<p>WPM_Jon: My brother goes to UCSD and he says he's never heard of such a discount. It's definitely not true here at UCI.</p>
<p>I was just at the bookstore, and they informed me that books will not be in (or updated online) until after labor day weekend. I hope they're wrong.</p>
<p>jas0n,</p>
<p>i'll be a poli sci major and this is my planned schedule: </p>
<p>Writing 39B
Poli Sci 21A
US/World Geography
Film & Media Studies 85A</p>
<p>is this an ok schedule? any problems you can anticipate i may have? it doesn't seem very hard but i'd like your opinion. thanks a lot.</p>
<p>How does work study works? Do they give you a list so you can choose or will you have to look for your own job?</p>
<p>The Brian:</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with tha tschedule. The only problem you might face is a work overload for a first time college student. Even if you've overloaded yourself with AP courses or community college courses, other factors including your social life may interfere, and you will be unable to handle this courseload well.</p>
<p>sweetdream:</p>
<p>The workstudy program basically offers you jobs on campus that you must do in order to acquire the financial benefits it comes with. I'm not sure how they go upon assigning you jobs. I've never participated in it. I do know that they offer many jobs with very flexible times to work around your school schedule.</p>
<p>jas0n, </p>
<p>all of the writing 39b classes are currently full or wait listed.</p>
<p>if i remove writing and just take Poli Sci 21A, US/World Geography and Film & Media Studies 85A, will my coursework be too light?</p>
<p>i guess it would be good in terms of adjustment to college, though?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>The Brian:</p>
<p>Because writing was your only demanding class, the schedule becomes very relaxed. In a sense, it's good to start out light, but it can make you lazy. People tend to get lazier in college than they were in high school. This is a decision you should think about since you know yourself the best.</p>
<p>what happens if you are wait listed for a class? (in my case writing 39b)</p>
<p>will you get a spot?</p>
<p>The Brian:</p>
<p>There are plenty of WR 39B sections and people tend to drop out from writing classes. You have a high chance of getting a spot somewhere, but there is no garuntee where. Stay on that waiting list. There's a good chance you'll get in.</p>
<p>Does UCI offer triple degree program? I'm interested in math, physics, and computer science, and I really want to learn them all. I tried to pick two for double degree but found it difficult to leave the other out as a minor.</p>
<p>I'm not doing this to impress anyone or to increase my chance of graduate school: I have been interested in these three subjects for several years. It's these subjects that are making me look forward to learning/studying in college. Math and Physics are for my personal benefit (I want to have insight of this physical world) while Computer Science is my career interest.</p>
<p>My original plan was to double major in Math (my initial major) and Computer Science, and then minor in Physics.</p>
<p>Well this is easy: there's no minor for physics so I guess I'll have to change my initial major from Math to Physics, minor in Math, and double degree Computer Science if I decide to double degree + minor. </p>
<p>So another question is, how chaotic is the process of switching majors just after the first semester starts? Can I refer this plan to school officials during orientation?</p>
<p>I got a 5 in AP Calc AB and 3 in AP Physics Mech. For the latter, I can get "4 elective credit" which I'm not sure what it exactly is. However, I am confident that I will score well in the physics placement exam to be placed in Physics 7B. I'm automatically in Math 2B from my AP Calc score.</p>
<p>In regards to restrictions on downloading stuff in dorms, is it true that torrents, P2P programs, etc. are blocked?</p>
<p>For jas0n and everyone else who have attended Irvine:</p>
<p>have you guys taken or know of someone who has taken over 20 units in one quarter? what was it like? I know you guys highly discourage taking too many classes to start off college with. Still i kinda wanna know how it was like taking that many classes.</p>
<p>Hey Birdkiller</p>
<p>Triple majoring is possible, but really hard to achieve in two ways: planning it out so the school will let you and executing the requirements. I totally support your thirst to learn. I have a similar attitude, although not as thorough as yours. I loved learning physics and math so I picked electrical engineering knowing that I had to fulfill a LOT of requirements in both of those areas. Now, I’ve found that I don’t like math as much as I thought, but enjoyed physics a lot (especially E&M). However, I found myself wanting to apply physics to help others, so engineering came out well for me. Comp sci is a demanding major, so triple majoring would be very tough. I want you to look around at all the requirements and course descriptions in the UCI catalogue. I know it’s hard to understand at first, but keep reading. Right now I see a concentration on computational physics which includes extra math courses and three courses in compsci. This would definitely overlap with your compsci req. Also, physics requires you to go all the way with math. These majors all overlap a lot. I would consider only double majoring in compsci and physics. There’s plenty of math to go around in both majors!!! Also, look into compsci and engineering. </p>
<p>If you bring up your major change to UCI now, you might be able to change your major. However, computer science has a lot of extra screening processes because it is an impacted major at UCI. Your new plan seems like the best way to approach things, but you will have done so much math it’ll already feel like you’re minoring in it. Besides, minors don’t really help even if they’re written on your diploma.</p>
<p>If you have anymore questions on this ambitious plan, keep asking around! Don’t stay uninformed.</p>
