<p>I know this wasn’t for me but I’ll answer, too. </p>
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Yes. Our yield rating is climbing ridiculously high and has been for the past few years or so. Which is a good and bad thing. Good, because it allows the acceptance rate to drop, and bad because it is a bit harder to get into classes. People try to have it both ways, though: they want 20 people in their class but get mad when they can’t register for the classes they want. What usually happens is that more sections of the course are opened prior to the upcoming semester. </p>
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<p>Tulane’s core curriculum engenders exactly what you’ve described. Using myself as an example, I’m pre-med and, last spring, I took cultural anthropology, a business computing course, intro to cell and molec biology, gen chem 2 (plus lab), introduction to the novel, and a second semester of calculus. It’s almost too easy to take classes across various schools and departments: all you have to do is sign up for them. </p>
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Yes, very much so. </p>
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I myself am a native New Orleanian</p>
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Pre-med classes can get huge (because so many of our students are pre-med) but most liberal arts classes stay under 30. Writing classes try to stay under 20/15. The biggest class I’ve had was in the 130’s range. Intro to psychology can get big too, even tho it’s not pre-med per se. </p>
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Absolutely the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.</p>
<p>Then again, I took classes that were innately hard. I can’t speak for anyone else’s schedule.</p>