<p>if you are a cadet at AF, how would you say the academic side of the acdemy is? Is it tougher/easier than you expected. What are the core classes you have to take your first year?</p>
<p>It's about what I expected: tough.</p>
<p>You will take Chemistry, which hurts a lot of freshmen, Calculus of some sort (either 1, 2, or 3...unless you do badly on the tests and get put in remedial algebra), and boxing or physical education for sure. From there your classes will still be core, but will depend on what the Academy thinks you are. I was labeled as a techie, so I got put in Engineering. I also take military studies and history. However, you could and most likely will get computer science, behavioral science, or a foreign language.</p>
<p>There are fewer assignments than HS, but assignments are bigger and worth a much larger percentage of your grade. This can be nice at times, but really come back and bite at others.</p>
<p>Chemistry is tough, but math is not as bad as I expected. Although, that could be in due to the great Calc teacher I had senior year.</p>
<p>I would say that it depends what kind of preparation you had in high school. I went to a magnet school, so I got exposed to more difficult subject matter much earlier than many kids did. Thus, all my doolie classes were cake...I was "learning" stuff I did freshman and sophomore years in high school, mostly, and a lot of it they wouldn't let me test out of/validate/whatever. So, if you are a strong student, your first year will be easy since the core classes have to be easy enough so that the athletes can pass them too (although many still fail Chem and Comp Sci).</p>
<p>mmm, for me its much easier than I expected. Like Bluefalcon, I come from a VERY difficult High School with a lot of depth in the material covered. I'm still in mostly review. Calculus is new, but the components like vectors and derivatives are easy. Chemistry has only introduced statistics. Then engineering is just physics review, japanese is still review from my experience overseas, and comp sci is also review. It depends a lot on what schooling was available to you.</p>
<p>You don't get to choose whether you are a techie or a fuzzy?</p>
<p>No, you choose. Your major is YOUR choice completely.</p>
<p>The freshmen courses that you are assigned are somewhat based on whether they think you will go techhie or fuzzy. It is not a big deal, because most are required in nearly every major.</p>
<p>any of you want to give me an example of what you have for work/studying tonight.</p>
<p>depending on how you adjust, academics can kick you in the butt or be easy. my high school/canadian style of education did a good job with me, so i didn't have trouble freshman year and this year's good. doesn't mean i'm smarter than a lot of people, just that i've learned a lot of this stuff/have been tested this way before (some people have never had these sorts of tests before I think). For example, tonight:</p>
<p>I have a behavioral sciences GR (big test) tomorrow that I'll have to study for
Differential Equations homework due tomorrow, haven't started yet (oops) but it shouldn't be bad, math's my major, I like it
Biology reading (maybe about 45 minutes)
Physics homework journal due tomorrow
Law reading (haven't been doing this, to catch up will probably take 1-2 hours, probably won't do it like I should :P )
Physics tutoring
general 4*tutoring
Math tutoring</p>
<p>I like tutoring, it's better than doing my own homework in that we both get stuff out of it, they learn, I learn from teaching, works great. i suck at doing my readings and stuff for things, but if I make myself do them they're not that bad.</p>