<p>I got into Revelle, but after looking at the requirements for the humanities courses it just ****ed me off. But i heard some people saying that taking these courses at a CC would be easier. So should i just take these courses at a local CC if they offer it?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that as long as you are enrolled at UCSD and Revelle you have to take at least most of the Hum series. The only way to get them out of the way completely is to transfer in (and even then I've heard horror stories). Basically I always tell people to avoid Revelle unless they like never-ending GE's.</p>
<p>people, stop freaking about Revelle's GEs. You guys write about it as if it's some kind of impossible and daunting task. It's not going to be that bad if you get rid of some of them with AP or SAT scores. Even if you don't have any credit whatsoever, graduating in 4 years is still definitely possible.
Anyways, you can definitely take all of the HUM series at a nearby CC instead of at UCSD if you choose to do so.</p>
<p>jasonlee,</p>
<p>I agree that the Revelle GE's aren't impossible, but when you compare them to the GE's of Muir (and to a lesser extent every other college) you start asking yourself: Why me? What did I do to deserve this?</p>
<p>Am I the only one in this universe who's actually looking forward to HUM????? The courses sound really interesting!</p>
<p>I'm looking forward to HUM as well!!</p>
<p>i like hum, and i purposefully picked revelle for its ge's...people call me crazy when i tell them this...i also like how it has an area of focus, bc it just makes minoring (japanese for me) so much more understandable</p>
<p>I'm also glad I'm in Revelle because there is a structured course load! I would be so confused if I had to do this without any guidelines. Good luck Muirians!</p>
<p>not to mention that most grad schools want a "well-rounded" applicant. the prestigious ones at least, which is what most people try to aim for. i would say its an advantage to be in revelle because you're FORCED to take those ge's compared to the other colleges where you don't have to and opt for the easy way out (because that's certainly what i would do). also, it gives you a chance to find what you really enjoy, instead of limiting yourself to strictly your desired major at this very moment.</p>
<p>The Muir GEs offer a different challenge. You have to take a year long sequence, so you have to stick to the sequence you chose or start a whole new one. They really require you to be individually responsible. If you want to go to grad school, YOU have to be disciplined and make yourself take the more difficult classes.</p>
<p>Additionally, Muir's GEs really help if you want to double major. Taking an entire 3 course sequence often clears the lower division requirement for some of the majors in the humanities and social sciences.</p>
<p>hum is probably in actuality easier than what most people perceive to be like. still, though, only 2-3% get an A, 9% an A-, 14% a B+, etc...</p>
<p>what i'm not looking forward to is the calculus....because i skipped trigonometry. and it was the best school year of my life.</p>
<p>yeah..i try to encourage anyone i know in highschool to learn calc there...people have a hard time learning it in college</p>
<p>really put some time into learning and do the hw...do even more then they suggest too...calc is mostly a matter of practice</p>
<p>Calculus is seriously the most interesting subject i've ever taken, I really dig it.</p>
<p>i enjoyed it in highschool</p>
<p>in college...not so much</p>
<p>cant tell you how many profs ive had that barely speak english, and give us misinformation and wrong equations, haha</p>
<p>this one guy i had Ping-shun Chan..always sang the doors --whiskey bar in his 'dr. evil' voice hahaha</p>
<p>I gonna be a dork and take calculus at a community college before going to UCSD...just to be prepared! :P</p>
<p>haha that scares me even more, since a lot of people are getting d's in calc already.</p>
<p>also, how in the world do you ENJOY calculus? i have no idea what it entails so i wouldn't know, but i hate math. </p>
<p>do the professors normally teach out of the book in math classes or do they do their own thing?</p>
<p>Because it's so applicable to everything in life, it's a way to describe objects moving in free space. It's just plain awesome if you think about it.</p>
<p>Wow! I'm semi-excited for calculus now!!!</p>