<p>Hey, I'm currently an incoming freshman to the College of Engineering. I've spent a lot of time reading the Cornell boards and flipping through my course catalogue. I've come up with a tentative schedule, but I'm not sure of its difficulty. I also want to have fun and party, but that life is supposed to be nonexistent for engineers.</p>
<p>I have AP credit for Calc BC, Chem, Comp Sci, and Physics (I want to take the honors physics sequence though). I got a 4 on AP Lang, and I'm not sure that I got a 5 on AP Lit so I'll just include the FWS.</p>
<p>3 credits AEP 1200 Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
4 credits PHYS 1116 Physics I: Mechanics and Special Relativity
4 credits MATH 1920 Multivariable Calculus Engrs
4 credits CHIN 1109 Chinese for Chinese people
3 credits First-Year Writing Seminar</p>
<p>1 credit ENGRG 1050 First-Year Engineering Seminar
1 credit Physical Education</p>
<p>Is this too much of an ambitious schedule? I really want to improve my Chinese because I'm tired of all the Chinese parents talking smack about my inability to speak well :P (that's not the only reason).</p>
<p>Nah, it’s not too ambitious. If it gets too hard, just drop chinese. Multi in the fall is easier than in the spring. Make sure to pick a FWS that won’t be too much work. Phys 1116 is the hardest thing on your schedule. You will be putting a good amount of time into it.</p>
<p>3 credits AEP 1200 Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (somewhat difficult compared to other engris but not too bad)
4 credits PHYS 1116 Physics I: Mechanics and Special Relativity (very difficult)
4 credits MATH 1920 Multivariable Calculus Engrs (not that bad, only hard stuff is at the end)
4 credits CHIN 1109 Chinese for Chinese people (no idea)
3 credits First-Year Writing Seminar (they vary a lot, some easy some hard)</p>
<p>the two one credit classes aren’t any work, just take up time during the day going to them</p>
<p>if you want to party you will be able to btw whoever told you engineers never party was lying. Some don’t, but moreso due to personal choice than lack of time. Besides none of those classes besides maybe chinese since I know nothing about it are particularaly time intensive, lab courses with large design component are generally the time consuming ones. The Honors Physics problem set may take a while too, but not so long that you won’t have time for other stuff. Not really sure since I’m taking the normal physic sequence and skipped mechanics.</p>
<p>does anyone know what the easier FWS usually are?</p>
<p>The easier FWSs are usually taught by TAs as opposed to Professors. People like to say that English FWSs are harder than the others. Both of mine were in the English Dept (Shakespeare and The Reading of Poetry), and I can say that the Shakespeare course was alot of fun, and my TA was really awesome. The Reading of Poetry was more difficult, taught by a full tenured professor, but was a really excellent and interesting course. Bottom line: it’s really the luck of the draw.</p>