<p>So this question is mainly directed at current students but other incoming freshmen are welcome to answer.</p>
<p>What courses do biology or pre-med students usually take during their freshmen year at Emory?</p>
<p>I'm thinking about taking bio 141, chem 141, math 115, english freshmen seminar, and maybe P.E. (probably intro/intermediate tennis).</p>
<p>dude I am wondering the same thing…I don’t think taking chem and bio both in your first semester is a really good idea…they seem like really rough classes…I’d try to do 1 per semester…but its best if we had the advice of an emory student…</p>
<p>I just finished my freshman year and I took the bio 141/142 series along with the chem 141/142 series. I didn’t have to worry about calc because I had credit for AP Calc BC. </p>
<p>Honestly, this is a highly debated topic among advisors at Emory, and you’re going to get a different answer from just about everybody you ask. Of the pre-med students that I know, I would say that more than half took chem and bio together, and several took calculus as well, although that situation is a little more rare. Most of them got through it just fine. It was very difficult, especially first semester, but I ended up getting A’s both semesters of both classes, so its definitely doable. </p>
<p>I think it also depends on what your background is in chem and bio. I hadn’t taken AP chem or AP bio, so both subjects were completely new for me, but a lot of students had AP credit for one or the other and opted to forfeit their AP credit and take the course anyway, and I think the workload was more manageable for them since some of the material was review.</p>
<p>The fact is that if you plan to take the typical pre-med track (applying during the summer after junior year), you will end up doubling up on sciences at least one year and/or taking summer school. Some people choose to take only chem freshman year, and then they take orgo and bio at the same time during sophomore year. Neither way is really “better;” it’s just a matter of knowing yourself and your own limitations. </p>
<p>I will say this: college is a huge adjustment, and some people struggle a lot more than others during freshman year. No matter how hard you worked in high school, you should be prepared to work twice as hard at Emory. I saw several friends take on way too much and have to drop courses and/or get much worse grades than they wanted. I don’t say that to scare you, just to let you know that it’s going to be tough. Certainly not impossible, but tough.</p>
<p>I’m sorry that I can’t be of more help, but the truth is that it comes down to the individual. If you really LOVE science and/or have a strong background in science and feel confident that you have the study skills necessary to devote a lot of time and attention to your science classes during freshman year, then go ahead and double up and chances are you’ll do great. If you’re on the edge about being a science major/premed and/or feel that your science background isn’t super strong and/or think that college is going to be a rough adjustment for you, then it might be best to wait and just take one science the first year.</p>
<p>Thanks! 10char</p>
<p>i am pretty upset that we dont get to pick classes till aug 26! how do i even know what to take or what i need to take or what classes are offered</p>
<p>Well you must take a Frosh Writing course (unless you AP out of it). And you must take a Frosh Seminar, so that’s two possibilities. The rest depends on your intended major. If you are a science type, take Chem and/or Bio. Or a math type, take Calc. If social sciecne, take Stat. Foreign language? Or, take some GER’s; get the electives out of the way.</p>
<p>You could always go to the site and look up specific departments to find course listings. I’ll be nice this time and post the links for you.</p>
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<p>The last two links refer to GERs.</p>
<p>I think bio 141, chem 141, math 115, english freshmen seminar that sounds like a lot. rer678 is so right that college is a huge adjustment. Unless you’re a math-sci wiz, I think that sounds pretty difficult. </p>
<p>Jakeesha- if you go on OPUS you can search and see what classes are open. You’ll also get a lot of help during orientation.</p>
<p>PE 113 PPF/Fitness Walking PED PPF
PE 114 PPF/Jogging PED PPF </p>
<p>^I want to do fitness walking! If not, I’ll settle for jogging.</p>
<p>How exactly do these classes go? Is it just a class where everyone walks around?</p>
<p>I’m so hoping for Chemistry 171, a film class, the AP-exempt Psych class, the AP exempt required writing and another Psych/Chem class.</p>
<p>^^The standard load is four classes…</p>
<p>I always took extra classes in high school.</p>
<p>That’s high school, this is college.</p>
<p>This is true.</p>
<p>So everyone takes a 4 class courseload? I thought people took 5 classes at colleges that use the semester system</p>
<p>yea i think im gonna take five. besides if one is phys ed then its like only taking four</p>
<p>I’ll probably take phys ed sophomore year. I want to have fun and take academic (aka good) classes freshman year.</p>
<p>And I’ll probably take 5 normal ones.</p>
<p>^You Go Girl!</p>
<p>Besides, I’m not going to do many ECs at Emory other than maybe ChEmory (chem club) and WMRE. So I’ll have a lot of time to study for 5 classes.</p>
<p>5 classes at 1st year? can we do that?? i heard we need to petition to take more than 4 classes?? </p>
<p>hilsa, hope you don’t mind me asking does your 5-classes include any lab classes or some classes that counts like one-credit??</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>You are not permitted to take more that 18 hours (I think) your first semester. This means that you can take four academic classes (16 hours), advising (1 hour), and PE (1 hour). In the absence of a petition to the deans, you cannot take 5 academic classes the first semester.</p>