<p>What classes should a freshman take at Bates? General classes or should they start taking the SLQ courses? any suggestions for an English major?
psych 101? any EASY math or Q classes?</p>
<p>My daughter is an incoming freshman who is away for a summer job. Do you know when the summer online registration begins?</p>
<p>july 7th at 10am and it is first come first serve although it doesn't close until august 1st!</p>
<p>As an English major, here's the best advice I can give you:</p>
<p>Easiest math course is hands down Working with Data. Astronomy or Geology courses will fulfill a science and quantitative requirement in the old reqs, and I'm pretty sure in the new ones too. It's a nice way to kill two birds with one stone, especially if that's not what you're into.</p>
<p>English major - although you probably already know this, DEFINITELY take a 100 level (it'll probably be a 121). During the major you can only take 2 100levels, and if you're planning on going abroad, it's probably best to load up on classes early on, since it'll be hard to take English classes and get credit at a foreign university. I definitely recommend taking something with Rob Farnsworth, I'd say he's the best prof in the department, and he's a lot of fun.</p>
<p>Psych 101's always fun, you really can't go wrong with it. Even if you're not that interested in psych, you learn about some really interesting stuff. I didn't pursue psych and I regret it.</p>
<p>Don't overburden yourself thinking about requirements, but don't forget about them either. Try and take classes you're interested in that are starting out to fulfill a GEC or SLQ, but take classes outside of that too. Some of my most interesting classes were ones I just signed up for because I had a slot in my schedule to fill.</p>
<p>Ooh luckycharmed, and mdsmds, I was just looking over requirements for us 2012-ers and realized that we need to fulfill SLQ requirements. However, they must be fulfilled individually. So no double dipping or killing two birds with one stone. </p>
<p>luckycharmed, I also have a question for you. Do you suggest being wary of taking too many writing-intensive courses? My friend told me that I should take 3 writing intensive courses, and one soft course like drawing. Do you think I should take that advice? </p>
<p>Also, any more tips on scheduling and choosing what types of courses to take and when to take them? What do you wish you knew about scheduling before you did yours for freshman year?</p>
<p>Especially your first semester freshman year, I wouldn't take 4 writing intensive classes. Balance it out a little, you have 4 whole years. Of course, this is Bates, so unless it's a math class or science class (usually) there will be a fair amount of writing. I would definitely be wary of taking 4 English classes (not that I'm even sure you could). But it doesn't have to be a "soft" class (and you will likely have a paper or two to do in art classes) - it can just be a different type of class. Also keep in mind if you're taking an FYS that there will likely be more papers in that (classes generally have 2 to 3 papers/semester, my FYS had 6).</p>
<p>Mix your schedule up, don't take more than two classes within your major your first semester. Sign up for at least one class without thought about how it will affect your future - just something you see, you're interested in, and you click register.</p>
<p>Definitely keep a balance. Most students change their majors from what they thought it would be when they entered college, so keep VARIETY in mind - you're never going to be able to take such a wide variety of courses after college, so take advantage of it.</p>