<p>the classes i am thinking about taking are Math 103, EGR 53L, Physics 62L, and some humanities class</p>
<p>first of all, does that seem manageable? i don't want my first semester to be too hard, but it can't be too easy considering that i'm prolly gonna end up BME/ECE/Premed...</p>
<p>also, i am thinking about taking either egr 75 or bme 110 (same class as far as BME requirements go)... is one easier/better than the other? i heard from a friend of mine that egr 75 is easier than physics 62... that's why i'm considering doing that one instead first semester...</p>
<p>All you are really going to get is conjecture as noone has taken both. But yeh, EGR 75 is usually easier. (though I have known people to really not like egr 75)</p>
<p>BME 110 seems like it might be the better option... dr. nightingale seems like a good instructor... some new professor is teaching the open egr 75 class... that might be too risky....</p>
<p>i'm also considering taking ME 83L instead of 75 or 110... it says that one of those is a prerequisite for that class... but then again, BME 83L which is an alternative to that class doesn't have it as a prerequisite and i've heard people say that it doesn't help much...</p>
<p>the instructor for ME 83L seems to be really good so that's a definitely possibility unless someone thinks it is a bad idea</p>
<p>i took bme 110 instead of egr 75... we didn't have a textbook in bme 110 the semester I took it anyways, the problem sets... were definitely very hard, but you get to do them in groups. His lectures are good though although it has always been at 8:30 in the morning, the test questions are a lot easier than the problem set questions and follows his lectures pretty well.</p>
<p>I think egr 75 covers slightly less topics than bme 110 does (bme 110 goes into slight bit of dynamics, while I think egr 75 is completely static) but it does cover the materials in depth more than bme 110.</p>
<p>Also, at least the year I took it, it seemed that we had less actual labs than egr 75, which meant fewer lab reports.</p>
<p>EGR75 had 4 labs when I took it which was a lot less than the other BME classes I've taken. And you don't do anything in them except watch the TA demonstrate the stuff.</p>
<p>Are you going to be a freshman in Pratt?
I will be too. My schedule looked like yours (Writing 20 instead of Physics 62), but I talked to Dean Simmons yesterday and she said there was no way she would allow a 1st semester freshman to take both Egr75 and Egr53. I'm taking a Natural Science now.
Just to be safe, I would suggest you call Pratt (919-660-5386) and double check your schedule with them.</p>
<p>If BME 110 is anything like EGR75, then it shouldn't have a lab every week. And if ME83 is anything like BME83, then that'll also be the case. Most likely you'll have 4-5 labs spread throughout the semester for either of those classes. </p>
<p>Normally I'd advise against taking 3 labs, but since labs for those three classes aren't like those killer chemistry labs, I think it's doable. You'd need to manage your time carefully and with discipline though, and maybe refrain from going out every weekend if you are into that stuff.</p>
<p>although if this is your freshman year, I really wouldn't take two disciplinary specific labs along with a more general lab.</p>
<p>Both Egr 53 and physics 62L is going to have a lab per week pretty much (physics 62 lab reports are usually due 24 hours after the lab)</p>
<p>ME 83 is like what SBR said... there's only like a few labs, I think I wrote 4 reports for that lab (although the last one was really long but it builds from the previous labs you do)</p>
<p>Depends, for BME 83, if there was no lab, you don't go. </p>
<p>For EGR75, labs took maybe 15-20 minutes and you sign up for a time slot for that week. It's not scheduled so it's in your free time. The "Lab" section that you register for on ACES was actually an optional recitation for my class.</p>
<p>would ME83L, BME110L, or Math 103 be the least time consuming? or better yet, ranking them would be good... i know that ME83L and BME110L are not that tough, but they have lab sections... Math 103 is supposed to be notoriously hard and time consuming.... I'm definitely taking EGR 53L, Physics 62L, and a humanities class... i need to decide for my last class</p>
<p>also, if i do take math 103, i'll prolly have to go with "departmental staff".... this could be risky...</p>
<p>I'd say take math 103 just because I think it's a pre-req for some later classes whereas most people don't normally take ME83 or BME 110 until 2nd semester at the earliest. </p>
<p>Plus, as an engineer you have 2 more math classes and a stat class after math 103, so you probably don't want to put it off for too long.</p>
<p>Sometimes departmental staff is a way to denote a visiting prof.</p>
<p>that schedule seems pretty dang tough though for first semester... i don't think it would be too bad to start the math track 2nd semester... i wanna take the easiest of those 3 classes which i'm thinking might be ME 83L... then again, i might take 103 just b/c that's what most people would do</p>