<p>^^ I’ve had some rather boring, tedious homework assignments sometimes, especially in Ma 2 and Ph 1a. Don’t get me wrong, you’ll find plenty of fun classes and assignments, but it can be rather variable. (many core classes can be fairly dull if you’re even mildly familiar with the material from AP classes)</p>
<p>^says the guy who passed out of half of core :-P</p>
<p>Also remember that one class may be highly interesting to one person and boring to another, regardless of how familiar you are with the material…</p>
<p>How many credits or classes would you recommend we take for the first term?</p>
<p>i’d say take like 40-45,
but opinions will vary</p>
<p>Is that about 5 classes?</p>
<p>yea, roughly</p>
<p>but seriously don’t worry so much!
frosh year will be fun
just let it happen :)</p>
<p>Do we get an e-mail address that says @caltech.edu? If so, when do we get to create it? Before or after we arrive on campus?</p>
<p>My frosh year, we only got the password to our Caltech IMSS account (through which you access your caltech.edu email) the first day of frosh camp.</p>
<p>What about the seminars, specifically Bio 2 and Chem 10a? I want to take both, but I’m worried about having too many classes/units. If I’m not enrolled in the seminars, can I still show up and listen?</p>
<p>You certainly can show up to most any class and listen. (You don’t even need to ask the professor in most cases, except maybe in humanities classes where seating is limited, etc.) Specifically, Bi 2 is usually just a seminar with some expected reading and work beforehand, but in the case of Ch 10, I’d recommend registering for it, especially if you want to continue on to Ch 10c, which usually involves a research component.</p>
<p>You should be getting something in the mail (soon) that has your IMSS username and password, which you can use to access your email.</p>