<p>Hello all, I am a prospective ORFE major, wishing to have a focus on Economics (with PACM and Finance certificates). Please comment on my freshman schedule:</p>
<p>Fall:
MAT 201
ECO 100
ORF 245
SPA 207</p>
<p>Spring:
MAT 202
ECO 101
ECO 310
ORF 309
Writing Seminar (Switch with SPA 207)</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>Looks mostly good. Just one thing–registrar’s site says ORF 309 isn’t open to freshmen, so maybe you could take a freshman seminar or something in its place?</p>
<p>how do you have your classes picked already? where do we get advising on this?</p>
<p>I think they might advise against 5 classes in your spring semester.</p>
<p>You’ll pick classes at the beginning of the semester (during orientation week) with your assigned advisor. You should get a course offerings booklet in the mail soon, which you should look over before you go into that meeting. Most freshmen have five or six courses they’re interested in (for AB candidates, generally a language+three other courses. for BSE, math/science/cs requirements+others), and narrow that down to four after talking to their advisors.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine with 5 classes spring semester–that’s typical for BSEs, as far as I’m aware.</p>
<p>You point blank will not be able to take ORF 307 and ECO 310. You need to have completed both ECO 100 and 101 before even thinking about taking ECO 310, and you need to have completed both MAT 201 and 202 before taking both ECO 310 and ORF 307. It looks like you are trying to get really really ahead, and I would chill out and take some courses you might not normally take. Freshman year is the time to do that (trust me), and I would definitely take opportunities to get some interesting distribution requirements, freshman seminars, etc etc, before trying to get super ahead. It looks like you’re already way ahead of other freshman engineers (I assume you placed out of Physics, Chem, and MAT 103 and MAT 104), so I would take a chill pill and look at courses that aren’t required for your major. </p>
<p>As for 4/5 classes, engineers are required to take 9 in every year, and most will take 5 in the spring. I used to be ChemE and when I was a freshman my adviser <em>made</em> me take 5 in the fall (though it’s technically not allowed). The reason was that there are many more breaks in the fall and you’ll have more energy, etc. So if you really feel like you can handle 5 in the fall, go for it. Even if you can’t, you can always drop a class. It’s generally useful to sign up for one more class than you think you’ll take (I usually sign up for 6), so you can drop one later. This is especially useful for humanities students without classes that they <em>must</em> take, but applies to everyone. </p>
<p>For anyone worrying about figuring out course schedules, you’ll be fine. If you’re interested and bored over the summer (I know I was) you can definitely check out the course schedules online ([Course</a> Offerings « Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/]Course”>Course Offerings | Office of the Registrar)). But if you don’t have time or don’t feel like it, don’t worry about it. Most people don’t start worrying about it until they get to Princeton, which is completely normal.</p>
<p>Alright, I think I’ll stick with my original schedule, even though it’s the same as if I were majoring in Economics. The only changes seem to come after Freshman Yr:</p>
<p>Fall:
MAT 201
ECO 100
HUM 216-217</p>
<p>Spring:
MAT 202
ECO 101
HUM 218-219
Writing Seminar</p>
<p>Summer:
Princeton in Beijing CHI 105-107</p>
<p>if you;re an ORFE major, you need to take the BSE requirements- meaning phy103/104 and chm 201/202.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to threadjack, but would anyone like to advise me on my schedule as well?</p>
<ol>
<li>MAT 201 - Multivariable Calculus (Math)</li>
<li>CHE 245 - Intro to Chem Eng. Principles (Core)</li>
<li>CHM 303 - Orgo I (Pre-Med)</li>
<li>ECO 200 - Advanced Principles of Economics </li>
<li>COS 126 – General Computer Science</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>To the OP: yea, you need to get your engineering requirements done. If you have AP credit already, then I guess you’re good. However, looking at your spring schedule, Hum sequence and writing seminar seems a little writing heavy. Though, if you’re good at pounding out papers, I guess it’s alright, as ECO 101 is hardly any work and MAT 202 isn’t horrible either. </p>
<p>@t-san: That schedule looks pretty difficult, you are taking 5 technical classes. Maybe you’re extremely good at math/science, I had a friend that was and got straight As with 7 courses in the spring (6 of them being math/science ones). But I would advise against doing that, and balance it out more with humanities classes. COS for example can be pretty time consuming in terms of debugging. If you have any questions, ask.</p>
<p>my plan looks alot like tsan’s but I’m planning on engineering; do I still have to fufill the four terms of math and the general chemistry if I can place out? Tsan seems to have skipped right past them…</p>
<p>can anyone here give me some insight on PHY 115?
i’m a humanities person and thinking of majoring in history, but i took ap physics senior year and LOVED it, so i’m considering taking a “less hardcore” physics course to fulfill the science requirement and just because physics is fun. i stumbled across PHY 115 and thought it looked perfect but don’t know how it really is? do people enjoy it? how is the precept? how difficult is the course?</p>
<p>that being said, here is my tentative schedule:</p>
<p>1 & 2. HUM 216-217
3. RUS 101
4. PHY 115
5. Writing Seminar/Freshman Seminar (to be determined depending on which semester i get assigned to for writing seminar)</p>
<p>any feedback would be highly appreciated! :)</p>
<p>How much harder is ECO 200 over 101 and 100? Even if you do well on the AP exams, would you guys recommend taking 100 and 101 to get a good grasp of Princeton level economics, especially for someone who’s considering either an econ major or finance certificate?</p>
<p>Also, would this schedule be doable
<p>All due apologies zafara for using your thread and thanks for your feedback.</p>
<p>re occam: Those classes are all quite large classes that involve weekly problem sets/quizzes— I think you would be better off leaving COS126 for the spring and taking a smaller class. It’s sort of a rough transition into freshman year, and its nice to have a smallish discussion based class where you can actually get to know the professor, vs. 200-300 person classes. Also maybe to split up the problem setting with some reading.</p>
<p>I’ve heard good things about phy115, esp if you are interested in physics and looking to fulfill an ST.</p>