<p>^IMO, asians and whites make up most of the people you'll see here.</p>
<p>Ok, so I think I've figured out a way for me to get all Muir's GE done in Freshman year (big shock since they're called "Freshmen GE Requirements") with four courses each quarter.* My question is this: How many classes each quarter do we have to take to qualify as a "Full-Time Student?"</p>
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<li>Assuming there aren't any conflicting times with any of the classes.</li>
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<p>You have to take 12 units to be a full time student. That is usually 3 classes, but it depends on the number of units each class is that you're taking.</p>
<p>Ok, so assuming each GE class is 4 units, my plan would be ok?</p>
<p>Yeah it sounds fine, I mean you might want to take 3 your first quarter to get acclimated but I wouldn't worry about that yet! There will be advisors and stuff to help you out over the summer with registration.</p>
<p>is it bad to take all of your GE's freshman year, or better to spread them out throughout the four years? (: </p>
<p>and yay for muir ♥</p>
<p>^ Why? If I can get them done and be off to my major, why wait? I could understand taking 3 classes in your first quarter to get used to college, so that's pushing one class to Sophomore year, but other than that, why?</p>
<p>ucsandiego915, they just make you take 36 PER year to be considered a full time student.</p>
<p>you can apply to be a part time student and take 8, then 16 then 12</p>
<p>People wait to take some of their GEs until their third or fourth year. It's not exactly fun to take all upper divs every quarter.</p>
<p>And good luck actually getting into all of your GE classes first year. Plenty of things can screw that up: enrollment times, course offerings, conflicting class times.</p>
<p>Sorry Arctic! My friend who is an athlete said she was required to have 12 each quarter to be considered a full time student. My bad :)</p>
<p>yea i think im gonna spread out my GE's. whatever, we will see what happens.
so back to the dining hall - so students can go to any dining hall right? do certain places have better food?</p>
<p>^ I've heard that most of the dining halls are pretty much the same. Most students don't seem to have a preference, except for location (i.e. Which one is closer).</p>
<p>Yes, you can eat anywhere on campus you want.</p>
<p>OVT (Marshall's) closes the latest, 1 AM I think.</p>
<p>I got into Muir too, but Winter admission so I might not be able to decide on what type of housing situation I'm in, if I even get housing. My snoring is so bad though, there will be complaints if I'm not in a single lol</p>
<p>Pros: Minimal GEs, close to many outdoor tennis courts and basketball courts, close to Main Gym(not the primary gym, it's just the name is main gym because it used to be the primary gym until they built RIMAC), close to everything, close to skate shop(although they're moving this quarter), close to Summit (one of the better dining halls), available parking spaces, etc.</p>
<p>Cons: Muir writing, it can be a good learning experience though. I guess the structure of the dorms aren't that good either, but they tend to be bigger than other colleges.</p>
<p>Hope this helps, and congrats.</p>
<p>^ I'm actually looking forward to the writing courses. I've improved a lot this year, mostly because scholarships have allowed me to practice and refine my skills, and hopefully these courses will help me keep improving.</p>
<p>What's wrong with Muir writing? How does it compare to other colleges' writing courses?</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that it's pretty tough since it's critical writing. Many people have never taken critical writing courses before. I think it's the same as Warren writing because they're both 2 quarters. However, other colleges have different writing courses, I'm not sure of the exact structure. I just know that MMW(ERC) is 6 quarters and you do learn about history and culture around the world, and in DOC(Marshall) you learn about court cases and write on those.</p>
<p>What is critical writing? Is it like analyzing texts?</p>
<p>I'm in Muir too, but in the Winter Quarter. I only ended up deciding on Muir a few days before the App was due because people were telling me how great it was. And then I realized I would prefer a little more open GE requirements as opposed to Revelle's strict ones</p>