<p>Hi, this may seem like a really stupid question but … are there any mandatory gym classes or swimming classes? Or like credits you need to fill by doing extracurriculars?</p>
<p>^Nope.</p>
<p>The only mandatory class for everyone is Writing 1. But engineers can test out of that.</p>
<p>Hey everyone, I’m a freshman at another college and I’m thinking about transferring to WashU next year. I have a few questions regarding academics and admissions.</p>
<p>1st: Also, what’s your perception of the economics department at WashU?</p>
<p>2nd: I’m doing both economics and business (finance, accounting) and I really like them both so far. I’m having a hard time deciding whether to put Olin or Arts&Sciences (which apparently has the economics department) as my top choice. I know that Olin is one of the top business programs, and it must also be very competitive for that same reason. Is Olin significantly harder to get into than Arts and Sciences? I’d really appreciate it if you have some concrete figures on admissions to both programs, like acceptance rates in previous years etc.</p>
<p>finally, between transferring in the fall vs. in the spring, do you think either one is less competitive than the other?</p>
<p>Hi, thanks for the answer! And I have another question. I’m trying to figure out what to bring to college so I’m wondering…</p>
<p>Do WashU dorms usually have microwaves in their kitchens? Like in any traditional dorm. Would it be useless to bring one?</p>
<p>And do you guys think bringing TVs are really necessary?</p>
<p>batdoi- sorry I can’t answer any of your questions. Hopefully someone else can.</p>
<p>valencia: If your floor has a kitchen, it has a microwave. I rented a microwave my freshmen year (it was a lot cheaper than buying one), but you can definitely get by without one. Looking back, I shouldn’t have bothered.
Concerning tv- it depends on what kind of person you are. Personally, any shows I watch I watch online. I brought an old 13’’ old thing to my dorm sophomore year and it was nice for sports games, but all (I think all at least) the dorms have tvs in them anyway. So it’s not necessary by any stretch.</p>
<p>Do most students bring their own printers? How accessible and well maintained are the campus printers?</p>
<p>Having your own printer is nice, but certainly not a necessity.</p>
<p>Nearly all rescolleges have a computer lab with free printing (ie in Brookings, Lien has a printer but Gregg does not (unless you count sts, but that’s not part of Brookings)).</p>
<p>Occasionally your computer lab may be out of paper, ink, or may be broken. If that’s the case, you can always go to sts (one of the storefronts on the way to the underpass, technically in gregg).<br>
If you print on campus, it costs you money, but you do have a certain allotment of printing on campus (ie engineers get something like $25 a semester, artsci only gets $5 or somewhere around those numbers).</p>
<p>I have a printer, and I’ll probably use it a lot more now that I’m moving on campus. I don’t think I ever went through an entire ream of my own paper in 2 years of living on the s40.</p>
<p>Thanks. So if you a campus printer, there is a per page or per job fee? Do you need to provide you own paper in addition to the usage fee? I’m trying to determine the economics as well as the convenience of having a personal printer. TIA.</p>
<p>It’s a per page fee, based on whether it’s double sided or single sided. Part of that fee includes the paper.</p>
<p>I personally will still be using the s40 to print my lab reports, since apparently the class has 30 page reports. Yay free printing!</p>
<p>Oh, personal printers are useful if you need to print in color.</p>
<p>I had my own printer that was also a scanner. Was really useful and convenient, and I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>^ How much was it? And where do you get it?</p>
<p>Thanks for the response re my printing questions. I think we’ll hold off and see if my D feels she needs one once she is there.</p>
<p>Crozet…no idea it was 6 years ago. I think I just got it from Target or Best Buy, and I’m sure it was less than $100. They also sell ink fairly cheaply at the campus bookstore.</p>
<p>^Thanks. When I read your comment, I thought of a portable, hand-held scanner I have seen places but don’t know where to buy.</p>
<p>As for the printer/scanner combination, I have one at home but it is quite clunky. Would something that large be a waste of space at dorm desks?</p>
<p>My friend has the same question as batdoi…can someone help answer it, please?</p>
<p>I heard that BME is really intensive and I wanna know if I’ll have time to fit in work-study and maybe a few extracurriculars</p>
<p>The thing really wasn’t that big at all. Perhaps the size of two average size textboos on top of each other. I’m sure they’re even smaller thesedays. I still highly recommend everyone gets a printer of their own…there may be times you don’t feel like trying to go find a working unoccupied printer.</p>
<p>Jumper and batdoi, although I’m only a parent, and a parent of an incoming freshman, I’m going to jump in and add my two cents about transferring. </p>
<p>1) is it preferable to enter in the fall or spring? First of all, consider your own status. Are you ready to start now or in the spring? Spring may be easier, but I highly recommend transferring to start in the fall. That’s when everyone is new and has that “fresh-start mentality”. Spring, by contrast, is a terrible start time. Everyone has fully formed friendships, course schedule, and routines. It’s very difficult to be a newbie when you’re the only one.</p>
<p>2) if you know you want to transfer, plan to make that move asap. Wht wait?</p>
<p>3) is being a spring-admit easier? I say, it shouldn’t matter. If you know you’re going to make a change, do it asap regardless of trying to manipulate the situation.</p>
<p>i know this question might be weird, but do you guys use UTrucking? what do you think of it?</p>
<p>Use Utrucking for summer storage…its expesive as hell but really convenient.</p>