<p>Placing into 200-level foreign language classes is a bit trickier because admissions aren’t guarenteed. Either way, I’d try an email to the professor if it books up before registration time.</p>
<p>If not, I wouldn’t fret. There are 12 academic quarters and not taking 200-level Spanish fall quarter freshman yr doesn’t set you behind. You’re still light years ahead of most other Spanish minors.</p>
<p>Larger classes don’t need textbooks for the 1st day (or any day) of class. It’s not like the professor is lecturing and students are eagerly turning each page of the textbook to follow along. The book supplements and reinforces lecture material.</p>
<p>However, some seminar classes expect books on the first day. Especially foreign language classes, where you may be working out of the workbook on the 1st day.</p>
<p>If you don’t have it, make a friend, and look over the shoulder of the kid next to you.</p>