Set myself up for SUCCESS?

hoodrych
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:07:44 +0000

I just came back from orientation and did not get the classes that I wanted. I went to the last orientation session, which meant most classes were full.

Economic Principles I (Policy) is full. I’m like number 90 on the waiting list… I signed up for Economic Principles II (Policy), which I hear is like AP MICRO. I rather take Principles I first, but I don’t think there’s anything I can do, right? Is it like the AP’s where it didn’t matter which you took first?

Any of the interesting Honors Collegiate/Seminars, which I am required to take because I am a Presidential Honors Scholar are full.
I really wanted to take the COSEM-UA 108 Matter, Dark Matter, & Dark Energy one but it was completely full when I tried to sign up. Is there anything proactive that I can do to get into this class? What department is in charge of the seminars? Who do I email? I want to take this damn course. Is any attempt futile?

Also, I got put into MATH-UA 121 which is Calculus I. It says under the description:
Prerequisite: SAT math score of 750, an ACT math score of 34, an AP score of 5 on the AB exam, an AP score of 3 on the BC exam, a C or higher in Algebra and Calculus (MATH-UA.0009) at NYU, or a departmental placement exam. Derivatives, antiderivatives, and integrals of functions of one variable. Applications include graphing, maximizing, and minimizing functions. Definite integrals and the fundamental theorem of calculus. Areas and volumes.

I didn’t get a 750, didn’t take the ACT, and did not take the AP AB exam. I never even took the class AP Calc BC. Is this class a level after AP CALC BC? My academic coordinator had to approve me manually, or something when we registered for classes because I did not meet the prerequisites- as in, I couldn’t sign up by myself. So did she manually let me bypass the prerequisites and take this class? Unless this is a class for kids that have already completed AP CALC BC, I think I can do it.
Will there be any complications since I do not meet the prerequisites but am in the class?

Thanks