| Not shopping is a horrible idea.
In fact, upperclassman shop WAY more than most freshman do, IME. Shopping well is essential to picking a great and balanced schedule and helps a lot when the next year rolls around.
Not to mention that Calculus you'll take based upon your high school level and the professors/grad students teaching it change every semester, physics will have three different sections at three different levels-- you'll shop to find the level that's appropriate and you don't have a choice of professor at that point.
Biology has one intro class taught by one professor (if you didn't take AP, if you take AP and get a 4 or 5 you don't take intro bio).
Chemistry will have three different professors who have three different take. None is better than the others, they're just all different. One of the professors who's been teaching 33 for the last few years just left over winter to the private sector so it may not be all that predictable anyway.
Not to mention, none of the three areas above are at any risk to actually close.
As for the times you take advanced subjects and not intro level courses, you'll likely only have one section, one professor for all of those classes. That's why you go through, find a bunch you like based on the subjects covered, then you read the Critical Review, ask friends, and show up to class and see which professors you like.
English/Creative Writing courses often close up, so again, choose some you like based upon subject matter. Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction, as well as all the LR11 courses are popular. |