<p>dirtbags:</p>
<p>Sadly, I did not use any p2p programs all year long. I ended up using websites like rapidshare or megaupload. You learn to live with it. After one year, things will be better if you move out of UCI. If you plan on staying on campus, then you're back to having restrictive internet. Of course, there are ways around it, but many will get you caught and banned from UCInet access haha.</p>
<p>haywire2689:</p>
<p>I have a very ambitious friend that tried to go 21 units in engineering. She found out it was definitely hard and not worth it. She was a very good student too. Her gpa is 3.5+. Anyway, do NOT start out with 20 units. You'll die, trust me. I know a friend that takes 20 every quarter. He's doing fine, but he's in psychology so the courses are not as demanding. Take less for the first quarter, get above a 3.0 and ask for clearance of going over 20 units the next quarter. Be careful!</p>
<p>senior AP classes:</p>
<p>ap biology
ap gov/econ
ap physics
ap calc BC</p>
<p>college courses:</p>
<p>math 2b
chem 1a
bme 1
writing 39a
physics 7B</p>
<p>you guys think the workload is equivalent for these class schedules? im just want to know on average how much studying is required to engineering major looking for 3.7+ gpa. like in high school i would usually get home and study and wat not for 6 hrs or so..mon-thurs and plus weekends.</p>
<p>Well I looked up at all the requirements for the 3 three majors, listed them, and found the total of each plan:</p>
<p>Triple Degree with Computation for Physics: 62 courses
Triple Degree with Philosophy for Physics: 70 courses</p>
<p>Double Degree with Physics (Computation) and Computer Science as major w/ Math minor: 54 courses</p>
<p>Double Degree with Physics (Philosophy) and Computer Science as major w/ Math minor: 62 courses </p>
<p>This is the total after I accounted for the overlapping courses (more than 10 courses overlapped between the three majors) and used the credit from my AP Calculus exam. It'll be one less if I do well in the Physics placement exam. </p>
<p>I guess I'll try to first change my major to Physics before the school year starts and try to apply double degree for Computer Science. Is this possible during orientation?</p>
<p>So here's the question: What's the maximum number of courses one has to take to graduate in 4 years with B.S. degree? </p>
<p>Also, my plan is to do double degree for the first year and then consider triple degree in my sophomore year. There's almost no disadvantage in that since the classes I'll be taking in the first year will either satisfy the Breath or ALL 3 major requirements.</p>
<p>gohansdemise:</p>
<p>That's way too many classes. As I've said before, AP courses have nothing on college courses. There may be less busy work, but there's a lot more actual work to be done, particularly if you want to get the A. There's a huge gap between those schedules. One that doesn't even bring them in any relation. </p>
<p>In addition, if you want a 3.7+ gpa then you need to constantly be top of the class. If there is a class of 400, you must be in the top 40. You need to be on campus to see what I mean.</p>
<p>BirdKiller:</p>
<p>Did your calculations include breadth courses? It's good to start out with a double major and find out if you're up to taking the triple. It's very possible to try for a double major including compsci, but you will be under review since CS is an impacted major. Double majors are actually acquired by fulfilling both degree requirements simultaneously. You aren't exactly officially admitted to both majors, but you do need to get it cleared. Aside from that, there are some rules governing your ability to double or triple major. You need to talk to the counselors about that. It might not be covered in the catalogue.</p>
<p>I don't exactly remember the unit cap for majoring, but it should indicate it somewhere in the catalogue. I remember hearing the cap is around 220-230. I wouldn't be so worried about that if you're ambitious and you do well. You can get a dean's approval to surpass it. </p>
<p>With all due respect, I think you might be making a blind decision. I'm not sure if you're aware of what a double or triple major asks of you when you're dealing with majors such as math, physics, and CS. Don't get me wrong though; I do support you. For all I know, you already have the experience and potential to make it happen, but I'm not sure from my end.</p>
<p>The calculations was only meant to gauge how comprehensive each plan will be. I doubt the number of courses itself will tell me how difficult it will be. They did not include Breath courses.</p>
<p>No doubt in the future I may rethink my decision to go triple major, so right now what I'm doing is simply collecting information. Then try double major in my first year, and decide my final plan in my 2nd year. </p>
<p>From reading the requirements, my first classes of the first year will indeed fulfill some of the lower-division requirements of all three majors. They all, or at least both of the three, require me to take Math (Math 2B, 2D, 2E, 2J, 3A, 3D), Physics (Physics 7A-B-D-E), and Computer Science (ICS 21) courses.</p>
<p>From this, I'll be fulfilling the some of the lower-division requirements for these three majors regardless of what my initial major will be and whether or not I'll do double degree in my first year/quarter. </p>
<p>Also, how much credits is equal to a single course? And what do "units" mean? credits? courses?</p>
<p>Thanks for the information :)</p>
<p>BirdKiller:</p>
<p>Alright. If you want me to inform you more about what is covered in classes, you can go ahead and ask me. I've taken all of math and almost all of physics (one more to go). I also know the ICS 21 series includes a lot of java programming. I'm not sure if you will be covering C/C++.</p>
<p>Each course varies on how many "units" it is. Most classes are 4 units. A unit is supposed to be the measure of workload. However, we have all found this to be imbalanced among the many classes. It's the same thing as "credits" in high school.</p>