<p>Oh yes, the frosh spring limit is 57, not 54 - my bad.</p>
<p>So you know, I actually took one of those 9-unit seminars (20.20, in particular) and I thought it was a horrific waste of time (which precipitated me to declare sophomore standing ASAP). The problem with those seminars is that they are very exploratory, and I didn’t really believe I was learning anything concrete. It was very much of a “oh hey this is what this major is supposed to be like but you don’t know anything yet so we’ll just let you play with some toys for now” kind of thing for a loooong time. I thought it was quite a waste of time so I really preferred being able to take 60 units so I could knock another one of my major requirements out of the way. As for FASIP - well, people either really like it or really hate it, so you can see how it goes.</p>
<p>Re: major adviser - so yes, by declaring soph standing you do get your major adviser a semester early, but it’s really not as useful as it might sound, generally because if you want a major adviser to advise you on the major, you can do the same just by going to the undergraduate office for the major and just be like, “hey, so I’m a freshman deciding to major in your department, and I have the following questions…” It’s sad for me to say so, but a lot of the undergraduate major advisers here are engrossed in their research and the odds are good that they won’t actually spend an hour speaking with you about how you should map out your major (which is something you probably would like to see happen in your ideal world). It is cool to see your WebSIS change from undesignated to a number a whole semester early than your peers though ; )</p>
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<p>2000th post!! : D I remember I created a thread in the Princeton forum dedicating my 1000th post to Pton a month or so before ED decisions. They responded by deferring then rejecting me -____- well, this post is in honor of MIT then : ) Incredible how long it took me to get from 1k to 2k, haha =p yay!</p>