<p>Hey CC,</p>
<p>I will get straight to the point.</p>
<p>I am a sophomore (Intended MCB). I will be taking:</p>
<p>English R1A
Chem 3B/L
Physics 8B
Psychology 2
Envi. Sci 10</p>
<p>Total Unites:18</p>
<p>I am planning on taking the last two classes as breadth requirements, and maybe P/NP.
Has anyone taken Psychology 2 or Envi Scie 10?</p>
<p>How were the classes? Difficulty? Midterms?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>English - my class was based on discussion, reading books/passages, writing essays and a more detailed literary analysis.
Chem/Phys - science classes, you’ve got labs, new concepts to learn, practice to do on solving problems. Phys. is the 8 series, so nothing too intimidating there I would think. Perhaps 3B is where you’ll want to place more attention as it’s highly competitive.
Psych 2 - when I took it, it was based on lectures and reading from a textbook, concepts weren’t too hard, though not as interesting as I made it out to be.
No idea about ES. </p>
<p>My opinion is that it’s quite manageable, provided you don’t party your socks off too much. Maybe wouldn’t hurt to take one of them P/NP if it’s not something that’ll be considered for grad/prof school apps.</p>
<p>Your schedule looks good actually.</p>
<p>English R1A – depending on your lecturer, you may have about 4 essays for the entire semester. Maybe lots of reading. But not too bad.</p>
<p>Chem 3B – I heard it’s easier than Chem 3A, so if you had no problems with 3A, 3B should be okay too.</p>
<p>Physics 8B – I heard 8 series is a piece of cake (Maybe not to the people who took the 8 series, but definitely to the people who took the 7 series).</p>
<p>Psych 2 – The lecturer I took it with was really easy. I didn’t really go in lectures and everything you need to know for multiple choice exams were on the powerpoint slides and textbook.</p>
<p>ES 10 – Interesting class. Not too many assignments and exams are definitely do-able. Prof Firestone is awesome.</p>
<p>Thanks easylife808 and yogayoha! I appreciate it!</p>
<p>A few more questions if you guys do not mind.</p>
<p>Is English R1A heavily based on participation (20%)?</p>
<p>Are Psych and ES10 hard classes/Curved?</p>
<p>Finally, are the textbooks for Psych and ES 10 required? As in, do we have homework straight out of the textbooks. Can I buy the old editions and still do good in class?</p>
<p>BTW, I am taking ES 10 with Firestone.
Again, thank you!</p>
<p>That looks fine. Chem 3B is a lot of work, but the other classes on that list are pretty easy. ES10 in particular is a total cake walk…</p>
<p>This should be manageable if you don’t procrastinate. You’ll more than likely focus your attention mostly on Chem and Physics. And since two classes are P/NP, it’ll give you even more room to breathe. Good luck with the semester!</p>