<p>Hello, I am a bit clueless in regards to scheduling my classes. I am pretty sure I am taking the 16 series (so that I can get a good GPA) and I took AP Calc A/B Junior year and received a 5 on the AP test. I am unsure whether I will need to take a Reading and Comp. class as I have not taken the AP Lit test yet (I received a 4 on AP Lang.) If I do need to take an R&C class, that leaves me with 2 breadth classes. What would be recommended breadth classes to prepare me for Haas and are there any recommendations based on really good teachers or classes that you would personally recommend? </p>
<p>Also, do you have any advice in regards to how to schedule my classes? Is there anything else that is important to know while scheduling classes to prepare me for Haas?</p>
<p>R&C A and B (you have A fulfilled; if you get a 5 on AP English literature, you have B fulfilled)
Math – due to Haas’ weird rules, you need to take two math courses if you have AP credit other than 5 on BC: 1A-1B, 16A-16B, 1B-53, or 1B-54 (you cannot take just 1B or 16B with a 5 on AB).
Statistics 20 or 21 (prerequisite is a semester of calculus)
Economics 1 (unless you have a 5 on both AP economics tests)
UGBA 10</p>
<p>In FPF, most of these except for R&C and math are not offered, so you can use the other courses to cover breadth and American Cultures categories.</p>
<p>Since admission to Haas is not guaranteed, you may want to choose courses that will allow you to declare some other major if you do not get into Haas. Note that economics also requires applying to declare with no guarantee of admission.</p>
<p>For Haas and L&S, you need at least one course in each of the 7 categories. Some courses like ESPM 50AC can fulfill any one of several categories (so that you have more flexibility later when choosing breadth courses).</p>
<p>L&S allows your major department courses to fulfill the breadth categories, but Haas does not allow business courses or micro/macro economics courses to fulfill the breadth categories. Therefore, Economics 1 and/or UGBA 10 will fulfill the social and behavioral sciences category for L&S, but not Haas. So if you do not major in business, you will not need any additional social and behavioral sciences breadth, but you will if you do major in business.</p>
<p>Seems odd that you were good enough in math to take calculus as a high school junior but are not interested enough in math to take more advanced math courses. Beware that the curve in Math 16A or 1A will not necessarily be easy, since lots of other people are repeating AP credit, thinking that they can get an “easy A”.</p>
<p>It seems like the only pre-req you have fulfilled is the first half of the reading and composition requirement, which in total is 2 semesters long (so you’ll need only 1 semester). Therefore, in total, you’ll need UGBA 10, two calculus classes, Econ 1, Stats 20/21, and R1B/R5B (fulfill the same requirement), and you have 4 semester to complete all of these. </p>
<p>If you do have a back-up major in mind now, as suggested above, I’d also take those pre-reqs if possible. If you don’t, I’d consider only taking one Haas pre-req in the fall (since you can take 1 each for 2 semesters and 2 each for 2 semesters and finish all 6) to allow for you to do as well as possible in it given the transition to college life and rigor. </p>
<p>Since only math and reading and composition are offered, I’d probably just choose based on which one you think you can do better in - and for math I’d stick with the 16 series (unless you’re back-up major requires otherwise) to try to keep you GPA up.</p>
<p>Also try to take UGBA 10 during your fall semester of your sophomore year at the latest, rather than during the spring of your sophomore year. Lastly, keep in mind too that, if Econ is your back-up major, you’ll need to take Econ 100A, 100B, 101A or 101B to declare that major. If this is what you want to do, I’d aim to take one of these (Econ 100B is generally regarded as the easiest since it’s less math-intensive, both relative to the “A”-series and the 101 series) during the spring of your sophomore year, meaning you’ll want to take Econ 1 during or before the fall of your sophomore year (just like UGBA 10).</p>
<p>People who like math and are good at it may find the opposite to be true – that intermediate micro/macro economics is easier and more understandable with math.</p>
<p>But note that Economics 101A does list Math 53 as a prerequisite.</p>