<p>I just turned in my deposit yesterday, and read on the website (on my.american.edu) that class regestration started for new students on April 29th. This seemed a little early…can anyone shed some light on what’s going on for class registration?</p>
<p>All entering freshmen fill out a sheet with their interests/ ap scores/ language levels/ answers to questions I’ve since forgotten/ etc. and their advisor creates their schedule. </p>
<p>ED kids get to register first.</p>
<p>Hmm…interesting. Would it be possible to call or talk to the advising office to request a specific class over another?</p>
<p>It does no harm to call (when you know) your assigned advisor, as well as write down your request on the sheet. </p>
<p>You might want to wait to take this class if you want to have any say in the professor though.</p>
<p>coolmango,</p>
<p>Im an ED; though at least for our first semester the classes are pretty much laid out for you. I meet with my Academic Advisor at Kogod and for at least the first semester you dont got much choice.</p>
<p>fall semester: Business 1.0, College Writing, Applied Cal, Macro, Gen Ed or Language/cross cultural. With a possible elective option as you can only take 17 credits. So from what I understood I dont really have much room to pick and choose?</p>
<p>17 credits is the max, unless you want to pay >$1k for 18, which is silly for first semester freshman year. </p>
<p>Your adviser is choosing your schedule is to make sure you don’t end overwhelmed with classes and don’t get overwhelmed by selecting classes. You have to take gen eds anyways, so you might as well get them out of the way. </p>
<p>During the first 2 weeks of the semester you can add or drop classes with out penalty. So if a class you want to take is available, you can theoretically drop your least favorite (non college writing) class and substitute a different one.</p>
<p>Coolmago,</p>
<p>yah that makes sense to what she told me. I got a question about the math. Its required that i take stats and applied cal. So whats the point of the math exam during orientation? If you do bad on it does that mean you must take a third math class?</p>
<p>People who score really low on the math placement exam must take a class for no credit to catch up. It’s also possible not to score high enough to test into calc or stat so one would have to take a lower math class (for credit this time) first. </p>
<p>If there is any possibility that you have forgotten the math you have learned it would be worth while to review before you go to orientation.</p>
<p>Hi im also a ED kid </p>
<p>i was wondering how you find out who your advisor is?</p>
<p>and do we still get first dibs on classes?
if so until when?</p>
<p>Stifree,</p>
<p>i dont think we get first choice over classes April 29th is the day it opens for all. Also about who your advisor is, for Kogod at least, i found out mine during freshi day and the way it is set up there is by your last name. So theres like a few of them and they divide up the students alphabetically.</p>
<p>You guys are talking about the required classes that we need to take. Is there somewhere on the website that talks about this? I’ve been trying to find where this is listed, but I have yet to find it.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>@tree
I got an email from my adviser in May or June introducing herself. I imagine you can call your school if you are dying to know. Basically, the sheet with your scheduling request will be given priority in the system as an ED student.</p>
<p>@2009
I imagine the April 29th date is for second semester freshmen. </p>
<p>@Plass
You have to take at least a semester of finite math, 2 semesters of college writing, and complete 10 different gen ed classes in 5 different areas if you don’t have AP credits for the particular course. See here: [General</a> Education Curriculum](<a href=“http://www1.american.edu/academic.depts/gened/curric.htm]General”>http://www1.american.edu/academic.depts/gened/curric.htm). As a first semester freshmen, you will be taking college writing (unless you have an AP for that).</p>
<p>I’m a straight A student but really bad at Math… I didn’t do math for A-Levels, and I’d be happy if I’m familiar with the basics… 
shld i b worried?</p>
<p>James, I would not be worried,but I would suggest reviewing some precalculus before you take the placement test. This way you don’t have to take more math than you need.</p>
<p>That’s good to know… thanks</p>
<p>Jamesnew,</p>
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I did Maths A-level (the British one, don’t know which A-levels you took) and it seems <em>some</em> stuff on the placement test is not taught in GCSEs/O-levels.</p>
<p>I’m trying to find a complete list of topics online. I’ll send it to you if I find it.</p>
<p>cdover</p>
<p>Hi Chris!</p>
<p>Thanks a million! Yikes… sigh, I’m gona have to face it anyway… :! I really dislike Math with a passion, I knew I should have done it for A-Levels… grrr… (I did Edexcel), urgh I just should have done 5 subjects for AS and 4 for A2… No point crying over spilt milk now… 
You still in the US or back in Sing?</p>
<p>Hey :)</p>
<p>Haha, awesome. I did Edexcel, too! Maybe we took some of the same exams? I’ll PM you, lol.</p>