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Well, they also sell the class itself... go to your local university and ask how much it costs to sit in on a class for no credit. It's not going to be free, if

Well, they also sell the class itself... go to your local university and ask how much it costs to sit in on a class for no credit. It's not going to be free, if there is even such an option.

yummyfajitas 17y ago
It usually is free if space is available and you don't annoy the professor. I've had several non-paying students; the only time I ever kicked one out of class was because we ran out of seats. MIT is actually well known for making information free, but the credential is expensive. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
- starkfist 17y ago
  That's interesting because I wanted to sit in on the computational photography course at NYU and the registrar said it was impossible. Maybe I should have avoided talking to the administration? However, I did email the instructor and he did not return any of my email. How do you even get into the buildings without an ID?
  - pingswept 17y ago
    You walk up just behind someone with an ID, and then you walk in before the door closes.
    - starkfist 17y ago
      It's hard/impossible to do this at NYU.
  - dantheman 17y ago
    At MIT the doors are unlocked. People just walk in and sit in on a class, the speak to the professor before class starts and say "Hey can I sit in on this class" and unless the class is full they can normally sit in.
  - akgerber 17y ago
    At my university (Carnegie Mellon) the buildings are unlocked during the day. Just walk in.
  - yummyfajitas 17y ago
    Getting into the buildings is a trickier matter, but only at NYU (every other college I've been to doesn't check ID). My suggestion: photoshop something that looks vaguely like an NYU ID, then stick it in your wallet behind a clear window. Flash it at guards when you come in, they don't care enough to look closely.
- ewjordan 17y ago
  It usually is free if space is available and you don't annoy the professor. I've had several non-paying students; the only time I ever kicked one out of class was because we ran out of seats. +1 to this - when I was in school, I was never denied a seat in a class that I wasn't officially enrolled in (I took maybe 6 or 7 extra courses that way - oddly enough, I was kicked out of some classes I enrolled in, for space/seniority/in-major reasons), and I always asked the professor before sitting in (I probably could have gotten away with not doing that, since in the math/science departments half the professors don't bother to learn names anyhow, but asking seemed like the polite thing to do). Some of the most interesting stuff I learned was in those classes, and it's actually how I ended up getting back into programming (I hadn't programmed since middle school)...it's a great way to sample stuff outside your major without needing to worry about doing badly in the classes. I know people that do this sometimes even as non-students, and they've told me that most professors don't usually mind, though occasionally they'll say no.

Well, they also sell the class itself... go to your local university and ask how much it costs to sit in on a class for no credit. It's not going to be free, if there is even such an option.

yummyfajitas 17y ago

It usually is free if space is available and you don't annoy the professor. I've had several non-paying students; the only time I ever kicked one out of class was because we ran out of seats. MIT is actually well known for making information free, but the credential is expensive. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

starkfist 17y ago
That's interesting because I wanted to sit in on the computational photography course at NYU and the registrar said it was impossible. Maybe I should have avoided talking to the administration? However, I did email the instructor and he did not return any of my email. How do you even get into the buildings without an ID?
- pingswept 17y ago
  You walk up just behind someone with an ID, and then you walk in before the door closes.
  - starkfist 17y ago
    It's hard/impossible to do this at NYU.
- dantheman 17y ago
  At MIT the doors are unlocked. People just walk in and sit in on a class, the speak to the professor before class starts and say "Hey can I sit in on this class" and unless the class is full they can normally sit in.
- akgerber 17y ago
  At my university (Carnegie Mellon) the buildings are unlocked during the day. Just walk in.
- yummyfajitas 17y ago
  Getting into the buildings is a trickier matter, but only at NYU (every other college I've been to doesn't check ID). My suggestion: photoshop something that looks vaguely like an NYU ID, then stick it in your wallet behind a clear window. Flash it at guards when you come in, they don't care enough to look closely.
ewjordan 17y ago
It usually is free if space is available and you don't annoy the professor. I've had several non-paying students; the only time I ever kicked one out of class was because we ran out of seats. +1 to this - when I was in school, I was never denied a seat in a class that I wasn't officially enrolled in (I took maybe 6 or 7 extra courses that way - oddly enough, I was kicked out of some classes I enrolled in, for space/seniority/in-major reasons), and I always asked the professor before sitting in (I probably could have gotten away with not doing that, since in the math/science departments half the professors don't bother to learn names anyhow, but asking seemed like the polite thing to do). Some of the most interesting stuff I learned was in those classes, and it's actually how I ended up getting back into programming (I hadn't programmed since middle school)...it's a great way to sample stuff outside your major without needing to worry about doing badly in the classes. I know people that do this sometimes even as non-students, and they've told me that most professors don't usually mind, though occasionally they'll say no.