<p>Ooh I have the same question as above except I took AP Physics C junior year then forgot it all... I'm assuming this completely throws out the 60 series too even though I was great at physics at the time? I want to be a physics major, not engineering.</p>
<p>Frog: If you're planning on majoring in Physics I'd suggest taking the 60 series because if you take the 40 series you'll need to take another physics class as well (at least that's what my physics major friend tells me). If you took AP Physics C and did well in it then give Physics 60 a shot!</p>
<p>thx for that link of the wilbur pictures! Oh and what about my questions about the bikes and the girls???</p>
<p>thanks for the heads up. but i have to wonder, how do some of you guys already know what you're taking? i thought we couldn't pick until after meeting our advisors during NSO.</p>
<p>and question! what exactly are these intro seminars? i just got my course catalogue for those today.</p>
<p>also, i heard that they offer a hip-hop class during the fall quarter. is it difficult to sign up for this class? and other activity classes?</p>
<p>"how do some of you guys already know what you're taking? i thought we couldn't pick until after meeting our advisors during NSO."</p>
<p>I reccommend that all of you go through the bulletin and try to find out which classes you would take this quarter. Although you will speak to an advisor, they will not pick out your courses for you but only provide advise or suggestions on how to make the most of your time at Stanford. Don't show up unprepared with no idea of what kinds of classes you want to take.</p>
<p>cosa: sorry I forgot about your other questions. No you can't buy a bike on campus for 100$ you'll have to go to target to get one that cheap. The ones in the bookstore cost over 200$.</p>
<p>You'll hear a lot of people complain about the girls on campus but honestly I think they're exaggerating. This isn't model school or anything but there definitely are some good looking girls here-dont believe the hype. More importantly most of them are really smart and nice.</p>
<p>Introsems are small classes that you take with a professor. They're usually not difficult and its usually a good opportunity to get to know a professor.</p>
<p>johno12345: They won't stop you from taking 45 before 41. But it probably isn't a good idea. It's OK to hold off a quarter on starting the physics sequence; you can use the extra time to get other things out of the way (PWR, GER's, other prereqs) or take something that just looks interesting.</p>
<p>frog139: If you still feel comfortable with the AP C material, you can start straight in at 45 in the fall and move on to higher level classes (or take care of GER's) in winter and spring. If you'll do that, you'll also need physics 70 at some point, as superwizard refers to. Your other option is to take the 60 series (the whole thing; they don't let you skip any with AP credit). There will be some material you've already seen, but I promise you will never be bored.</p>
<p>Introsems tend to focus on a very specific topic that you wouldn't hear much about in other courses. The topics are also often of some special interest to the professor--an area of research or expertise, or sometimes even a hobby (the most well-known being Nobel-winning physicist Doug Osheroff's seminar... on photography). Note that you have to apply to get in; some are more competitive than others. Don't be afraid to apply for a sophomore seminar as a frosh, or vice versa.</p>
<p>masterharper: There's a class called "Intermediate-Advanced Hip-Hop" offered in the fall, but I don't know anything about it.</p>
<p>For everyone: AFAIK, the hardest activity classes to get into are the social (i.e. ballroom) dance classes. If you sign up shortly after enrollment opens (or for this quarter, as soon as you meet with your advisor) and go a little early on the first day, you should be fine. By the way, everyone should take at least Social Dance I sometime in their Stanford career.</p>
<p>About your advisor meeting: Unless you really have no idea what to take, you should go in with a short-ish list of potential classes and ask for your advisor's opinion on those. Don't start from scratch at the meeting. And make sure your list isn't just prereqs for your major--it's important to explore a little, especially your first year.</p>
<p>Finally, have a look at stanfordcourses.com. It's a much better search tool than Axess if you're browsing for classes.</p>
<p>Hi Everyone,</p>
<p>My son will be a freshman in class 2012. He is thinking about taking Math 51H, but we are not sure he will be able to do it since he has only done a bit of epsilon-delta proofs at the beginning of his single variable calculus course. Would you mind giving us some advice about the class. Whether is it really hard to get an "A" there? </p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>By the way, my son will live in Mirlo House of Florence Moore Hall. How is the dorm room there? Thanks!</p>
<p>cosa nostra: Cheap bikes don't last long. Save yourself some hassle by spending a little more money. Punctured tubes, misaligned chains, and other problems from poor construction are not fun to fix.</p>
<p>I had never done any epsilons and deltas going into 50H, and I had no problems. (In fact, I went from being a little scared of them to being quite comfortable.)</p>
<p>fliebieg: FloMo (what everyone calls Florence Moore Hall) is a decent dorm. The rooms aren't the biggest and quite honestly its not as newly renovated as other dorms (Branner or Roble for instance). That said the rooms are very decent in size for freshmen. Here are some pics of the dorm: Associated</a> Student of Stanford University</p>
<p>Sly Si: Thank you for your reply. Uh, do you know what's the difficulty of the class gradewise, what's the curve centered at, and proportion of students getting each letter grade (A, B, C, etc.)? My son is taking some time right now to read the 51H textbook, and he thinks it's very confusing because it seems to be full of mathematical notation, with very little actual "English." It's taking him a few hours just to read a single page because it's quite difficult for him to comprehend what the author is actually saying. By the way, the textbook used for the 2008-09 year is the one written by Leon Simon, which hasn't been officially published yet (but my son got a sample chapter to read).</p>
<p>superwizard: Thanks for your reply.</p>
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<li><p>Would the following schedule be reasonable for first quarter: Math 51H, an IHUM, a third "regular" (that is, non-activity) class, and a freshman seminar?</p></li>
<li><p>What is the typical time frame for dropping back from 51H to 51? And, if you're several weeks into the quarter, what are some of the potential problems of dropping back and ways to avoid them? For example, what if 51 conflicts with another class or an ihum?</p></li>
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<p>I have a question to add!</p>
<ol>
<li> When do students (prospective engineering students, or students in general) generally take their first Physics series (like Physics 40 series or 60 series)? Would it be weird to take this as a sophomore?</li>
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<p>I was looking at Physics 60 on courserank, and the vast majority of people currently enrolled are freshmen. As I'm hoping that I'll stick out the Math 50H series, I'm not sure I'd want to take the Physics 60 series at the same time.</p>
<p>1- ChemE's generally take them their sophomore year and I know a few other engineers who took it then. Most of them do take it their freshmen year however.</p>
<p>Unless you're really good at both math and physics i would imagine taking both at the same time would be quite hard</p>
<p>If you wait on the physics for Soph. year doesn't that mean you take it and Organic Chemistry (33) at the same time. That sounds just about as bad as having it with math to me unless you are saying students find chemistry easier to handle than the math ?</p>
<p>can anyone tell me about Junipero. it is part of the Wilbur hall.</p>
<p>cressida: ya you end up taking orgo and physics at the same time. I did that (the 40 series) and as long as you dont take too much else its not too bad. </p>
<p>SacKings: junipero is another basic wilbur dorm. all frosh. It'll look pretty much exactly like this : Associated</a> Student of Stanford University
Not a bad dorm pretty standard. :)</p>
<p>i was on axess and it says that they won't be offering Math 41 in the winter or spring qtrs.. only fall.. i didn't want to take math my fall qtr but now that i have to it seems to interfere with chem 31x!! (which has a meeting monday discussion 11-11:50-- same time as math which meets every day 11-1150)</p>
<p>help!? is axess right now the final say or might it change at all? am i missing something here as i freak out trying to put together my schedule</p>