Advice for what to take Freshman year?

<p>what didja you take Drab? 16A? or 1B?</p>

<p>AB in high school, passed, am avoiding calc like the plague. Number theory and logic interest me, but a lot of calculus certainly does not.</p>

<p>I am thinking this will be my schedule (EECS)
Math 53
Phys 7B
CS 61 A
humanities tbd</p>

<p>Eeeek. That doesn't look like fun to me.</p>

<p>I've heard good things about Frankel (Russian guy teaching 53).</p>

<p>Chem 1A
Physics 8A
Rhetoric 10
Humanity, maybe English 45A or B or C
Decal/seminar</p>

<p>Any teachers I should want?</p>

<p>Coffeen for rhetoric 10- you will probably either love him, or sort of be indifferent to him, but he's amazing in my eyes, and very nice (approach him!!!)</p>

<p>Once the seminars come out (I e-mailed the webmaster, he said hopefully by tomorrow they will be up.) </p>

<p>One of the 45A teachers got teacher of the year one year- I'd say go with her.</p>

<p>What exactly is covered in Math 1B?
What about Chem 1A?</p>

<p>Know her name?</p>

<p>math 1B is basically Calc BC material covered in more detail and with additional topics such as intro differential equations. Berkeley requires you to know much much much more than the AP tests do so if you were somewhat confused when you took AP Calc BC and still got a 5 on the AP, you're gonna suffer (like I did) in Math 1B.</p>

<p>Chem 1A is basically two semesters of general chem rolled into one. Chem 1B covers topics not usually covered in general chem in other schools. Chem 1A is pretty much all the general chem that is useful for biology majors/ med students. Chem 1A will definitely cover ALL the general chem required for the MCATs.</p>

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