<p>DO you know if the M is flexible at all? bc i kinda like my schedule the way it is, and since it isnt determined, idk where to put it.</p>
<p>There’s one that you sign up for that you don’t actually go to. I can’t remember, but it’s probably the M. Furthermore, if I’m not mistaken, they’re pretty flexible with pre-labs–just go to one if for some reason you happen to miss your own time. I don’t think they’re flexible with actual labs though. Again, you only attend three actual meeting times—the lecture, pre-lab, and lab. Trust me, there are so many options that I can not foresee you having any problems.</p>
<p>uroogla: Thanks for the feedback for the Greek Tragedy course! It’s the class I’m most excited for, but I’m fairly certain I’ll take it pass/fail lol. I think that stuff is incredibly interesting, but is definitely out of my comfort zone. Oh, ya, I did see the M. It hasn’t been determined yet. Ya my schedule looks crazy cuz 3 of my classes are MWF and only chem is TR because of how much time it consumes.</p>
<p>You’ll have time to decide whether to take it for a grade or not. You might have to decide before receiving a grade, though, as the professor is not the fastest grader. It does, however, appear to be a small class. Only 5 students are currently registered for it, with all three years ahead of you having had a chance to sign up. I don’t see that number leaping exponentially by next term. The material will likely be interesting, though it certainly loses something in the English. (I read a verse translation of Oedipus Rex in high school and it really felt like an awkward, literal translation rather than a piece of literature.) If your MWF classes are spread out, that could be doable (next term, I’ll have 4 MWF classes and 1 TTh class, unless I change my mind drastically). If they’re in a row, you may not enjoy that as much.</p>
<p>it’s not too bad. I have a 9-9:50 (Eng 110), a 11-11:50 (CLAS 620), and a 2-2:50 (Geo 220). I’m gonna e-mail professor tullis now to see if there’s anyway i can have a reserved spot since there’s only 27 spots left! (I’ve already talked to her before about becoming a geoscience concentrator so im hoping)</p>
<p>To current students: I was wondering if any of you think a double concentration in physics and applied math-CS is possible. I will probably have 5s on both the AP Physics C tests, already have a 5 on AP CS AB, and I will have finished both multivariable calculus and linear algebra at a local university by the time I graduate. And even if it is possible course-wise, how likely am I to survive all of the work?</p>
<p>Applied Math-CS exists as a single combined degree.</p>
<p>Oh I misread it.</p>
<p>You’re probably not going to be able to do that and not drive yourself crazy. That’s like 30 math/applied math/cs/physics with no general education at all.</p>
<p>I’m not even sure it’d be a good idea if you could do it.</p>
<p>I also doubt those interests will stay at even levels throughout your time here.</p>
<p>Additionally, AP Physics would qualify you for the advanced intro courses. AP AB CS gives no placement or credit on the grounds that it’s not a worthwhile exam, and the CS department tends to want you to take the same number of math courses wherever you start in the sequence, so your background is very unlikely to lessen that number that modestmelody cited any.</p>
<p>Take CS 17 (unless you have some pretty major programming background… which AP CS may not be enough) and Phys 70, and maybe an applied math or honors mutlivariable or linear algebra. Then you might see where your interests actually lie. And I know someone who took multivariable at their local college, who ended up not being able to handle our honors multivariable.</p>
<p>What are the chances of getting into one’s top choice FYS?</p>
<p>I just want to chime in to note that if Physics 7 is with Valles again next year, it’s a fantastic course with a tremendously dedicated prof.</p>
<p>Re: FYS, since Brown has shopping period (where you can add/drop for the first two weeks of classes), even if you dont’ get in through the lottery it’s generally pretty easy to just go to the first class, talk to the professor, and work something out.</p>
<p>What would your advice be about these courses? (I’ve taken AP Calc AB with a 5 and AP Physics C Mechanics with a 5)
APMA0350 - Methods of Applied Mathematics (I, II)
ENGL0130 - Critical Reading and Writing II: The Research Essay
FREN0500 - Writing and Speaking French
MATH0200 - Intermediate Calculus (Physics/Engineering)
PHYS0070 - Analytical Mechanics</p>
<p>I am thinking of double majoring in Physics/Philosophy and Economics.</p>
<p>I’d advise against 5 courses freshman fall. It might be doable, it might not. But Phys0070 is very time consuming, as are language classes. It might be beneficial to put off APMA0350 for a year, because the next course in the sequence starts using concepts from Linear Algebra a bit before you’d get to them in MATH0520 or MATH0540. I trust that your French placement is accurate (roughly equivalent to a 4 on the AP exam), so it appears all of the levels are right, but it seems that this schedule would just take up too much time for freshman fall, leaving you with little time to adjust, meet new people, and socialize.</p>
<p>I would, additionally, consider shopping an Econ class and/or a Philosophy class in case you decide you like the content and/or professors for those more.</p>
<p>Uroogla, for english and/or literature classes like Greek Tragedies…would you say that there is a lot of in-class writing? I’m terrible at timed essays</p>
<p>I’ve never experienced any in-class writing in my English classes–and I’ve never heard of anyone else experiencing it either (except for maybe a midterm/final essay question).</p>
<p>The only in-class writing I’ve had has been on foreign language exams. You might have essay questions on exams, but that wouldn’t be the entire exam, and it’d likely be more of a “can you make appropriate points” type thing rather than “can you write in mellifluous English.” With that said, I haven’t taken any classes of that sort and I’m just going off of what I’ve heard from others. The only Classics courses I’ve taken so far have been conducted with all texts assigned in the original language, and so those exams are very different than one would have in other courses. I’d imagine most of the writing would be take home essays, though.</p>
<p>When are midterms? Start of October?</p>
<p>Haha. When are midterms!</p>
<p>Sorry, that made me chuckle. It’s late, I’m taking a quick work-break, so yeah.</p>
<p>Midterms depend entirely on the class. I had a math class last semester in which we had an early-october midterm, a mid-november midterm, and a final. Then I had an anthropology in which the first graded assignment was a midterm in early November. And we had a second midterm the last week before reading period, in December. In addition to a final paper. I know some other classes that give out three midterms. It really depends on the class, but the only thing I can pretty much guarantee is that you won’t have a midterm during shopping period.</p>
<p>Haha, sorry for the randomness of that! It’s just that I was looking at the academic calendar, and I’m so used to having a fixed “midterm period” in school, so the question was a bit of a spontaneous reaction :p</p>
<p>Pardon me if this is a dumb questions D: What does “S01” in “Intermediate Chinese - 10206 - CHIN 0300 - S01” mean? On Banner it says that “Instructor’s permission required for S01 only”
Some other course I saw a C01, C02… instead of S. </p>
<p>thanks in advance :)</p>