<p>@LastOne2012: She’ll definitely need a fan. Only New Dorm has AC. Lighting varies by room - it may be worth bringing a desk lamp just in case. Only Andrews have sinks in the rooms. As far as I know, all beds are on the floor.</p>
<p>@bruno15: For the most part, I’ve heard that ECON0110 is not much of a time commitment, which should help with any adjustment to college you may have.</p>
<p>if your daughter wants to do work at night while her roommate is asleep a desk lamp will be very handy.</p>
<p>Fans are a MUST.</p>
<p>Hey- so someone on the facebook page said that a FYS doesn’t count as one of your four courses…? I’m a tad confused - can someone please enlighten me on this? I thought that it counted as a class.</p>
<p>Thanks Uroogla and I<em>wanna</em>be_!!</p>
<p>An FYS most definitely is a course, on par with all other courses.</p>
<p>An FYS is definitely one of your 4 (or 5) courses…you can’t take 5 courses in addition to an FYS, for instance. You can’t necessarily sign up in the same way as you will for your other courses, but it still counts as a course.</p>
<p>Choosing FYS and CAP courses are not binding or anything right? If I get selected in the lottery, do I have to attend? I am not so sure how the whole thing works with the rest of the curriculum. Do they hold any credit? Do they help toward a concentration? </p>
<p>Right now, I am thinking about just maybe concentrating in Neuroscience with interests in CS, Cognitive Linguistics Psych, maybe art. Seeing as these are just my current course ideas, and are of course subject to change, should I take the FYS and CAPs in those fields or anything else that might interest me?
Also, do my first semester courses affect my future concentration selection? If I do end up with neuroscience, without more than 2 concentration requirement fulfilling courses for my first year, will my concentration be much harder to fulfill? </p>
<p>One last group of Qs, what should I major if I wish to attend med school later? Is a chemistry or bio concentration preferable? Will my CAP decision affect me in any other way, such as if I don’t choose chemistry, but later decide to concentrate in it??</p>
<p>studyzone,</p>
<p>I appear to have posted on the wrong thread, so here’s my response: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12749493-post21.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12749493-post21.html</a></p>
<p>CAP courses are non-binding, but it may be awkward to bail on one of your advisor’s classes after indicating that you will be taking it. Also, the whole purpose of CAP courses is to have an advisor that is actually teaching one of your classes.</p>
<p>@studyzone: as long as you do all the pre-med requirements, med schools really won’t care what you concentrate in. Also, your freshman advisor isn’t necessarily going to be your concentration advisor, so don’t choose a CAP course with your intended concentration in mind – there’s pleeeenty of time for concentration-specific advising later on :)</p>
<p>I’m considering engineering, and I understand that I should take ENGN 30 first semester. If I end up deciding to concentrate in pure chemistry, could 30 and 40 potentially count as the 2 physics courses needed for the Chemistry concentration?</p>
<p>Thank you Uroogla, aleph0 and blueroomjunkie, that cleared up a lot. I think I’ll pick something related to programming in the lottery, since that’s what i feel inclined towards at the moment :)</p>
<p>I’ll read up CC’s pre med threads before I say anything related to that, they’re helping me a lot so far.</p>
<p>@pkm2232: Not being an engineering/chem concentrator myself, I’d suggest that you email one of the chem concentration advisors for a definitive answer. However, even if Engn 3 doesn’t count (I feel that most people figure out whether or not engineering is for them after they take this class – at least, that’s how it’s worked for my friends) as a concentration requirement for chem, you definitely aren’t going to be strapped for time to take Physics 3/4 or 5/6.</p>
<p>What possible electives can a prospective engineering major take?</p>
<p>What possible electives can a prospective engineering major take?</p>
<p>Do you mean electives in engineering? Outside Engineering, you can take whatever you want so long as you complete the engineering requirements (so you end up with about 8 electives outside of your concentration, assuming you’re pursuing an Sc.B.). If you mean inside engineering, it really depends on which type of engineering you’re considering. Beyond the core engineering requirements, which don’t vary much between the different types of engineering, you’ll need to take various courses that are listed in the Engineering department’s handbook. You can always take more math/applied math/physics courses if you mean electives closely related to the field. However, the requirements are intensive enough that you’d likely find it better to take less time-intensive courses or courses very different than the engineering courses.</p>
<p>What exactly qualify as electives?</p>
<p>As the university end-of-semester course surveys seem to define them, any course that is not explicitly required for your concentration. So for my math-cs concentration, any of my classics courses, or APMA0350 if I took that, or a physics course, or really anything outside of those two fields. Additionally, inside your concentration, you might have some choice as to how you complete your requirements. For an AB in math, for instance, you’ll need to take Math 35, Math 54, and Math 153, but you’ll get to choose the final courses from the math department’s offerings. Although I wouldn’t term these “electives,” they are courses you have a choice on.</p>
<p>To clarify, if you go into engineering for an Sc.B., you will have roughly 8 of the first type of elective out of your 32 courses (so not many). You can do anything at all you want with these courses without affecting your ability to fulfill requirements. I would, however, stay away from the more time-consuming and difficult courses with these. Engineering requirements are not easy. You’ll also have some choice within your concentration for courses, but these may be subject to certain stipulations.</p>
<p>Hi again :)</p>
<p>I was reading the critical review (yay!) and it says that there are dozens of freshmen taking Introduction to Sleep but then it says the requirements are either CLPS10, 20, or NEUR10. How do freshmen get out of that requirement? Can I use my AP Psychology to make CLPS10 count as an S?</p>
<p>Also…do professors care a lot if you’re late? Two courses I want to take are only 10 min apart but on opposite sides of the campus :(</p>
<p>Another also: it seems like I’ll be taking intro bio courses with at least 150 people, so how would I go about in getting letters of recommendation in one semester for summer research programs?</p>
<p>Any answer would be very very very appreciated :DDDD</p>
<p>Plus: some courses that have 2 credits…would give me 2 of the 30 courses I need to graduate? So 1 would count as 2?</p>