life sci help

<p>where can I get help on the psets and practice problems?</p>

<p>hahahha</p>

<p>sucks</p>

<p>Why don't you go to your TA and ask for help? Also form a group of other students to go through the problems sets.</p>

<p>Lol, this isn't the place.</p>

<p>Hey demoplayer,</p>

<p>You should apply to the Bureau of Study Counsel to get a tutor. This is a great program- they charge 4 dollars an hour to the student, which is termbilled, and have a good number of students employed as tutors, all of whom have taken the course and done well. I'm employed as a tutor for two courses myself.</p>

<p>Most tutees meet with their tutors 1-3 hours a week. This will probably be more than enough to help you understand the problem sets and tests in LS-1a.</p>

<p>BSC is located at 5 Linden St, near Adams. You can stop by and sign up during business hours. Let me know if you have any questions.</p>

<p>lol wow, are you serious now?</p>

<p>try asking your classmates?
next to try: asking your TF and office-hours</p>

<p>lol why would anyone want to represent mcb 52</p>

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lol why would anyone want to represent mcb 52

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inflated grades are inflated

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I don't know what either of these is referring to...</p>

<p>ETA: Oh, his/her username.</p>

<p>Are you a senior admiral?</p>

<p>what's wrong with MCB52? it's a very interesting class...certainly my favorite by far</p>

<p>mcb 54 >>>> mcb 52, but physics 16 > both</p>

<p>I'm a junior.</p>

<p>what's mcb54 and physics 16 like? i haven't taken either of those yet but considering them</p>

<p>also, what do you think of life sci 1b?</p>

<p>Many science courses in college are intense unlike anything most students have seen before, (10-16 hour problem sets each week are common), but Physics 16 is known to be unusually intense even by that standard. I shopped it for a week and was quite impressed.</p>

<p>I know a number of students that enjoyed 16, but also (including some who enjoyed it) who were basically scared away from physics in general. Many of those students had excelled at courses such as AP Physics and many kinds of math. 16 isn't a course to try out physics and see if you're interested, or to get an understanding that can then be applied to other fields- for that, try 11a or 15a (I took 15). Physics 16 is intensely involved in the most nitty gritty details and most convoluted problems of mechanics. Indeed, it is probably considerably less useful that 11 or 15 if you're looking to apply physics to other fields rather than go purely into physics.</p>

<p>In short, if you're really into physics and looking for a challenge, 16 can be a very stimulating course and might well convince you that physics is the right path for you. However, if you're interested in the applications of physics, or are just looking to gain a very strong understanding of mechanics, 11 or 15 would probably be a better choice. However, the professors of both courses do encourage you to shop 16 and consider it, even if you then decide 15a is the better choice.</p>

<p>I haven't taken MCB 54. I did take Life Sci 1b, and I wasn't impressed with the general organization of the course. For so heavily designed an intro course, I found the grading scheme convoluted and the labs unhelpful. Having said that, it does cover some of my favorite material, evolutionary biology, which I have been doing graduate-level research in for years since. You might credit 1b with getting me interested in the material.</p>

<p>LOL I didn't know 16 was THAT intense...I know people who are taking physics 16 and chem 30 concurrently.</p>

<p>Naturally intense means different things to different people. This is probably true in physics and math more than in any other subject. For example, I found CS 50 considerably easier than most students did, but found Math 21a somewhat challenging, and as I said 16 is above my level.</p>

<p>It's hard to know what level of physics one is at just from courses at the high school level- it's best to shop the course and decide for yourself.</p>

<p>thanks Admiral for the courses info</p>