<p>I'm really having trouble picking my last class. I talked to my advisor but he was completely unhelpful and told me that no matter what choice I make it will be a good one. </p>
<p>I've narrowed down my choices to 3 classes. Number theory, a computational geometry seminar, or an independent study in differential geometry.</p>
<p>Now, the problem is that number theory and the computational geometry seminar are right both right after i have 2 other classes. So, if I were to take either of those I would have 3 back to back classes and be in class from 12 to 4. </p>
<p>The advantage of number theory is that the professor is really good. I have him for abstract algebra right now, and have had him in the past for calc. He is notorious for making his courses very difficult, but if you put the time in, you end up getting a lot out of them. I also find number theory to be pretty interesting because we're doing some algebraic number theory right now in algebra since he wants to give us a bit of a preview of what is to come next semester if we take number theory.</p>
<p>As for the computational geometry seminar the advantage is that it sounds like it will most likely result in a paper being published. Which would help a lot for grad school. However, I know that there is this one kid who is going to be taking the class who I just fscking hate. He has a bad rep in the math department on campus because he is a **<em>. He is constantly trying to prove he is smart and he during class he will frequently repeat what the professor has just said but in a weird *</em> question form, and then he will answer the question himself. A few professors have called him out on his bull****. The computational geometry seminar involves a lot of group work. There are also only 2 people signed up for it right now.</p>
<p>Finally, I can do another independent study with a professor in the math department. I am doing one right now with a professor in differential topology, and we talked about continuing next semester in differential geometry. This would probably help me a lot with grad school as well, because I could probably get a really good recommendation from him. Since this is a one on one thing. I'm pretty interested in this stuff too, and a bonus is that I don't have to go to a class and there isn't really "homework". I just read a book and meet with the professor whenever and we talk about what I learned. </p>
<p>I am going to have a pretty heavy semester. I'll be taking arabic II, differential equations, complex analysis, and electricity and magnetism. So, I am probably ideally looking for the course with the least amount of work, which is probably going to be the reading course. Right now, I think the computational geometry seminar has the least going for it, because it will probably involve the greatest amount of work.</p>