<p>Hello,
I am an incoming freshman in the fall and I was planning on taking Biology 101 with Math 104 in my first semester, but now I am wondering whether it will be too much of a load with adjusting to college life as well. Other than these two classes, I will be taking a writing seminar and a language class. I believe I know most of the content in Math 104 fairly well and I will be taking summer classes which will include math and biology. I appreciate any input.
Thanks!</p>
<p>^ I’ve requested biology 101 and math 104 also, if you plan on doing pre-med, I think it’s best to do those courses first since those are requirements. They’re also Pass/Fail courses so you just need to work hard enough to pass (at least that’s what it says next to the grading method for those courses).</p>
<p>Biol 101 and Math 104 are not pass fail, they follow a type of curve. I don’t think it should be too hard taking them both at once, engineers often take math, physics, and chem first semester.</p>
<p>definitely not pass/fail unless that’s the grading you requested. and medical schools do not accept pass/fail pre-requisite coursework.</p>
<p>I am taking Math 104, Bio 109, Econ 001 and Writing. I hope it isn’t too much work</p>
<p>So pre-meds have to select the normal grading option?</p>
<p>to jenga-if you’re taking bio 109 im assuming you want to be a BBB major…you may want to get some introductory bio (biol 101/102) out of the way either at the same time, or before you start to tackle bbb’s specific courses…and also consider chemistry b/c that’s harder to double up on than bio (which is lots of memorization). but the schedule you suggested is certainly not too much-very standard.</p>
<p>to sha-it’s not that penn cares if you take a class pass/fail, but medical schools simply do not accept pass/fail coursework…how are they gonna know if you were successful in them otherwise?</p>
<p>^ oh ok, also am I screwed now because advance registration ended yesterday, and I just logged into my Penn In Touch and when I clicked on “Register For Courses” it says no term is open for registration, meaning there’s no way for me to change the grading method back to normal grading?</p>
<p>Once advanced registration is over you can change your courses as much as your want until the add period is over.</p>
<p>^ ok thanks for the info</p>
<p>That courseload is fine.</p>
<p>Take biol 121 instead. Its a bit better but imo, a much better overview of biol in general than the biol 101/2 line.</p>