<p>Hey-</p>
<p>I was accepted EDI and am interested into what the freshmen curriculum is. I remember hearing that there is a seminar program or something like it. Any info from current students would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Wes has first-year initiative classes, which are a maximum of 20 people, and with some amazing profs on fascinating topics. They're supposedly writing-intensive, but the degree to which that is true varies greatly depending on the subject. You're not required to take any, but most people do because they're awesome, and only open to first-year students. You'll most likely be preregistered for one over the summer, but like I said, you don't have to take it if you don't want to. Most people I know would recommend taking at least one, since it gets you into a small class almost immediately.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/wesmaps/%5B/url%5D">http://www.wesleyan.edu/wesmaps/</a></p>
<p>You can find FYI seminars and other classes. It's currently on this year's curriculum but sometime in March it'll probably update to next year's courses.</p>
<p>Thanks so much guys. Some of those classes look amazing! Now I have another question-- how many courses does one take per semester usually? There are so many that I want to take!</p>
<p>Usually four, which never feels like enough. If you're in the sciences, you'll probably have some extra partial credits due to labs. Some crazy people take five actual classes in a semester, but that's definitely not usual, and they tend to not be able to do much besides work.</p>
<p>Also, besides FYIs, you'll find that a lot of the intro classes which seem huge and intimidating are actually the most fun, because half your friends will be in the same intro classes, and you can study and do problem sets and the like together. And complain about your professors together, because even if professors are awesome, it's fun to complain.</p>
<p>A lot of people also do four academic classes, and then one or two more of a music/dance performance group which doesn't require much out-of-class preparation.</p>
<p>For example, last semester I had six classes, but two of those were music performance groups. It was still definitely too much, when combined with a sport and other stuff. This semester I have three academics and two music and a sport, and that's much more manageable. </p>
<p>Also, because classes vary in difficulty, you might find that one semester you can handle 5 classes just fine, but in another semester 3 would be plenty because one of those three is taking up so much time.</p>