Add/Drop Afterlife
Advisors dread hearing these four words after the deadline has passed.
What is “Can I still…?”
This famous “Queen of Pop” once attended Tisch before dropping out to pursue her career.
Who is Lady Gaga?
The registrar guards this all-important academic document like a sacred scroll — it lists every course a student has taken.
What is a transcript?
This terrifying season arrives every semester when students swarm advisors asking “Which class should I take?”
What is registration season?
Students think it’s purgatory, but we call it this when a class is technically full but they may still get in.
What is the waitlist?
NYU’s Department of History offers a class called “Haunted New York: Ghosts of the Village.”
What is true?
This ghostly number haunts students from orientation to graduation, following them through every bureaucratic ritual.
What is the student's N-number?
When a student hasn't shown for an advising appointment. After 10-15 minutes, how will the advisor log this ghostly encounter?
What is a "missed meeting" in NYUConnect.
When a student is preparing to graduate but realize they are missing a requirement after add/drop. They should do this...
PANIC!!!!! Jk, meet with their advisor ASAP!
True or False — An NYU professor once assigned a group project where students had to summon a ghost in the library.
What is fiction?
When a student would like to resurrect a grade from a previous course through submitting missing work, they should have this contract on file.
What is a "Grade of Incomplete" contract.... this process is changing lol
True or False — Some students claim the advisors have a secret power to a override prerequisites, refunds, withdrawal deadlines, etc.
What is true! Although in most cases we don't have that power, but nothing a conversation with the Academic Directors/Claudie/Teresa cant fix.