<p>hello once again guys,
i have gone through the UD site various times but was not able to understand what LIFE, pathways etc etc are. Can someone plz tell me whether I, as an international undergraduate(chem engg) have to join any of these during my first year??
does anyone also know any other indian undergraduates out there?? If so it would be really helpful is someone can provide me with their e mail or something such that i can get in touch with them.....</p>
<p>LIFE is an academic first-year experience for college students at UD. This year, over 1,700 freshmen participated in LIFE. ** LIFE freshmen form a small learning community organized around several of their courses (in which the students are co-enrolled), an academic theme, and out-of-class experiences related to those courses and themes. At UD, the LIFE courses and experiences are known as LIFE clusters: they involve the integration of a variety of experiences centered on academic material. Some clusters are focused on specific majors or careers; others have a more general focus. **</p>
<p>*Most clusters require that the students involved also live together, although there are occasionally clusters without the residential requirement. First-year students are assigned to each cluster and to the same residence hall community (where the cluster is residential), and these students are also co-enrolled in the cluster courses, as well as a co-curricular course, University 101, First-Year Experience (a one-credit, P/F seminar). *</p>
<p>Each cluster has a Peer Mentor, an advanced undergraduate student who helps students make the adjustment to the academic life of the university, facilitates UNIV 101, and, in general, ensures seriousness of purpose and academic quality in the co-curricular experiences of the LIFE students. Each cluster also has a LIFE Mentor, who provides counsel for the cluster and helps the Peer Mentor and students in the cluster explore academic issues related to the cluster theme. </p>
<p><a href="http://life.ugs.udel.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://life.ugs.udel.edu/</a></p>
<p>hi,
i had already read the post on the site but somethings are still not clear. I really dont get the concept of these LIFE, pathways etc.....wat i actually meant to ask is that wat they really are (the explanation on site wasnt very helpful)?? Wat is one supposed to do wen he/she enrolls in either of these courses?? Do we choose where we want to enter?? I have already paid my deposits and stuff but still got no option to choose from any of these couses......
hoping to hear from you soon.......</p>
<p>The bottom line is that you live with people who are in your classes as a community while having a mentor who was in a cluster before you. If you're confused beyond that, I'd give the school a call - I believe there is a contact number on the site.</p>
<p>is it worth purchasing a car before my freshman year?-- i've heard parking on campus is a real hassle! also... does anyone know when we get our emails, housing assignments, etc. is this all at delaworld?</p>
<p>If you are in engineering, can you also be in honors? Thanks.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion, marcyr (I don't check this page very often so I only just found it).</p>
<p>Yes, all students at Delaware are eligible for admission to the Honors College.</p>
<p>Lovely - yes, you will get some stuff at Delaworld and some stuff a bit after (housing assignments), etc.</p>
<p>Suggestion: RELAX!!! It's just April. You're not gonna fall through the cracks - just follow up with everything you need to do and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>thanks, wealth
i'm really not as stressed as it may seem , i was just expecting to get some of this info from the school after i submitted my deposit.. just kind of clueless as to what's happening from here.
thanks for your help :)</p>
<p>To the original thread starter, around what stats are needed to get into the honors program?</p>
<p>I think my daughter (who is a freshman) got her email address at Delaworld, but didn't get her housing assignment until late July or early August.</p>
<p>thankyou dodiefae!</p>
<p>Great thread here, and thanks in advance to all of you for whatever advice/info you can provide. DD is a hs jr in nj; we've visited UD twice already, and UD is her first choice as of right now, and i think she has the stats to get in. She will probably apply for the honors program, but might not get into that, not sure. Here are my questions: (1) after reading this thread and others, seems like the non-honors classes are much larger, there are less opportunities to engage with the professors, and the dorm situation is less positive - how do students who have been in prety engaging honors courses in hs fare outside of the honors program? (2) DD is also a figure skater - having skated for about 11 yrs, and currently is starting to coach and give lessons. Are there lots of opportunities for that at the rinks on campus? Also, is there a dorm where more of the skaters tend to live? (3) what do you current students at UD wish you had known before arriving there - and what would you have done differently, in terms of housing, programming, or anything else? Many thanks.</p>
<p>1) There is NOT as large of a dichotomy between the Honors College and other programs as this board has made it seem. Students have SOO many opportunities to interact with professors, other students in smaller classes indepdent of whether they are in the Honors College or not. </p>
<p>2) Figure Skating is HUGE at the University of Delaware and one of the primiere programs on campus - everyone knows Olympians train at the University and the current World Champion (Kimmie Meissner) trains there as well. That said, it is rather competitive to get opportunities to coach but it is possible - it just depends on how strong a background your daughter has. The rinks are very accomodating and as an institution, there is not a better school for figure skaters. If you want to talk to current skaters, check out:</p>
<p><a href="http://udel.edu/stu-org/UDCFSC/UDSkating.html%5B/url%5D">http://udel.edu/stu-org/UDCFSC/UDSkating.html</a> where the contact person is Meghan Reeves (<a href="mailto:Meghanr@udel.edu">Meghanr@udel.edu</a>). </p>
<p>3) Housing wise - go for East Campus (Russell, Lane, Thompson, Smythe) or Laird. Rodney and Dickinson tend to be the older residence halls on campus - but also the most social which students really enjoy from what I hear.</p>
<p>Wealth,</p>
<p>Any word on the new Dorms?? Theyn sound better than Rodney or Dickenson where they usually put the Freshman.
My daughter put the new dorms down as her first choice....figuring they are new and a little bigger. Housing said it may not matter what you put, since they group you with your LIFE cluster.</p>
<p>where's the Life cluster dorms for chemical engineering?</p>
<p>New residence halls on Laird look amazing - haven't had a chance to check them out myself in person however. </p>
<p>and</p>
<p>Here is a chart too which has good information on residences:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/has/loc/occ-chan.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.udel.edu/has/loc/occ-chan.html</a></p>
<p>Also if you want floorplans of every room by building, just use the drop down menu on this page: <a href="http://www.facilities.udel.edu/rhalls/display.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.facilities.udel.edu/rhalls/display.asp</a></p>
<p>LIFE CLUSTERS move around yearly depending on their size I believe.</p>
<p>From the UD website, </p>
<p>"Last year, most students admitted were in the top 5% of their high school graduating class, and nearly all were in the top 10%. Fifty-one were valedictorian or salutatorian. The middle 50% had SAT-I scores between 1340 and 1440 and high school GPAs between 3.82 and 4.00 on a 4-point scale"</p>
<p>Also, for admission after freshman year, a cumulative UD GPA of 3.400, six credits of Honors coursework, and letters of recommendation from two faculty members are the minimum requirements.</p>