Add and Drop Courses

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Hey guys, I’m an incoming freshman at the College of Arts and Sciences. I know it probably is a bit too early to ask this question, but I’m wondering what’s the best strategy to choose courses? Experience seems to suggest that I should take as many classes as I can during the first two weeks, and then drop the courses that I don’t like.</p>

<p>However I accidentally came upon this article: [Drop</a> Add/Drop Like It’s Hot | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/node/34313]Drop”>http://cornellsun.com/node/34313)</p>

<p>which basically says that the add/drop thing doesn’t actually work.</p>

<p>Can any current students comment on this? Should I choose as many courses as possible during pre-enrollment, or just choose the courses that I know I will take for a semester?</p>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>Well as a freshman you can’t pre-enroll; your adviser may do that for you (Mine did, but I was in CALS). Also the colleges have limits on how many credits you can be enrolled in at a time. It’s pretty easy to petition out of but it means you can’t just enroll in 30 credits all on your own. You’ll also have to factor in your writing seminar which you’ll enroll in by a ballot.</p>

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<p>that’s bs, just add and drop as much as you want.</p>

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<p>You’ll be enrolling based on what requirements you want to get out of the way as well as what interesting classes (academic or otherwise) you’ll want to enroll in. You can use schedulizer/chequered to make up possible schedules based on your time preferences before the actual freshman pre-enrollment period (early August I think).</p>