<p>Hey everybody! So, due to a mix up I did not receive my course registration stuff until today. This leaves me with two days to get my requests in (due June 19). I am in Engineering, and I was wondering which professors, electives, etc I should go with. If anyone has any advice, please share...</p>
<p>I need to take:</p>
<p>Chem 102a (who is best prof?)</p>
<p>Chem 104a (does prof matter since it is a lab?)</p>
<p>Chem 106a (recitation)</p>
<p>Math 155a (who is best prof?)</p>
<p>ES 140 (who is best prof)</p>
<p>An engineering elective (which one is most interesting, best, easiest, etc?)</p>
<p>Also, I would like to take either an econ or chinese intro course...however, i have heard that they are extremely time consuming and VERY difficult to get a good grade in...any thoughts, advice, etc?</p>
<p>hey, for chem 102a, list and Hanusa are the best. i picked Hanusa cuz i don't want to have bio and chem on the same day.
if i am right, i rmr all 104s have the same professor
intro eco is hard, but the professor is great. also intro eco needs one yr calculus requirement.
i don't kno about intro chinese, but i definitely can help you if you need help at any time. =D</p>
<p>Labs are taught by TAs, so you can't really predict which TA will teach which section; just pick the best time. For ES 140, Rowe is a good one to have (he's actually in charge of the entire freshman engineering curriculum). I didn't take any of those above classes though. If you are engineering, I would suggest taking a class outside of engineering for your elective. If econ is taught by Buckles, that is a decent choice, but a very large class. But there are a bunch of options available; look through the course book. If you want to find out about a specific professor, you can always try <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com%5B/url%5D">www.ratemyprofessors.com</a>.</p>
<p>You can take a Chinese intro course, but first weigh how dedicated to it you are willing to be. The first two years are 5 hours. The general consensus is that it is isn't hard per se, but does involve a lot of work memorizing. I think you might be better off talking an econ course, however I did go into Chinese not realizing how much I would enjoy it, and here I am not hoping to come back after I graduate. er ling ling ba, for sure.</p>
<p>The teachers are great, no worries about that. You will have Liu Laoshi two days a week for new grammar, and either Wei Laoshi or Chen Laoshi as a drill instructor three days a week. Wei is the obvious favorite but only because she is so sweet..and so easy to take advantage of. Chen will be harder, but is still a really great guy.</p>
<p>By the way, I'm actually writing this message while studying abroad here in China =)</p>