<p>My roommate is in ESG and absolutely LOVES it. Also, I know that she’s in an advising seminar outside of ESG, so that’s definitely possible. One of the main benefits of ESG as she saw it was that she got a really great physics professor (Dourmashkin) and NO TEAL. Also, she seems to really like all her professors. However, she opted to take 3.091 outside of ESG because she really wanted to have Sadoway. (She ended up hating going to lecture, and so instead watched all the lectures recorded online. But she really liked Sadoway! 
) Also, in ESG you’re much more likely to really get to know your professor/have them get to know you, so that might make them seem more amusing/cooler.</p>
<p>Anyway, to summarize, everyone I know in Concourse/ESG really likes it. If you think it’s for you, then definitely go to info sessions during orientation/CPW (if there are any? I’m not sure about this). =]</p>