<p>I'm first on the waitlist in a class with a very easy professor (18 kids in the class). I want to add another spanish class while still being waitlisted in the class with the easy professor - if I get off the waitlist on the easy class, I will drop the signed up class, and then enroll in the easy class. Is this request possible on Gibson?</p>
<p>Sure. Tulane is one of a fairly limited number of schools that essentially doesn’t limit how many hours you can sign up for. So I don’t see why you cannot stay on the waitlist for the class you want and be signed up for the other class at the same time, unless what you are saying is that it is the same course and just a different section. That I am not sure about, but I rather suspect it is not allowed. I guess the term “class” is ambiguous as to whether you mean a different course or the same course/different section.</p>
<p>I mean same course, different section. And also the minimum is 12 hours and the maximum is 19 hours on Gibson</p>
<p>The max is 19 hours? I know my D had a semester with more hours than that. Maybe for incoming freshmen they limit it. I do seem to have some faint memory of that.</p>
<p>I cannot say with surety that you can register for 2 sections of the same course at the same time without canceling out your waitlist status, or if it will even let you do it at all. Maybe someone that reads the Tulane threads has tried this trick already and can weigh in.</p>
<p>I got off the wait list so no worries.</p>
<p>Excellent! Still, it would be fun to know if you can game the system that way.</p>
<p>If you want to take more than 19 credit hours, you can have it waived by your advisor.</p>
<p>No way I would take more than 19 hours the first semester. I’m taking 15 hours - that is the normal amount right? why would people even want to take over 19 hours?</p>
<p>15 is normal. Takes 120 hours to graduate, so 15x8 semesters = 120 hours. But many students come in with a lot of AP credit, so that plus some extra hours often means graduating in 3 years instead of 4. Some people want to do that. My D, who just finished her second year, got a letter the other day telling her she is a senior and can graduate this May. But of course she really cannot because you have to have your last X number of hours (don’t remember the specific number right off) in residence at Tulane with a few approved exceptions, and studying abroad isn’t one of them. She wouldn’t want to anyway.</p>
<p>Yeah I would rather enjoy my college experience than leave early. Unless I have a fairly high paying job right after I graduated.</p>
<p>FallenChemist: Did we determine if Gibson will allow you to be waitlisted in a different section of the same class, while still maintaining a seat in one section of the class. For example, if you are in Span 2040-2, can you waitlist yourself or add (if there is an available seat) in Span 2040-4? Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t think it was ever tested, and I don’t know myself.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure you get the “conflict” message.</p>
<p>Yes I believe my S had to get permission to register for more than 19 hrs.</p>
<p>I have been told that in order to be placed into a different section of a class which you are already in, you must first drop the class and AFTER you drop the class; then attempt to add the new class/section. I do not believe you are able to do it concurrently. Therefore, if there is only 1 seat available, or if someone is on the waitlist already, there is always the risk that you will drop one section and not be able to get into the desired section. Gibson does not recognize section numbers, so if you are trying to move from one section to a different section, it will simply think you are registering for a class you already have.</p>
<p>^^yep, correct</p>