Help us pick your Spring Quarter classes
It’s preregistration week, which means your next two weeks will keep you glued to CAESAR, perusing your Shopping Cart and groaning when classes fill up before your registration time. Your dream schedule, in which you have no classes on Fridays and no classes more than a two-foot walk from your dorm, will never be actualized, and you’ll end up settling for a distribution requirement with CTECs that scream “DO NOT TAKE!”
We at North by Northwestern feel your pain. We’re in the same situation. So why don’t we band together and help heal registration woes?
Here’s how you can help: Tell us about any amazing classes being offered this Spring Quarter. What classes are must-takes, which are hidden gems — and which should people avoid at all costs?
Send your picks to classes@northbynorthwestern.com by midnight on Thursday, Feb. 19, and — just in time for registration week — North by Northwestern will post reader and staffer favorites to fill your Shopping Cart after your hopes of only-afternoon classes are inevitably dashed.
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Should you register for a discussion section? Or you can return home.
This is really dangerous…all the hidden gems are going to be eaten up.
Concerned
February 17, 2009 at 12:38 am
DON’T SEND SUGGESTIONS! DON’T SEND SUGGESTIONS!
If you gush about a class, you’re making it easier for the slackers to enroll in something that “sounds cool,” while students who’ve done their own research will get boxed out of a class they may legitimately need.
Or go ahead and send suggestions. But when that class you really wanted fills up faster than it normally does, don’t stare at your computer screen, bewildered and frustrated.
Jessica
February 17, 2009 at 1:17 am
This should be fun…
Mike
February 17, 2009 at 3:05 am
I agree with Jessica. Everyone should just zip the lip. Good classes are hard to come by as it is.
Nick
February 17, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Yes, please don’t send in your suggestions. I’m a Junior and rarely get classes that I want as it is.
Diese
February 17, 2009 at 6:58 pm
This is an awful idea.
AJ
February 17, 2009 at 7:38 pm
This is a dreadful idea. I’m boycotting this website if this happens.
Joe
February 17, 2009 at 10:25 pm
EA 3 is great! everyone take it
shhh
February 17, 2009 at 10:57 pm
oh, shut up. this is awesome!
C.L.
February 18, 2009 at 12:52 pm
so true! before this, there was nowhere I could look up some kind of peer reviews and comments of specific instructors and classes!
Agree with C.L
February 18, 2009 at 4:04 pm
blah blah blah, defending this dumb idea, blah blah blah
i work for north by northwestern
February 18, 2009 at 5:59 pm
i agree with “Agree with C.L.”’s comment.
Here’s how I imagine a conversation:
Northewstern Student: What would be a good class to take in values where the professor is very enthusiastic?
Concerned, Jessica, nick, etc.: How dare you ask? If I tell you what class has a great prof, it will be DANGEROUS.
Good job morons.
grow a pair
February 18, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Yeah, I’m a junior, too, and I am struggling to get into classes that I actually need to graduate.
“Agree with C.L.,” I don’t really think this is a “dangerous” idea, but it’s definitely not an innovative one. You said something about finally having a venue for commentary on teachers and classes. What about CTECs? I mean, CTECs aren’t perfect, but people tend to be pretty honest in their reviews.
Kate
February 18, 2009 at 8:15 pm
If people are too dumb to read CTECs we don’t need to put it on the front page for them.
Josh
February 19, 2009 at 12:01 am
this is a great and constructive discussion
whoo
February 19, 2009 at 12:07 am
Kate’s comment is exactly why we need sarcasm emoticons…
Agree with C.L
February 21, 2009 at 2:52 am
I heard the best time to take orgo is 8am.
EE
February 21, 2009 at 3:31 am
so when are these classes going to be posted? registration is this upcoming monday….
C.L.
February 21, 2009 at 10:44 pm