<p>Our experience is that USC is harder to get into than UCSD.</p>
<p>What is Freshman Seminar? Do all freshman have to take this?</p>
<p>^They are not mandatory. [UCSD</a> :: Undergraduate Seminar Programs](<a href=“http://ugseminars.ucsd.edu/FSP_studentPortal.htm]UCSD”>http://ugseminars.ucsd.edu/FSP_studentPortal.htm)</p>
<p>@bluecoat</p>
<p>I would recommend you try one out though. I think they’re fun.</p>
<p>So the freshman Seminar does not affect your GPA? What if you don’t pass?</p>
<p>you get a NP on your transcript. since there’s no grade assigned, it doesn’t affect your GPA.</p>
<p>(but it’s not pretty, and seriously, you’d have to try pretty hard to flunk an optional seminar…)</p>
<p>I am an incoming Freshman-- Is it necessary to carry your Laptop\Notebook to classes everyday. Is it safe to leave them in your dorm. Appreciate comments.</p>
<p>No, 99% of people still take notes on paper. And the majority of laptop-toting folks are too busy surfing facebook and the net to pay attention to the lecture anyway. I usually only brought mine along if (1) I didn’t intend on paying attention or (2) I was planning to use it somewhere later on.</p>
<p>As long as your room is locked during the day, it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>And if you think you want some extra protection for it, you could always buy a lock for it.</p>
<p>really? that many people still take notes on paper?
does it depend on the class? because i feel like more than 1% of students would use their laptop to take notes; i know i’m definitely a faster typer than writer</p>
<p>99% is a little steep hahaha. But yeah, most people still use notebooks. If you choose to bring a laptop, turn off the wifi. For your own benefit.</p>
<p>99% in the classes i frequented (science classes); i’ve yet to meet someone who can reproduce equations and diagrams on their laptop as well as they could by hand :)</p>
<p>Ohhhh yeah good point, totally spaced that! For science and math you definitely shouldn’t attempt on a laptop</p>
<p>(well you can, but your notes likely won’t be as good).</p>
<p>Question!
hello, ill be an incoming freshman at ucsd this coming fall, and i was accepted as an undeclared major. and while im still not sure what exactly id like to major in yet, i was just thinking that becoming a pediatrician might be an okay idea, because i love kids!! :)</p>
<p>i heard that a student can major in anything and still become a pediatrician as long as he/she passes the tests. for ex, there have been music and art history majors who have become pediatricans… is this true? but does anyone know what majors/minors would be best for such a job? </p>
<p>and what kind of classes should i take? can i get a rough idea of a schedule of classes to take frehman year? any ideas/suggestions, please??</p>
<p>and lastly, does anyone know anything about the occupation of a pediatrician? </p>
<p>thank you so much in advance! i really appreciate it! :)</p>
<p>FYI, the ucsd forum on CC is hardly the place to be wondering about what a pediatrician does.</p>
<p>you can go to med school with any major as long as you fulfill the prerequisites. what are the prerequisites? go to the websites of various med schools and look around.</p>
<p>your classes depend on your major. if you don’t know what your major is, pick a general area that you’re interested in and go from there.</p>
<p>Is it possible to double major with one being engineering? How many classes should I expect to take each quarter for that?</p>
<p>1) go to your college website
2) download finish-in-four plan for the engineering major you want
3) download finish-in-four plan for your other major
4) remove classes you’re not taking
5) calculate</p>
<p>honestly, without knowing what your second major is and how much overlap it has with the other one, it’s impossible to say.</p>
<p>Thanks!
What’s muir ude?</p>
<p>upper-division elective</p>
<p>is that something I can cross off the list if I’m double majoring? (with more than enough credits)</p>