Help me with my Rutgers schedule!

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>So I made up my mind and I will be attending Rutgers Civil Engineering for 2012-2013. But the real topic here is to ask what should my electives be? Civil engineering from what I hear will kick you in the a** and along with Expos. its gonna be a challenging year.</p>

<p>Should I go with a GPA booster that has nothing to do with my major, or should I try and stay as close to my major in terms of the elective? Or should I just take a language class? (I can speak Korean but not sooo much, it's like at the 'Spanglish' level) I mean I'm gonna be in a hole for all I know with studying, b/c I'm not that amazing at Calc (averaging a mid 70...) and I can't remember anything from Chem 1 and Phys. II Honors is not sticking to me. (but somehow I'm managing a 93?)</p>

<p>Regardless of the scheduling, any help is great pertaining to this thread.
Thanks!</p>

<p>Oh and here's their schedule. I'm guessing the second columns I see for every year is the second semester of that year or something...
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CIwBEBYwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoe.rutgers.edu%2Ffiles%2FCurriculum%2520-%2520Civil%252010.doc&ei=7herT4ugIsON6QGzhq2IDg&usg=AFQjCNGFxDc9lVy5lICZ7pURK7hwmWY0hA&sig2=CTHOWop-hvI5Lsot-QqCZA%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CIwBEBYwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoe.rutgers.edu%2Ffiles%2FCurriculum%2520-%2520Civil%252010.doc&ei=7herT4ugIsON6QGzhq2IDg&usg=AFQjCNGFxDc9lVy5lICZ7pURK7hwmWY0hA&sig2=CTHOWop-hvI5Lsot-QqCZA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>List your required classes/credits for first semester. Are you APing out of anything?</p>

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<p>hi im an incoming freshman and im planning on majoring in biomedical engineering. but i got stuff in the mail and all i have to do is choose an elective and then send out a few forms back through mail. did you go to apa day to get that schedule that you have bc i thought engineers dont have to go to apa day because our classes are basically set out for us. </p>

<p>to answer your question i would say it depends more on the person. i personally think you should take a completely new elective which has nothing to do with your major as a way of branching out to make different types of friends and also as a breather, even though you dont know if the elective class is difficult or not but thats my suggestion!</p>

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<p>What year are you? But anyway, civil engineering’s definitely one of the easier eng majors, don’t be worried.</p>

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<p>take micro/macro since they are requirements for graduation</p>

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<p>Hey, I just finished my freshman year and I declared Civil Engineering so I could probably help.</p>

<p>The curriculum you linked is exactly what you will be following for the next 4 years, although the order in which you take the classes may change. In my case, I was not put into Intro to Experimentation (Chem lab), Intro to Engineering (Engineering Orientation Lecture), or Expository Writing my first semester. I would’ve liked to take those classes, but seeing as incoming freshmen aren’t allowed to make their own schedule, I wasn’t put in them.</p>

<p>My advice is to take Intro to Microeconomics in the Fall and Intro to Macro in the Spring, because they are a requirement. However, there is a single class called Economic Principles and Probability that takes care of both classes, but my friends struggled in this class and weren’t able to focus on the tougher classes. Micro and macro are relatively easy classes compared to your math/science intensive schedule, but don’t take them lightly! They can definitely be GPA boosters if you pay attention, go to lecture, etc. and they can also ruin your grade if you’re not careful.</p>

<p>Also, try your hardest to have some sort of AP credit when you start college (this may be a little late since AP testing is going on now I think.) Rutgers’ scheduling system goes by credits acquired, meaning the more credits you have under the belt, the earlier you get to schedule your classes (this is done by WebReg, on the internet). For the spring semester of freshman year, you get to choose your own classes, but since freshmen essentially have zero credits, they go last. HOWEVER, if you have 1 or more credits entering into college (meaning if you can AP out of a least one class), you get to register earlier than the other freshmen. Many engineering kids have AP credit, but a lot don’t, so having this advantage is key into getting your essential classes and time slots you like.</p>

<p>One of the most essential classes to get early is Chem lab. This class is required by numerous majors, not only engineering students, so it gets filled up quickly. If you aren’t placed into it for fall semester, you’ll need to take it in the spring. If you have AP credit, you’ll be easily able to register for it. If you don’t, you’ll be behind the rest of the kids and you might not even be able to take it that spring, meaning you’ll have to take it sophomore year, which you really don’t want to do.</p>

<p>Yeah, so I just wrote a whole lot because I’m extremely bored, but if you have any questions, I’ll be happy to answer :).</p>

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<p>Sadly the only AP class I really took was AP Calc and AP US History and I only took APUSH and got a 4 b/c my grade in AP Calc wasn’t stellar; which is a 70-ish.</p>

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<p>I was going to do that, but I heard that engineers are on one of those straight path routes…</p>

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<p>I heard that too! But why is it a lot more easier anyways? And I’m a senior in HS right now.</p>

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<p>I think that’s where I’m gonna lean towards.</p>

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<p>So what is this class? Is it basically intro to Chem and is it an elective? I wasn’t very great at Chem in HS and only took Chem I… Hopefully it isn’t too hard? And what can I opt out for a 4 on the APUSH?</p>

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<p>Chem lab is a separate class from Gen Chem 1 and 2. It’s not an elective; it is a required class for all engineers.</p>

<p>I was bad at chemistry in high school too but chem lab is relatively easy. It takes what you learn from Gen Chem and applies it to (super duper) easy lab experiments. You get a workbook that pretty much tells you what to do step by step. But for a one credit class, the amount of actual work you do is absurd. It’s a 3 hour period that meets once a week and there is also a final. </p>

<p>I’m not entirely sure what each AP test substitutes for which Rutgers class, but I’m sure you can get credit for a 4 on APUSH. There’s a whole list somewhere online.</p>