<p>Intro to EE [3 credits]
Chemistry 101 [3 credits]
Chemistry Lab 1 [1 credit]
Physics 101 [4 credits]
Physics Lab 1 [1 credit]
Honors Linear Algebra [4 credits]
FRESHMAN SEMINAR: Biology of Plastids [1 credit]</p>
<p>As for school, uh..don't worry about that...its US News Top 25...or 20...or 15..>_>.....don't worry about it...</p>
<p>So rate it from a scale of 1-10, where 10 is like DEATH, lol!</p>
<p>Thanks guys, you rock!!
-S</p>
<p>I would rate that a 2...especially because its your freshman year.</p>
<p>Chemistry 101 and Physics 101 are very easy classes.</p>
<p>Intro to EE should not be bad either. </p>
<p>Linear algebra will probably be the biggest work load.</p>
<p>I can't imagine a 1 credit seminar having any difficulty.</p>
<p>You will get some 8-10 semesters in junior year.</p>
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<p>THANK GOD YOU SAID THAT...I'm soooo relieved. I was freaking out, because I though I was going to die, lol!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the response man!</p>
<p>EDIT: Ok, lets declare that "5" out of 10 is "manageable"/typical of several undergrad engineers. This should make it easier to rate...I hope...</p>
<p>Well, it's not a two. No engineering courseload is going to be a two. You want a two, major in Leisure Studies or something.</p>
<p>It will not kill you, and most engineers have done something like it before.</p>
<p>Haha don't worry vader you'll be fine. It will get progressively worse through your junior year and most times senior year gets a bit easier for engineers. </p>
<p>I was pretty much saying he'll be at a 2 compared to what he's going to go through later. If you're saying a 5 is typical then yes you'd be at a 5. You're schedule is pretty typical for an engineer in early years. You're freshman level sciences should be a breeze and intro to EE should not be a problem. Linear algebra in my opinion will be the toughest out of all those.</p>
<p>Lol, I just don't understand how anyone can judge how hard it is without knowing what school or who's teaching. Pointless question since I know some freshmen courses can be extremely harder than a senior course just because of a certain professor...And schools aren't the same, so you might want to actually ask someone who goes to your school!</p>
<p>Not so difficult in my opinion. 4</p>
<p>Back in the day when dinosaurs roamed, intro chem and intro physics were considered weed out classes (or sometimes better known as flunk out courses) for those who wanted to be engineers at my uni. So....unless the world has really changed, I guess it depends on where you are going to school.</p>
<p>I wouldn't even count seminars as classes. You'll do fine.</p>
<p>I'd say 5.</p>
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<p>Yeah, oxidation/reduction reactions work <em>completely</em> differently at MIT in comparison to your average state school, and at Cal Tech, Newton had <em>eight</em> laws of motion.</p>
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<p>LMAO...you just made my day..no, seriously, no sarcasm, that was great...somewhat mean, but yet amusing ;)</p>
<p>Linear Algebra as a frosh is still pretty challenging...</p>
<p>As for Linear Algebra, I'm taking the Honors Course, which is Linear Algebra + *proofs*!! So I'm guessing that makes it much harder? maybe?</p>
<p>edit: I tested out of Calc 1 and 2 though a "5" on AP Calc BC...I think if I do well in the honors course, I'll take honors calc 3, which is calc 3 + proofs, lol</p>
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<p>It's not so much there's a difference in material between schools, but what you're expected to learn and understand from those courses. Think of how on tests there's usually some questions that are harder than others. At schools that have reputations for being difficult (or professors, for that matter), it's likely there will be more difficult problems.</p>
<p>Let me add that while your freshman year will be the easiest in terms of raw difficulty as an engineering student, it doesn't mean you'll find it easiest during. What I mean is that how well you do freshman year in college will largely depend on how well you were prepared in HS. If you came from an excellent HS and were well prepared for college, freshman year will be very easy. I like to think of freshman year at college as getting you up to speed, forcing you to their level due to the incredible variability in HS education quality as well as a weeding out process. </p>
<p>Since you got a 5 on the AP calc 1 and 2 test as well as taking honors calc classes I would like to think you'll have a breeze your first year. Mind you that will only your first year. I had 2 friends that came from top HS and breezed through freshman year, mostly A's and a 1 or 2 B's, afterwards, their grades dropped. One managed to keep his GPA above a 3.0 by taking GPA boosting soc classes and took as few classes as possible each semester. The other was getting C's and D's in the end, barely graduating.</p>
<p>Yeah, oxidation/reduction reactions work <em>completely</em> differently at MIT in comparison to your average state school, and at Cal Tech, Newton had <em>eight</em> laws of motion.</p>
<p>The materials they teach aren't that much difference, but there ARE difference in teaching method. I've been in two different engineering schools that are both ABET accredited , but one was more theoretical and the other was more practical. The theoretical engineering school was harder in terms of homeworks and tests though the materials they taught were somewhat the same. I can't recalled even once required to read tons of research articles as a source instead of a book in the practical engineering college...</p>