<p>When do we get to see a list of seminars to choose from?????????!!!!!!(for fall 2005)</p>
<p>a few days after you move in i think. writing seminars begin a bit after regular classes start.</p>
<p>they don't have a list of classes for next year before that? that seems a bit late.</p>
<p>nevermind, i looked and they have an online course listing, along with instructions on when and how you register. here ye go:
<a href="http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/Fall2005/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/Fall2005/index.html</a></p>
<p>There is no way I can see those classes before August 1? That's annoying.</p>
<p>stupid question, but can you test out of writing seminars with a 5 on the english lang or lit AP test?</p>
<p>1 writing seminar. and you can do it with a 4 if you're not in CAS</p>
<p>theres a course catalog online, just go to academics.cornell.edu and click around to find it.</p>
<p>sweet, i'm in HE. thanks for that information, sparticus.</p>
<p>only 1 writing seminar, so the choice of which writing seminar to do goes out the window? </p>
<p>I got a 4 on the AP English Language test , have Verbal SAT 710. I took the IB English A1 Higher Level test instead of AP Eng. Literature, and if I score say a 5 on there, I have the credentials to test out??</p>
<p>too bad I'm in CAS and major biological sciences. How can I switch to CALS?? I sure don't like to take a writing seminar class considering that is not my field</p>
<p>He meant you can only test out of 1 of your 2 writing seminars. As for the remaining writing seminar, you can choose whichever one you want. </p>
<p>I personally wouldn't change colleges because of a writing seminar. You will take many classes "not in your field." Writing is one of the most important fundamental skills you'll need in college, regardless of what you plan to major in. You don't have to take a writing seminar that's given by a English professor or graduate student. Writing seminars are offered by many professors who are in the math, history, whatever department. </p>
<p>You're going to have to take at least 1 writing seminar no matter what college you're in.</p>
<p>I heard that we get a copy of Things Fall Apart from the school sent to us. Is that true? and if so when.</p>
<p>i liked my freshman writing seminar, it was a nice break from all the math, reactions, and science. Afterall, reading Poe, Doyle, Agatha Christie, and even the Nancy Drew series was great (this was my particular FWS, and there are a bajillion more...like the simpsons, hitchcock films, etc). the biggest problem isn't the breadth of what you can take, but the ability to fit into your schedule AND getting in. Some people hate their FWS, some people loved it. some gives too much work, some gives the bare minimum, it's sometimes a luck of the draw. every one of them is different (even if it's the same topic, but different teachers!) and that can be a good thing or bad depending on how you look at it. hope that helps.</p>
<p>wait i go to that site arts.cornell.edu/knight...2005 wutever about thje seminars....but i go to the url and u need KERBOROS or wutever and ye we dont get taht for a while right 09s so either where else can we find a list of writing seminars to choose from or when can we access all those kerboros things???thers so many stuff i want to see but need kerboros</p>
<p>Writing seminars are alot of fun I hear, not some horrible chore. It's a small relaxed group of like 17 kids at most, they say, and from what I've seen there are some really unique topics available...
like "acting the fool" and "profanity" and stuff, and also things on every possible topic you could be interested in, there are math writing seminars, and bio writing seminars, shakespeare, poetry, music, ANYTHING.</p>
<p>As for the requirements, because there was a bit of confusion:
2 Mandatory Writing seminars (1/semester)
If, and only if, you get a 4 on your AP, you can test out of ONE of them, except in CAS, where you have to get a 5, not a 4.</p>
<p>Yes we get mailed a copy of Things Fall Apart. If you have more specific questions on when it will be mailed you could ask it on the Q&A as a member of classof2009.cornell.edu</p>
<p><a href="http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/Fall2005/ssp_need.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/Fall2005/ssp_need.html</a> is a list of sophomore seminars, but you can still get an idea of the diversity of subjects offered. There are tons more frosh writing seminars, over 100 easily.</p>
<p>sorry about the link above cornell changed the way their website and server are laid out i think (or i was just completely wrong, so the link for ALL course information is <a href="http://www.cornell.edu/academics/courses.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.cornell.edu/academics/courses.cfm</a> enjoy.</p>
<p>Can u fail a writing seminar? Do they give out grades?</p>
<p>yes, and yes</p>
<p>I hated my writing seminars because the profs graded too harsh. They would highly praise my papers and then put a B on them. For one seminar my prof told the class at the end of the semester that she rarely gives out A's. While the name of the course was Science and Objectivity, her grading was very subjective. The main purpose of our papers was to argue certain views on various things. But some profs can be hard to satisfy. They have egos that can't fit inside Barton Hall.</p>