<p>im sending in my course selection form
it requires me to send in transcripts
What do I do about the SAT transcript? Is it okay to make a photocopy of an old transcript or send them in later? </p>
<p>Oh and for English 1B and Math 1B..I havent taken the AP Lit and Calc tests yet so do i just go ahead and enroll in them? What if I dont pass the AP exams? Will I be allowed to drop back to Math 1A and English 1A?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>anybody having trouble picking classes for FPF?</p>
<p>i am
it seems like i'm not going to be taking any real or important classes
but i guess i am getting general requirements out of the way that i would need to do later anyways</p>
<p>^ me too</p>
<p>but i already sent in my form a while ago...since they're first come first serve =] and you could always change them later anyways...</p>
<p>rhetoric R1A or english R1A. what are each of these classes like, what are the differences between them, and which one do you recommend that i take?</p>
<p>can anyone answer this question?
it seems like vicissitudes isn't coming on cc today and i want to know asap so that i can send in my csf by monday</p>
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<p>Not having taken them myself I can't give you a really good answer, but I'd guess rhetoric 1A is like AP Language and English 1A is like AP Lit. I know in English 1A you just read a bunch of books and write a few papers. Rhetoric might have more to do with analyzing language and the like. Which one do I recommend that you take? Whichever one you want. I think more people take English 1A and in my opinion it's a pretty easy class (could depend on the professor though, so don't complain to me if you happen to get a hard one).</p>
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<li><p>AC stands for "American Cultures Requirement." It just means sometime during your four years you have to take a class that fulfills the AC requirement. There are quite a few classes that fulfill both AC and a breadth so look for those (History 7A, for example).</p></li>
<li><p>That only means you tested out of the QR requirement, but depending on your major you might still have to take math, such as Math 1A or 16A. A lot of majors require 1 or 2 semesters of calculus.</p></li>
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<p>They have to be done in four years, or however many years you stay at Berkeley. Only one has to be AC (heck, none could be AC, but then you have to take an extra AC class).</p>
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<p>Your high school should send in your transcript for you. As for your SATs, you should have sent an SAT report via collegeboard to Berkeley already.</p>
<p> [quote="d=] "]Oh and for English 1B and Math 1B..I havent taken the AP Lit and Calc tests yet so do i just go ahead and enroll in them? What if I dont pass the AP exams? Will I be allowed to drop back to Math 1A and English 1A?
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<p>You can go ahead and enroll in them if you feel pretty confident that you can pass into them. You can always drop down to Math 1A / English 1A later.</p>
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<p>Sorry, can't be on CC 24/7. :o</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>thanks so much, vicissitudes!!</p>
<p>i am undeclared, but i think i'm gonna go for a pre-med route, so should i take math 1A at fpf and then take math 1B my spring semester?</p>
<p>also, have you heard anything about the Rhetoric2 class? i'm thinking i'm gonna take a 4-unit r&c, a 4-unit math, a 4-unit AC, and the 2-unit Rhetoric2 to get me just over the 13 units. is it fairly easy to get a "Pass" and "No Passes" are rarely given out? i suck at public speaking so i think this class is something i should take</p>
<p>uhmm....I saw in previous posts Math 1B was strongly recommanded to be taken in FPF. However, I'm taking the Calc BC exam next week, and I feel 80% confident that I will get a 5, should I still sign up for Math 1B?</p>
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<p>Sure you could do that, but if you're like many pre-meds and do not particularly like calculus, you could also consider taking math 16A and then take math 16B your spring semester.</p>
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<p>I haven't heard about such a class. Is it a pass/no pass? If so it's very hard to get no pass. If you're interested in the class, go for it.</p>
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uhmm....I saw in previous posts Math 1B was strongly recommanded to be taken in FPF. However, I'm taking the Calc BC exam next week, and I feel 80% confident that I will get a 5, should I still sign up for Math 1B?
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<p>Maybe I should rephrase that. I strongly recommend that you take Math 1B in FPF if you plan to take Math 1B anyway. Like I said, if you need 2 semesters of calculus and don't want to take Math 53 (multi-variable) then it's probably better to take Math 1A/16A in FPF. This is because if you take Math 1B in FPF and you still need a semester of Calculus you can't go back and take Math 1A.</p>
<p>Your situation seems different though. It sounds like you want to skip out of Math 1B, which is fine. For people who get a 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam they can petition to take Math 53 on campus while in FPF. So the way I see it, you have a few options:</p>
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<li><p>Sign up for Math 1B now and later petition to be in Math 53 (I'm not sure how it works exactly...ask FPF about it once classes start).</p></li>
<li><p>Take Math 1B anyway since you'll have a strong background and find the class easy (GPA-boost).</p></li>
<li><p>Don't take a math course in FPF and do Math 53 later.</p></li>
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<p>is there any disadvantage to taking a pass/no pass class? for example, it doesn't look as a real or difficult class when applying to grad school, or it doesn't help raise your gpa?</p>
<p>Well, it doesn't help your GPA so if you get an A, then that sucks. Also for major prereqs or say, med school prereqs, they want to see the courses taken for a letter grade. Also if you're applying to grad school and 1/3 of your classes are P/NP, obviously that looks bad. But if it's just to fulfill a breadth requirement and nothing else, it's fine to take it P/NP.</p>
<p>just curious..</p>
<p>if you dont make the unweighted 3.0 requirement thats needed for the fall semester, is your admission status simply revoked or do you get transferred to a spring admit?</p>
<p>I haven't heard of anything like that and I would be very surprised if they do something like that. Most likely they will either revoke your admission, let you slip, or have you retake some classes at a community college over the summer or something. I don't know very many people who've fallen under 3.0 so I'm not sure what Berkeley usually does in that situation, but I don't think it's deferring you to spring admission.</p>
<p>How big is the sports culture at Berkeley? Is "student life" just something that happens between games, or are games not payed much attention?</p>
<p>Berkeley has very strong athletics departments (being part of the Pac-10) and can definitely have a strong sense of school spirit, which actually surprised me because when you think athletics or college football/basketball you tend to think "UCLA" or "USC" and not "Berkeley". The Cal Football team has been doing pretty well recently, beating Stanford (our rival) 4 or 5 years in a row and almost going to the Rose Bowl this past year. The games are big and a lot of students go to them. Of course, the catch is that there are simply a lot of students who don't care about athletics (think engineers) so I think how big the sports culture is depends on the individual. If you're big on sports and want to get involved then it's definitely there, but some students frankly don't care about sports, so for them the sports culture is rarely seen.</p>
<p>how and when can incoming extension kids get football tickets?</p>
<p>I believe you get them in early August. They'll send you an email about it so check your email every now and then. The tickets are sold out fast (especially the Big Game) so don't wait long to get them.</p>
<p>"Of course, the catch is that there are simply a lot of students who don't care about athletics (think engineers)"</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<p>Hehe, sorry cheap shot. Of course there are many non-engineers who don't go to games and many engineers who do care about sports. It depends on the individual, really.</p>