<p>It varies by class, depending on the strength of each class and the teacher's grading. Just calm down, make sure you do all the assignments, and don't leave the papers till the last minute. If you write the best rough drafts you can and take them to your conference, then change what is suggested afterward, you'll do the best you can, and that's what matters.</p>
<p>I found that if you go back to the professor with multiple revisions before the paper is due, its pretty much a guaranteed A. This is not one of the courses to worry about.</p>
<p>For those who took English placement exam, did anyone get an email regarding your placement?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your comments, KrazyKow.</p>
<p>My moods vary... sometimes I love writing, othertimes I never want to take an English class again. But I had a very informative AP Eng. Lit teacher my senior year and enjoyed it a lot. His class was rather difficult - most of the class time was spent in discussion. But I really loved listening to the discussions because they made us think and be open. Hmm, our tests were insanely hard (he made them harder than they were "supposed" to be in college or equally hard) and a lot of the essays he made us write... at first I had trouble but eventually I managed to get high B's (the highest essay grade anyone gets in our class is like, a 91).</p>
<p>I guess I was a little worried about GPA because 1) I have a scholarship that needs a 3.0 to maintain 2) I was salutatorian of my class so I'm a stickler for good grades 3) I didn't want to start off the year badly. But you're right, with CS, GPA won't let me not have a job :D hopefully I'll be able to stick with CS...</p>
<p>Oh, and the classes that I listed in the beginning, those are the only classes that fit the requirement, said Pattis on his pdf. So I found some interesting english classes but I can't take those to meet the requirement.</p>
<p>I am kind of interested in the Shakespeare's tragedies class though... we studied a few of his plays in senior AP Lit and I really liked them!</p>
<p>Well, if you like discussion based classes, 76-101 probably isn't the best fit for you. Often in my section (9:30 AM, admittedly), the teacher would throw out a questions and no one would answer it, so me and another person in the class would answer it just so something would be said. However, if you take a more English-y, not that appealing to engineers section, it might be completely different. A friend of mine to a section on Walt Whitman that was inhabited mostly by H&SS people, and there was lots of discussion and a guy who was constantly quoting stuff.</p>
<p>It's my opinion that almost everyone who is admitted to CMU CS can obtain a 3.0 GPA if they do the work, and since they gave you scholarship money, you must be one of the better candidates, so I'd say it's definitely doable for you. Most people who do poorly in college cut class, don't do supplemental assignments (reading for physics, optional practice homework problems), and leave things until the last minute. If you had at least one class in high school that made you work (sounds like your English class did), you should be fine.</p>
<p>Kind of related, I'm taking a Spanish class next semester. I haven't taken Spanish for 2 years, and I don't need it to graduate (filled all my humanities electives with AP credits), but I think it'll be good for me. If it gets too crazy, I can take it pass/fail (doing so makes it not count for graduation requirements other than number of credits, though). I figure that I can always put my major GPA on my transcript.</p>
<p>here is my tentative schedule. i hope this is not suicide for fall freshman year. a lot of the classes I have are MWF and right after the other... I'm not really sure what to do because this looks kind of rough...</p>
<p>I know this is unrelated to this thread but maybe you can answer my question: I got a 5 on AP Chem but I could choose to take Organic Chem during my sophomore year, right? I don't have to "go to the next level right away" do I? (I just need 1 more science course to finish SCS science credit requirements but I'm considering on minoring in Chemistry so...)</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your help!</p>
<p>No, you don't have to take a science class if you don't want to, if you have any sort of reason at all (having lots of AP credit counts as a reason). If you don't minor in chem, you could take a different science (or engineering) course. You might want to look at the minor in chemistry in the catalog and see if there is anything else you could take towards the minor. While you're at it, see if there's some random minors/double majors that interest you.</p>
<p>If you're unsure about O-chem (which I'm pretty sure is a fairly hard class) for first semester, I would suggest finding a TR class that fulfills one of the category classes. There are some philosophy classes that meet TR (Intro to Political Philosophy, Nature of Reason, The Nature of Language) and Congitive Psychology does, too. You can always take a random, interesting class if you have enough AP credits.</p>
<p>another question, can we complete science req's by taking only physics?</p>
<p>In short, yes, you can take all physics classes, including physics of musical sound, if you want.</p>
<p>For computer science majors, you need to take 4 science/engineering classes to graduate. 1 class needs to be a lab, and 2 need to be in the same area. For instance, you can take physics 1, physics lab, intro to ECE, and biology. There are four classes that count as lab: experimental physics, chemistry lab, intro to material science, and research methods in cognitive psychology. The research methods psychology class does count as a science class and lab class, but has a bunch of non-sciency pre-reqs. There are a few other psychology classes that count as science classes. There are also a few seemingly-science classes that don't count. Look in the course catalog for these: <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/esg-cat/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/esg-cat/</a> .</p>
<p>thanx. i do NOT want to take any chemistry and biology.</p>
<p>kanagawajin, last week i got an e-mail that the result would come out in july 17th, but still i haven't got an additional e-mail... lol</p>
<p>somehow I don't need to take the english placement exam but I am a non-native english speaker, propably because i am permanent resident??? Should I take 76-100?</p>
<p>This is what CIT says:</p>
<p>If you are an incoming first-year student at Carnegie Mellon and if English is a language you speak but isnt the one you consider to be your home language or mother tongue, then youll have to write a placement essay and answer a few questions that will be administered online this summer. Even if you took the TOEFL, youll have to write the essay. Have you registered for your online English placement test yet? Not sure if you qualify?
What should you do?
E-mail Dr. Danielle Wetzel (<a href="mailto:engfirst@andrew.cmu.edu">engfirst@andrew.cmu.edu</a>) your full name and contact information (home address and e-mail address) and your writing/speaking background so that she can make sure you are given the information you need.
This placement is mandatory. If you do not participate in the placement, you will not be eligible to take an English course in the fall. This delay could interfere with your majors requirements. Even worse, you might take the wrong English course, which would adversely affect your communication training.
Carnegie Mellon offers two first-year English classes for different communication needs: 76-100, Introduction to Reading and Writing and 76-101, Interpretation and Argument. A team of trained assessors will place you in the English course that suits you best.
Note: 76-100 does not fulfill the Writing/Expression Requirement. Students will still eventually need to complete 76-101, which can be done in the subsequent semesters.</p>