can't decide which of my courses I want to give up. So, I thought maybe I should sign up for all the classes (5 classes) I have already chosen for my schedule in addition to the French class, and then dropping the one I like the least during the add/drop period. Is that a common/probable practice? Is that something I would be able to do without running into any problems? For example, I don't want Minerva to force me to replace the course I am dropping with another one, thus giving me the crazy load of 6 classes in my first semester in college.</p>
<p>I think that if you are planning to take french courses just to learn the language and not towards a major/minor then a good option might be to take it as a satisfactory/unsatisfactory class. That way you can get what you want out of it without having to constantly worry about your grades. </p>
<p>As for me, I've decided to try to learn as much as I can from books, tapes, and friends that speak french first to see if I really need to take a class to learn french to the extent that I want to.</p>
<p>That's a good idea, but I might be interested in grad school, and though they aren't against S/U-type courses, it saves a lot of hassle not to take them (for example, LSAC interprets S/U-courses as real courses if you are interested in applying to law school, and this might thus lower your GPA - or something). </p>
<p>Still, do you know if it would be okay for me to sign up for all 6 courses to see which of the courses I want to drop - and then drop one of them?</p>
<p>Bump, bump, bump.</p>
<p>Bump, Bump...Thud.</p>
<p>I don't go to McGill yet, but I don't see why that would be a problem. As long as there are no holds on or conflicts in your schedule it shouldn't matter. If you are allowed to take 6 courses at once then your plan should work...?</p>