<p>Since you poor freshmen don't yet know that Michigan advisors suck, I'd love to help you guys out with your scheduling. I actually do this for my job and get paid for it, but since you guys are on CC and I like you, you get it for free, so feel free to PM me. Please, just don't take your counselor's word on anything. CCers are bound to know better.</p>
<p>I am doing by schedule right now for my fall term class, so do you think that i should take Econ 101 with MTH 105 or MTH 125?</p>
<p>there is no math 125 so i'm not really sure how to answer that one.</p>
<p>You're a godsend, Mike. :) Keep it rockin..I might need to get some advising sometime in the future.</p>
<p>EDIT: From my limited experience with advising...chibears is understating how bad they really are. I felt so lost after listening to one of them because I had my own plan of the classes I wanted to take whereas they have their own ideas for you, usually based on incorrect notions. The best advice is from peers and upperclassmen, chibears being the latter.</p>
<p>I meant MTH 115 with Econ 101 or MTH 15 with Econ 101?</p>
<p>there is also not math 15. I'm awfully confused where you're getting your course codes from.</p>
<p>i'm taking math 215 with econ 195 along w/ great books and honors seminar and psych. do you think i handle this? i've finished the prereqs for ross. i'm aiming to get into the bschool next year and i need a competitive GPA but i really do want a social life. is it wise to have my collection of courses or should i take out the econ and replace it w/ anthro or something else?</p>
<p>i disliked my advisor very much. none of the classes i ended up picking were what she decided i should take during advising.</p>
<p>that's a really easy course load you've picked. Math 215 is easier than the freshman level math courses, great books is an automatic A if you're a decent writer, seminars are easy, and I heard econ 195 was really easy last year (hence why I'm taking it this coming semester, see you in class). I like to take 4 work courses and 1 easy/fun course, so definitely don't drop econ if you're looking to lighten your load. The prof and material is largely unchanged and i heard it was really easy last year.</p>
<p>my 3 year bba advisor and the academic services staff at ross have been extremely helpful to me so far.</p>
<p>Same experience as forgiven. The LS&A advisor was not so great.</p>
<p>I have a question regarding which physics class I should take. Right now I'm planning on an Astrophysics/Astronomy major and here is my first term schedule: Math 115, Spanish 275, English 125, and Astro 122. I was planning on taking Physics 140 with the lab 2nd semester because I haven't taken calculus yet. Is this a good idea, or should I reconsider my plans for 2nd semester. Also, I was told that I should contact the physics department regarding which physics class I should take, should I do that over the summer, or at the beginning of the fall term?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>Thanks for offering help.</p>
<p>I wanna know how easy it is to transfer community college credits to UM as an incoming freshman. I know they require a C for most classes but do you just give them a transcript and no questions asked, or do they question you to make sure you passed everything.</p>
<p>I'm sorry if I spoke too generally. My comments were regarding LS&A advisors, and even more specifically, honors advisors, who I've had the most experience with. Business advisors are going to be good because they get paid tons for their job and they only have to keep track of a few courses. LS&A advisors get the blessing of having the scope of at least 50 different majors. That's why there are concentration advisors, who, like Ross advisors, are pretty good because it's easy to know a given concentration's course offerings like the back of your hand.</p>
<p>To AstroJoe: I think your plans are fine to take Physics 140 after you already know Calc I. You don't want to be taking the non-calc physics courses because they're next to useless for helping your concentration. I think your plan right now is just where it should be. You don't need to contact a physics advisor because intro classes are really easy to navigate. Just take your questions to CC.</p>
<p>To Mr100%: It's actually pretty tough to get credit for CC classes. I imagine your transcript would include your grades, but they want a C or higher and even then many credits don't transfer. I don't know a ton about how their system works with that. You have to contact student activities though. They handle the transfer credit stuff.</p>
<p>Mike, what are you doing next year w/ advising? Honors peer advisor or something?</p>
<p>My DD is taking Spanish 275, GtBooks 191, Phil 297, PoliSci 160. Plus 3 credits of UROP. Does this sound like an ok load? </p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Wow, I just got out of honors advising, and I was surprised how bad it was despite all these warnings. The guy didn't help me at all and didn't know a damn thing. All in all, I was in his office for maybe 5 minutes.</p>
<p>"My DD is taking Spanish 275, GtBooks 191, Phil 297, PoliSci 160. Plus 3 credits of UROP. Does this sound like an ok load?"</p>
<p>Honors section of PoliSci 160?</p>
<p>"Wow, I just got out of honors advising, and I was surprised how bad it was despite all these warnings. The guy didn't help me at all and didn't know a damn thing. All in all, I was in his office for maybe 5 minutes."</p>
<p>This was basically my prefrosh advising too, but there is at least one very good advisor in the office ;)
You should also get to know your concentration advisors early. It's helpful for a number of reasons, beyond just choosing what classes to take.</p>
<p>Samwise: Yes, they are all honors classes</p>
<p>I have the opportunity to change my schedule for a Math 185 class that is offered at the same time as Math 115. The other math courses are offered at times that don't fit with my schedule. Also, I believe Math 185 will be more interesting. Is this correct? Is the grading curve different for honors courses versus regular math courses? Although not as critical, I would also like to make an A in the course.</p>
<p>kb: Yes i'm trying to become an honors peer advisor but the honors office is absolutely terrible at replying to emails so i'm just going to have to walk into the office some time during the year.</p>
<p>GoBlueMom: That sounds like a nice and full courseload. It will probably be a bit of a challenge, but i'm sure your daughter can handle it.</p>
<p>Anhydrosis: I'm not sure if 185 is necessarily "more interesting". It would be for me but that's because i like a little bit of theory. It's all about whether you enjoy straight problem solving or a little more creativity in your math. The curve is different because it's honors. It's basically graded from B- to A instead of D to A. Whether this is because the course has an easier grading curve or because all the students are just a higher caliber is up for debate, but the grades are definitely higher in 185.</p>