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He thought that because it's a rather common thing for prefrosh to think.</p>
<p>silly prefrosh :)</p>
<p>Is there any significance to section numbers on schedules? Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, it means that is the recitation section you will be in. Different sections mean different times / different TAs.</p>
<p>Does chem have different "levels" corresponding to sections like math and physics?</p>
<p>They did when I took it, but I remember they have changed some things about levels for core rec sections, and I can never remember what the changes are.</p>
<p>When I took it section 01 was the 'supersection', section 02 was the 'bootstrap' section, and the rest were normal. The distinction, though, is pretty minimal: everyone has the same work and has the same lectures, but the advanced section covered more side/conceptual topics while the helper section focused more on examples.</p>
<p>Note that you can change sections and/or attend sections other than your own. Don't worry about what section you're placed in, the only one that is significantly different is section one of Math 1a, which actually has a different lecture.</p>
<p>You can even (as one of my core math TAs was fond of pointing out) go to back-to-back copies of the same section and look really clever the third or fourth time! This is obviously the true way to avoid feeling dumb at Caltech.</p>
<p>Haha. I guess I'll have to try it. (or go back to bed, seeing as how my math section is at 9am)...blah</p>
<p>I'm hoping they changed the 01 being the super-section, because I got that for chem, and I thought I made it clear on the survey that I was really bad at chemistry. Maybe I should have spelled it out: I SUCK AT CHEMISTRY.</p>
<p>To be specific, in chemistry the actual section that shows up on your registration probably has no correlation to which actual section you're in - they probably just put everyone into section 01 for convenience, and then during the first lecture they let people know which sections people are actually in.</p>
<p>Actually, they put me in section 09. (and even in some of the other classes, I'm in a section other than one).</p>
<p>I'm trying to figure out whether I should get new books from India or buy used ones from current students.
The books in question are those required for core physics and chemistry ie Physics For Engineers Scientists Vol 1, Chemical Bonds, Gray and Principles Of Modern Chemistry, Oxtoby.
For those students who have bought used books from upperclassmen before (or for current students willing to sell off their used books), what would be the approximate prices of the used books.
For instance, 'Chemical Bonds' is available in India for $60. Are used books cheaper?</p>
<p>Yes, it's much cheaper then $60.</p>
<p>Thanks Tom. $ 60 is too expensive a price for that book. I guess the book seller was talking about ' Principles Of Modern Chemistry' then (He wasn't too sure which chemistry book he was talking about at that time).
So, sorry, but how does $ 60 compare with the prices of used copies of Principles Of Modern Chemistry ?
I tried checking on Donut, but it gives no results for this book (as well as the physics book).</p>
<p>A family friend of mine went back to the Philippines this summer to visit her family and she brought back copies of Apostol [vol I and II] for me ... they were about $20 USD each. They're the same edition as the hardcover ones, but its in paperback. Unfortunately I don't need vol II because it's not the book for ma1b, but the price is probably a lot less in Asia than it is over here.</p>
<p>Donut gives results for pretty much every book, just the search doesn't seem to be working entirely correctly. Go to browse, and then do a find with your browser for the text.</p>
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<p>I know I'd probably able to find out answers to these questions in less than 3 weeks...but eh :)</p>
<p>1) Is there a Swing dance club? (I didn't see it on the Caltech organizations list (maybe it's included in ballroom?))
2) How is and what is the gay community at Caltech? This question came to my mind when my friend and I were discussing Caltech's twin-sized beds (why for 2 people? :)) at her dorm at NYU (known to have quite a lot of gay people).
3) (Mostly from my parents) Do Caltech students smoke? If yes, do they smoke something besides tobacco (pot, for instance?). And in general, how hard is it to get drugs/alcohol on campus/area around?
I've heard (I might be wrong) that under California law, if one sees another person doing illegal drugs and does not rat him/her out, one is considered to be an accomplice and can be punished for that, or something like that. But to report on fellow Techer to the gov't and, perhaps, jeopardize his chances of graduating or even having a normal life seems a violation of Honor Code, at least to me.... Maybe a scenario like that is very unlikely to happen, but this piece of incoherent thought lead me to another question:
4) How is Honor Code really obeyed? Is it really that strong and do Caltech students really have such a strong set of values, sense of what is right and wrong, and respect for honesty that they are able to go through all four years without intently breaking the Code?</p>
<p>The honor code is:
"No member of the Caltech community shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community."</p>
<p>How is turning in somebody for illegal activities taking unfair advantage of them?</p>