<p>On PennInTouch for me, I appear to be locked in under a 4.5 credit max courseload. What kind of courses make up a half-credit? Is it worth trying to take a 5th course worth one credit pass/fail? How many pass/fail classes do we get? Am I able to sign up for 5 credits worth if I am currently in the College?</p>
<p>The limit is for first term.....you can have 8 PF during the 4 years. As for taking more than 4....I do it all the time and Whartonites take 5 every term. You may be able to get the limit raised by speaking with your advisor.....it can be done.</p>
<p>Do you think it is wise to take 5 courses with one passfail? Did you do it for your very first semester?</p>
<p>How come Whartonites take 5 every term... the credit requirement is 37.</p>
<p>I got my advisor to allow me to add another class. What would be an ideal supplemental choice to take p/f?</p>
<p>Hazmat, my academic advisor told me taking 5 classes eats up too much time and prevents you from having fun and that taking a class P/F in the first year is a very, very bad idea. What are your thoughts on this response?</p>
<p>i heard the same thing, legend...my advisor wouldn't let me take more than 4.5 c.u.</p>
<p>as for the half credit...i think a lot of lab classes do that...otherwise, the only one i found on freshman timetable was structural biology--i think that's what it's called; i was gonna sign up for it, but the prof seemed to have bad reviews</p>
<p>I got my advisor to bump me to a 5-max but I am debating whether or not it's worth doing</p>
<p>i got my advisor to bump me up to 5.5 (im in college... engineering ppl already are in 5.5), but that's only cuz one of my classes is two credits, and if i had 4.5, i would only have 3 classes. i kinda persuaded my advisor that i can handl 4 classes, even though it'll be 5.5 credits.
i dont think 5.5 is that big of a deal, but it may have to do wit being a freshman and easing ur way into college life...?</p>
<p>The best I can tell you is that upon arrival at Penn I had already done the group living thing and had an open schedule so the adjustment was not too severe. I have always taken more than 4 and on a number of occassions six. Its not like I don't do any fun stuff or travel on weekends to out of town fun stuff it is what you are used to and how much you need play everyday. I also work and play in the orchestra do clubs where I hold an office. That is the best I can tell you......do what is right for yourself. I cannot judge your previous experience.</p>
<p>What are the required Wharton classes first year besides Management? If I eventually try for a double-major I would have to fit Management in next year, but what else must be taken?</p>
<p>Math 104 (though you get credit if you have a 5 on Calc BC)
Econ 001
Econ 002 (both waivered if 5 on micro and macro econ, respectively)</p>
<p>I don't think there's anything else.</p>
<p>Legendofmax when you say double major are you speaking of dual degree or are you speaking of taking the max number of courses in Wharton while getting a degree SAS?</p>
<p>Dual degrees I suppose (although I thought it was called double-majoring?). Where you are enrolled in both the College and Wharton and you get a degree from both.</p>
<p>don't you have to apply to a specific program for that (like Huntsman or Jerome Fischer)?</p>
<p>No it isn't denoted as Huntsman or Jerome Fischer I believe. I would have applied for those programs had I better understood what they were.</p>
<p>Dual Degree is very doable and in that interest you would need to speak with your advisor and probably want to raise the number of courses you take each term or plan for some summer school or both.</p>
<p>My advisor would not tell me how to do it because she felt I should explore first and take it easy? Are they even allowed to do that?</p>
<p>Sure they are allowed to blow you off, if you are not assertive you will then end up taking extra semesters to get the courses you need for both degrees. All you really need to do is get a list of requirements for both degrees, use the 8 semesters and plug and chug the requirements. You will need some help in deterining the cross credit type stuff but it is not that hard to plan. I don't know what you are speculating on regarding majors in SAS but say ie Chem/Wharton or History/Wharton........perhaps Finance or Accounting look up the requirements and bingo you know what you must take.</p>
<p>I know that for the College you need two courses for sections 1 2 and 3, and one course for section 4, 5, and 6, and then one from a few other sections I can't remember. What are the requirements for Wharton? Am I missing anything?</p>
<p>(Interestingly enough I never saw a "Fulfills language requirement" heading in the course guide above any of the languages)</p>