<p>Freshman seminars: </p>
<p>They always count for credit, and they count for distributional requirements as long as you take them for a letter grade (not Credit/D/Fail, Yale’s version of Pass/Fail). The same is true for any other class. </p>
<p>Space is limited in freshman seminars, so at the beginning of each semester you can list your preferences for a few and hope you get sorted in by a random lottery. If you don’t get in, email the professor to let them know you’re interested (and maybe why if you have a compelling reason), and show up to the first few sessions. People will drop out, and if you’re persistent you’ll have a good chance of getting in anyway. </p>
<p>Preference for freshman seminars goes to students who aren’t taking DS or PoS, and who haven’t taken a freshman seminar already (ie, in the spring semester).</p>