<p>I'm a SAS sophomore and was just wondering if anyone had any questions about Rutgers. Haven't been on this site in a while so wanted to help if anyone had any questions.</p>
<p>which humanities courses do you recommend?</p>
<p>I personally found the list a little frustrating. ): (We have to take 5 to graduate, right?)</p>
<p>Foreign Language is good option or look up Bryne Seminars (090)</p>
<p>How are expository writing classes?
I heard that they are very hard.</p>
<p>What I will say about expository writing is that it is hard depending on who you get as a teacher and the effort you put into improving your grade (seeing your teacher during office hours and possibly getting tutored at the Writing Center). </p>
<p>I will say however that the latter doesn’t guarantee you a good grade either (tutoring and office hours). So, yeah, it depends on the teacher for the most part.</p>
<p>which teachers teach expos and which ones are good? I’ll try to remember their names for next year lol.</p>
<p>They assigned me the teacher. First years didn’t sign up for classes the way upperclassmen do. At the academic planning advising day, we just filled out a paper, check boxes next to the class we want, and hand it in. </p>
<p>I don’t know if you could switch into another section or so after you find out who your teacher is in August, though.</p>
<p>If I could add, that are at least 100 teachers of expos., so it is hard to give a list of the good and the bad. The class really isn’t so hard, you just have to write outside the book and write about things that aren’t cliche and that will make it look like you are thinking. You could probably change your section if you found you had a bad teacher, but with all the possible teachers, it might take time to find a good one. </p>
<p>Also, to koto, SAS requires 1 humanties course, 1 social science type course, 1 interdisciplinary course, 1 other from those three, along with the science, writing, math, and GA/div. requirements. Dev. US 1 was a joke to me (mad easy) and I hear theater app. is easy too.</p>
<p>So we choose what classes we want, but there is no guarantee that we will get them?</p>
<p>You choose the classes that you want. Most classes, you are likely to get them, especially if they are classes that are opened ONLY to Freshmen and Sophomores. In some cases, you might be placed in a class you didn’t want, but you can always work that out.</p>
<p>However, as first years, you do not have the choice of what time your classes are or what teacher you get. You can always change the schedule a bit during the drop/add period maybe for a class or two, but I’d advise not to mess with your schedule too much.</p>
<p>How are the Honors dorms? Right now I’m in the process of deciding between Brett (College Ave) and Jameson (Douglass). Do you know anything about what those dorms are usually like, or know anyone who’s lived on them?</p>
<p>I live in jameson, and i really like it. jameson is one of the more highly-coveted dorms on douglass though, and there’s only a few spots open for frosh in H so get your housing forms in ASAP. and here’s my take on honors dorms: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rutgers/633588-rutgers-social-life-whatnot.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rutgers/633588-rutgers-social-life-whatnot.html</a></p>
<p>and yeah, your expos grade is mostly based on luck and whether or not your professor is an easy grader. I have a tough professor right now, and i struggled to get a B in the course (mind you, I’m a prospective english major, won some writing awards, but nope, not good enough for mister nova). it’s alright though. it’s definitely not as hellish as people make it out to be; it’s just kind of annoying after a while, but you’ll be okay.</p>
<p>What do you do in an Expository Writing class? Just write essays and thats it?</p>
<p>Yes. You read some pointless articles and write a total of 6-5 page papers. You have to do like 2 oral presentations, but they are just for credit/no credit and don’t really go towards your grade. Class time is a lot of peer editing, which is a waste of time.</p>
<p>The articles do suck. I mean comparing Harry Potter Fan Fiction websites and elephants OR self-esteem and New York City crimes. Oh, how I hated this class. But you’ll survive.</p>
<p>I never understood the peer editing (and I did bring this up to my teacher). I mean, if almost everyone in the class were receiving C’s, why should I listen to their feedback? </p>
<p>A tip for all: So, when you take expos, make sure you get comfortable with that one person receiving a B/B+ in the class so that they can help you with peer editing =]</p>
<p>I heard Expo Writing is horrible. I was recommended by the tour guide at rutgers to opt out of Expo if i got a 4 or 5 in AP lit.</p>
<p>Do you have to take this freshman year? I dont want this messing up my 4.0 gpa</p>
<p>Yeah, you should take it freshman year, but you talk like the 4.0 is already yours. Expos is an easy A in my opinion because it’s just writing, no exams or anything. There are much harder courses, unless maybe if your major is psych or communications.</p>
<p>expos is not an easy A for everyone. It really depends on your teacher. I am an english major and have won writing awards in the past, yet I’m struggling to get a solid B in the course. </p>
<p>yeah, and you’re talking like you’ve already got that gpa in the bag. you’d be surprised about how hard it is to get a 4.0 here. it’s possible but somewhat more challenging than you’d think.</p>
<p>Easy “A”?! Expos?! </p>
<p>And that whole “messing up your 4.0GPA”. . . sorry to break it to you, but Rutgers is not exactly an “easy” school with “easy” courses like some assume it to be just because it is a state school. I’m not doubting that you can get a 4.0 if you manage to get 90% and above in all of your classes for all 4 years, but you do tend to come across some road blocks . . . like teachers and their weird grading.</p>
<p>And I disagree with psychology and communication. Every major has a course or two that are difficult; some have more. Definitely not easy “A” majors. You need to work for it. Some people take a course in communication or psychology thinking that they will get an “A” just like that, but then find themselves at a C average after the second exam. I’m not attacking you, by the way. </p>
<p>Just throwing my input since a lot of people tend to have misconceptions about what is considered easy majors and what is not. No doubt that a major like communication is easier than say, engineering, but it is by no means just some major one can fly through easy without any effort put in.</p>
<p>Sorry. That was my mini rant =]</p>