<p>I will be a freshman this fall in the College of Engineering, and I have some questions about my potential schedule. I am already pre-enrolled in CHEM 2090 and ENGRG 1050, and plan on taking MATH 1910. I will also be taking PE and FWS courses. I got a 5 on the APCS exam, so I get credit for CS 1110. Would you advise against taking both CS 1132 and CS 2110 in the first semester? Please note that I am taking my ENGRI course in the spring (ENGRI 1310). I heard CS 1132 is self-paced so if I worked hard enough I could get through most of it before my other courses really start to kick in. The CoE advises that I take the lighter courseload (no CS course) or take a liberal arts course. I may try to minor in Spanish later, and I have 3 credits from the AP Spanish exam. I also have 3 more liberal arts credits from APUSH. Also, how helpful are the AEWs?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I thought the CoE guidelines recommended (in addition to ENGRG 1050, FWS and PE) that 1st semester freshmen take one appropriate math, one appropriate science and one ENGRI or CS class. So if you are taking ENGRI in the spring, I think it makes sense to take CS 2110 in the fall. I’m not sure about throwing CS 1132 in the mix as well, but for someone who is good at programming, it doesn’t sound like those transition classes are a big deal. You could probably sign up for it and then drop it before the add/drop deadline if you’re feeling like it’s too much.</p>
<p>transition to matlab is not hard at all to tackle. Matlab is a completely logical computational language and actually very user-friendly. CS 2110 is probably the one you should review for if you did Java for fun/forgot most of it. </p>
<p>PE and engr 1050 are time commitments, not courses. Dont’ worry about them at all. </p>
<p>AEW’s are great sources of help if you get someone competent. Otherwise, a waste of time. A LOT of time.</p>
<p>OK, so if I take CS 2110 and CS 1132 first semester, which CS course would be logical to take second semester? Or I was thinking I could even take a bio class to start working on my pre-med requirements. Are AEWs pretty easy to just drop if I realize they’re useless after my first meeting? Are CHEM 209 and 208 pretty similar in terms of workload/difficulty?</p>
<p>Also, does anybody know how difficult the CASE exam for 1910 is? I got a solid 5 on the AB Calc exam, but I know BC is needed to get credit for 1910. Is it plausible to self-study the extra topics I never learned?</p>
<p>What are you planning to major in? </p>
<p>2nd semester you’ll probably be taking MATH 1920, PHYS 1112, your ENGRI, and your 2nd FWS. You wouldn’t normally take another full course (like CS or a Bio). I think the next CS class in line would be 2080 if you’re going for a CS major, but that can still wait until sophomore year.</p>
<p>I’ll leave your other questions for current students.</p>
<p>I’m planning on majoring in Biological Engineering and maybe minoring in Biomedical Engineering or Spanish. And I have credit for PHYS 1112 thanks to APs, so I think I’ll be taking CHEM 2080 second semester after CHEM 2090. I can’t take PHYS 2213 second semester anyway because I don’t have MATH 1920 already taken.</p>
<p>Ok, so then MATH 1920, CHEM 2080, ENGRI and FWS. I think 4 “real” classes is considered a full schedule.</p>
<p>Are the ENGRIs considered “real” classes? I haven’t really heard much about them in terms of workload/difficulty and their descriptions don’t give much away.</p>
<p>ENGRIs are “real” classes that require effort. However, none of them teach pertinent information that isn’t covered in your major-related courses later on. The only ridiculous one that I keep hearing complaints about is the intro to CHEME. I suggest that if you’re split between two possible majors, pick the intro course for the underdog. If you’re set on a major, I suggest taking a completely random intro course just to get an idea what other engineers do.</p>
<p>Do you even need to take 2110 as a major requirement? If not, I would advise against it (or at least advise you to take it later), because I’ve heard it’s pretty difficult. Instead, I would take a liberal arts and CS 1132. But you really need to crack down on that course - I waited until the last minute and ended up withdrawing. Not good.</p>
<p>I do not need to take 2110 as a major requirement, but I just found it strange that only 5 credits of computer science are required so I thought taking 2110 would be good. Would taking a second-level bio course along with CHEM 2080 be difficult? And I’m planning on taking Intro to Biomedical Engineering, just cause I’m really interested in that as a possible minor.</p>
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<p> Definitely. You only have to learn other integration techniques (besides parts), series (big topic), polar coordinates, and I think that’s it. </p>
<p>OK, sounds good. I think I’ll try to follow along with the class notes/exams for the Math 1910 summer course (which I probably should’ve tried to take…too late now) and look at MIT’s OCW for Single Variable Calculus. Thanks for all the help!</p>