<p>@Mollie</p>
<p>I actually want my chem class to be 3.091 because I’m interested in Materials Engineering. Not sure if this affects your advice.</p>
<p>Most people I’ve met have advised me to take whichever subject (bio/chem) I’m weaker at during first semester because of P/NR. I can say that while I do love chemistry, I have disliked the little biology I have been exposed to (it has always seemed like a history class in its style to me, and since I love history and have never been attracted to bio, it has always seemed better to take history classes and has made bio classes seem pointless to my personal interests); I know the class will be difficult for me due to the fact that I have a weak background and my disinterest in the subject matter. Let’s just say, at this point in time, I see myself getting a C (if I’m lucky) in Bio while getting a B in Chem and I would rather get the C during P/NR.</p>
<p>What about pushing German back to sophomore/junior year? This is starting to seem ideal, but at the same time, it will interfere with MISTI, probably pushing it back to the summer between junior/senior year. The downside to this, I see, is that I see myself possibly involved in major research at that point in time and it will be hard to leave that to go start a new project elsewhere, and then coming back to research that I had, effectively, abandoned prior to the summer. Aren’t most research projects done continuously? Is it detrimental to have gaps, summer-long ones, in your research? </p>
<p>It seems to me the best time to do MISTI is between sophomore and junior years but the best time to start foreign language class is sophomore year. On the plus, I am fluent in Spanish and could do MISTI Spain, or the upcoming Chile, but I would rather do it in a language I am trying to learn, not one I have mastered.</p>
<p>Thank You for the advice so far.</p>