<p>Hey guys,
I just received the immunization form in the mail which reminded me of the other details I need to take care of
1) When do we get our roomate assignments? and what do we bring for move-in?
2) I know we should we until we're contacted by our advisor but are we supposed to know what courses we want to take when we're contacted(how it works for our high-school )or will they suggest courses for us?
3)When do we take placement tests? Do we have to request to take them and when are they given?</p>
<p>4) anything else I should be doing right now?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Hi rundmc! Congrats on Penn:)</p>
<p>1.) I believe you get roommate assignments very soon-I think we got them early/mid June. You should go onto campus express to check.
2.) Unless if you are in a special program, freshmen are allowed to take 4-4.5 cu first semester. Since you’re only an incoming freshman, you have many options and I don’t think your advisor will give you very strict recommendations about what to take. I would definitely recommend taking writing seminar-it’s primarily a freshmen course and it’s good to get it over with. Also, it would be a good idea to get language requirements out of the way if you have not already done so. As for the remaining classes, it depends on your interests. If you’re not too sure about what you want to do, I would suggest taking some courses to fulfill sector requirements.
3.) You can take the language placement test online but you must take the other ones (chem and/or math) after you get to Penn (during NSO). You register to take them online and they’ll give you the test info.</p>
<p>Will a creative writing seminar (at the Kelly Writers House) fulfill the writing seminar requirement? It seems like a lot of people hate these writing seminars but they look really fun! </p>
<p>So, for the language placement tests, when can we do them? Over the summer?</p>
<p>I’m also confused about when pre-registration starts and ends.</p>
<p>@nebbalish
I don’t think you can use a creative writing seminar to fulfill it but I’m not entirely sure. I definitely think that a lot of the topics for the writing seminars are very interesting-it’s just the excessively rigid structure and monotonous assignments that turn many students off.
I believe you can do the language placement tests online over the summer. If you place high enough, they “invite” you to take another test during NSO, which determines whether you can entirely place out of the language.
Pre-registration starts in the middle of the summer (idk the exact date this yr). I wouldn’t worry about that too much until you get contacted by your pre-major advisor</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick reply! I researched a bit more and it’s the Critical Writing seminars that fulfill the requirement. I’m looking into now. </p>
<p>Just to make sure, 4CU is about the average a freshman takes a semester right? </p>
<p>Can I do more than one language test? I’ve learned French for over 8 years and I was fluent but I’m severely out of practice. I also want to take the Chinese reading and writing course for fluent speakers (since I’m full Chinese :P). I don’t think I’ll be able to test out of Chinese; French maybe, if I review my conjugations.</p>
<p>@GoldOwl</p>
<p>Thank you for replying so quickly! You reply answered all of my questions fully. I hope to meet you sometime on campus :D</p>
<p>@nebbalish</p>
<p>Please let me know what you find out about taking multiple placement tests. I also want to take French & Chinese—though I really must brush up on my French too lol.</p>
<p>I will! I think I’m going to test for French to hopefully test into Intermediate French II. It works beautifully into the schedule I’ve made so far.</p>