<p>when do you find out which semester your writing seminar has been assigned to?</p>
<p>via email. sometime this month</p>
<p>also, you should apply to freshman seminars. if you are accepted you are not required to enroll in the course, but it leaves options open</p>
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<p>Didn't know we could opt out - thanks for telling us! </p>
<p>Joel - which writing seminars sound like good choices?</p>
<p>they all suck and you most likely won't get the one you want so just put together your schedule and find a decent seminar that fits. the CBLI writing seminars have mandated community service.</p>
<p>I think they all suck too :(
If you request a change from the semester they assigned you to, do they usually change it for you?</p>
<p>they might change the semester, but only with good reason. i think its better to take writing seminar in the fall. and a lot of the seminars are the same, in the fall and spring</p>
<p>How is the CBLI seminar? Fun? :D</p>
<p>CBLI seminars are supposed to be pretty good. I'm not sure if they're any more fun than the other writing seminars, but I believe you have less work and they're easier, so you can help minimize the pain that way.</p>
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<p>not true. I had a CBLI seminar and it was harder than friends' seminars. At the end of the day, the amount of work you have is up to your professor and every professor is different.</p>
<p>All right, it certainly varies from professor to professor, but everyone I know who was in a CBLI seminar got a significantly higher grade than friends of mine who were not. I saw the essays my friends were writing on occassion, too, and I have nothing to attribute the difference in grades to other than the standards being different.</p>
<p>well just keep in mind that there are multiple cbli professors</p>
<p>Is Nancy Watterson a good instructor?</p>
<p>Joel - what was your CBLI writing seminar experience like? What project did you work on and what were the 4 papers you had to write?</p>
<p>Someone please tell me if I understand this right - AFTER we enroll in classes this fall, then we sign up for our writing seminars, right?</p>
<p>Also: in re enrolling - is it done by res college and appointments we make with our advisors, or is it the whole 7 AM rush thing that everyone else has to do?</p>
<p>what is CBLI?</p>
<p>prettyfish: every semester with the exception of Freshman Fall you do the 7AM rush thing. Freshman fall you sign up immediately after your appointment with your academic advisor. Your academic advisor and appointment time are assigned to you once you arrive. You can't sign up for courses until after your appointment. Usually there are 2-3 days of appointments so if you are assigned one on the last day then you might get shut out of some of the more popular freshman courses (and some precepts...ie: PSY101 closes sometime the first day etc. etc.)</p>
<p>And there's nothing magical I can do to get a better draw time, like promise them my third-born child? (I'd offer them first and second, but I've already gambled them away, dang it).</p>
<p>absolutely nothing. although most courses won't close out. if you list the courses you are considering i can try to figure out if they will close...</p>
<p>Oh that sucks, I was looking forward to the 7AM rush thing. At least that gives you a sense of control.</p>
<p>Exactly - the 7am rush is what I was banking on to get my magical Africa course (only 3 spots are reserved for freshmen, eep eep eep)</p>