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<li><p>You may have to wait a year or two to get into a really popular class, but if you need the class for your major you can often talk to the professor, and there are always plenty of interesting classes if you don’t get your first pick. (Sadly, since we keep class sizes so small, not everyone can take all of their first choices that semester. It’s a trade-off, but there’s always the wait list and you will just about always be able to take that class at some point during your time here.)</p></li>
<li><p>DO IT!! Residential colleges are the best, and you’re looking at making friends for all of college as well as getting guaranteed good housing, a professor that some other students may or may not have enjoyed is totally worth it.</p></li>
<li><p>All dorm buildings are coed (except for the sorority building and the fraternity houses, of course), and most halls are coed as well (with single-gender bathrooms), but you can request an all-girl or all-boy hall.</p></li>
<li><p>You will interact with a lot of freshmen your first year, but not just your first-year peers. Between your RA and his/her friends, your JF/SPA if you’re in a residential community, and just people you meet in classes or in clubs, you will get to know plenty of upperclass students. The divide I’d say is really more of “Oh, that kid just did something so stupid, he must be a freshman”–if you don’t act ridiculous and “freshmanlike” (the stereotype is sad but true), people aren’t going to look down on you.</p></li>
<li><p>It is really easy to double major/minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, especially if you come in knowing what you want to do or at least get your College Core Curriculum requirements out of the way first. I currently have two majors and I’m picking up either one or two minors next year.</p></li>
<li><p>The points system is basically this: “We know you’re smart kids, so don’t be stupid and you won’t get in trouble.” I think it works pretty well.</p></li>
<li><p>There will be engineers that will scoff at you no matter what your major is. I usually just tell them how much I have to read for my history or political science seminars and they shut up pretty fast. Really, though, the social sciences here are all pretty strong and Bucknell as a whole has a great reputation for an all-inclusive learning environment.</p></li>
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