Hard to get into Classes At Stern?

mitssu87
Tue, 06 May 2008 18:08:59 +0000

for registering, nyu does not use lotteries. it goes by how many credits you have. so registrations takes place during one week. those with the most credits (seniors or juniors with lots of AP credits) register on monday and people with no credits (incoming freshmen) will register on thursday/friday. the days are also dividided up into hours, so someone with just one more credit than you can register an hour before. for example, sophmores with some ap credits or who took summer class will register in the morning and sophmores with no extra credits will register late afternoon on the same day. so yeah, as a freshmen you will get last priority. also several of those classes have prerequisites, like a certain class, or to have sophmore standing or something. you should check for prerequisites because albert sometimes lets you register either way and then just kicks you out of the class when school starts if you dont have the prerequisites.

however, if your class is not very popular there is a good chance you can get it. several freshman are able to take electives they want, so it is definitely possible.