<p>I was reading in the UC Davis forum on the topic of "If you were a Freshman again..." and one of the recommendations was to take GE courses over the summer at a community college. Have any of you all done this?
What are some other tips for incoming Freshmen?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Find out the hard classes for your major (orgo for science majors, accounting for business majors, etc.) and take them over the summer at a CC, for the most part they way the same for your critical tracking GPA (but I know at least if you are an accounting major you have to take accounting at UF).</p>
<p>I am taking accounting at a CC now in the fall and seeing how difficult it is here, I can only imagine what some of my friends went through taking it at UF.</p>
<p>gpowsang</p>
<p>I prefered to use the gen eds as a bit of filler in my schedule, the gen ed classes are easier so it’s nice to mix them in rather then have rediculous courseloads.</p>
<p>I used my summers to take classes I had heard were a lot of work, and just took them by themselves. There’s no class that is hard to get an A in, when it’s your own class and you can totally focus on it.</p>
<p>The only people in my major who took classes over the summer at their CC are no longer in my major. They didn’t have strong enough a grasp over the material in order to continue. But my major is a special beast, for most people I’m sure they’d be fine.</p>
<p>I took gen eds at a community college this summer and I can’t wait to do it again next summer. I took English Comp 2 and Theatre Appreciation. I found the classes to be so much easier and more laid back than what I was used to after my first year at UF. I took Comp 1 at UF and we wrote 4 papers and was drilled on MLA format. My Comp 2 class only had 2 papers and 90% of the people in my class had never seen MLA before (this will vary based upon the classes you take and the college itself, but it was just an example). </p>
<p>Look into the classes that you want to take and see if it would benefit you better to take them at UF or at a CC. Comp 2 at UF is 6,000 words for Gordon Rule and Theatre Appreciation is none. I ended up getting 7,000 for Comp 2 and 2,000 for Theatre at my CC.</p>
<p>My son is starting college next fall 2011. And he wanted to take some dual enrollment classes this summer at our CC to get a jump on things.</p>
<p>My suggestion to him was not to rush it. After all college are going to be the best years of your life you might as well enjoy it.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take CC classes if you are planning on going to graduate school, especially competitive fields such as medicine or law where you will be competing against many students who didn’t.</p>
<p>I agree with Ryan, it’s especially true if u want to go to med school. Med schools even look down at u if u take summer classes because they believe it is easier to take tough classes over the summer.</p>
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No, I don’t think it’s a poor move in terms of med school admission if you take difficult courses at your university over the summer. It is unfavorable to take * community college * classes that apply either to GE requirements for your given major.</p>
<p>I agree with Zaersz. Gen Eds are somewhat easier than the core courses, so its better to take a few gen eds with other harder courses. Just find the right balance between the two so that you dont run out of gen eds by the end of your sophomore year.</p>
<p>As for other tips for incoming freshmen, I would say dont take college lightly. I came in fall of 2009 thinking (foolishly) that college will be just as easy as high school was for me. I quickly learned thats not the case and you really have to work hard on all your courses. Also make sure you do all the homework for the classes, both assigned and unassigned; it really helps when it comes time for the exams.</p>