<li>I’m planning to major in economics, and graduate in 3 years, because I have to get a masters in year 4 under the terms of my scholarship.</li>
<li>I’m assuming (hoping) that my writing seminar will be in the spring.</li>
<li>I’ve already covered all the materials in PHY 101 and 102 for my A levels. So they are just “easier” courses meant for fulfilling the distribution requirement of two ST courses.</li>
<li>I’ve covered up to MAT 104 in my A levels, and thus I’m placing directly into MAT 201-202.</li>
<li>I’ve read that the WRI will be tedious and challenging, so I’m hoping the combination of a FRS (which is supposedly easier than regular courses) and pdfing an “easy” course (PHY 102) will balance my stress out in my 5-course spring term.</li>
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<p>Please give your comments, thanks! I did this on my own using the UA and the course offerings webpage so there’s probably a lot of holes to be plugged.</p>
<p>OK, I see a couple problems with your sched. </p>
<p>First of all, unless it’s different for people who choose to take advanced standing, you won’t be able to take two ECO classes in your first semester (you can’t take two of any single department). But it may very well be that since you are technically a sophomore due to advanced standing you may be able to do this. </p>
<p>Also, don’t take PHY101 unless you absolutely have to. It’s generally not advisable to take courses with all material you’ve already covered, unless you need the course as a departmental or as a requirement for something like pre-med. Also, PHY101 is also not that easy of a class; since all of the non-engineering pre-meds take it, the curve is pretty tough, and the course is entirely based on memorization. Unless you absoutely love physics or need it for some requirement, I’d strongly recommend against taking it. If you want an easy ST, take something like MOL101B (intro to molecular biology) or any of the ENV (environment) classes that have fun field labs</p>
<p>FRS can be easy or it can be very challenging, it all depends on the seminar you pick, but most involve a decent amount of reading. WRI is generally tedious and takes a lot of time. MAT201-2 are not especially difficult. </p>
<p>One thing to consider is the amount of problem sets and papers each semester. ECO100-1 each have a weekly problem set, as does MAT201-2 and PHY101-2. WRI will have 3-4 papers and FRS will probably have multiple papers, especially if you take an LA. If you don’t mind doing a bunch of problem sets each week first semester and writing many more papers second semester, this is not something you need to worry about, but I know I enjoy doing a mix of things and would prefer to balance things out so I had diverse assignments and not just a ton of one type. </p>
<p>thanks Silver! I’ll try to tweak it based on what you’ve said.</p>
<p>Maybe if I explain my scholarship’s stipulations to graduate in 3 years, I could get special permission to take two ECOs in my freshman Fall? I’m hoping so… I also have 5’s on AP Micro and Macroecons but will still be taking ECO 100-101, so maybe these scores might persuade them to let me take both in my first Fall?</p>
<p>Yeah - I do need PHY 101-2 as a distribution requirement even though I’ve already covered everything in it. would that be wise?</p>
<p>Also, wouldn’t MOL have more memorisation and more premeds? Hmm… maybe I will pdf just PHY 101 in my second Fall without continuing it with PHY 102, and use one of the easy STs you’ve suggested in my 1st year.</p>
<p>Yah, just talk to them, they may encourage you to place out of ECO100-1 if you already have AP credit. </p>
<p>And, the beauty of distribution requirements is that you have many courses to choose from to satisfy them. Generally no one takes PHY101 to satisfy an ST requirement; it’s just not that enjoyable of a class. </p>
<p>MOL101B is the non-pre-med version of the class, people take it for an easy ST; MOL214 is the premed version, which is much more complete and challenging.</p>
<p>I would take econ200 instead of 100/101 if you ahve the ap credits, since then it frees up a space in your schedule. Also, I would try to take the FRS in the fall, since you have 4 very large classes there right now, and its best to mix up the size of the classes a bit. Also, you don’t get to choose what semester to take a writing seminar.</p>
<p>ec1234 and Silver, thanks for your reply. while I do have 5’s, I got them through pure self-study with a princeton review book and thus I’m still not very confident in economics; I didn’t take a comprehensive course unlike many people. that’s why I’m still planning to take ECO 100 and 101. what does ECO 200 cover, and how different/more advanced is it than ECO 100 and 101?</p>
<p>Also I realised that I can’t take MOL101B, since I’m using A level biology for 2 AP credits that would count towards advanced standing. I’d forfeit those AP credits if I take MOL101B. I guess I’ll just have to stick with one science at the most, and/or take a ST course outside of the three main science departments.</p>
<p>I would still take 200, its for students who don’t want to skip right into 300 level econ. If you’re trying to graduate in 3 years, you might as well take as many classes outside of your department as you can. Some good (interesting) STs are in the engineering school, particularly in civil</p>
<p>hi ec1234, what did you mean when you said that 200 “its for students who don’t want to skip right into 300 level econ”? Could you elaborate? thanks :)</p>
<p>I think 200 is tailored specifically for people who took AP macro and micro - it’s not as tough as a 300 level class, but it is <em>i think</em> taught with the understanding that all the students have had an equivalent 2 semesters of economics, not like 100 and 101 which are taught towards kids who haven’t taken any eco. </p>
<p>But I’m not a student there yet, so I could be completely wrong. Forgive me if I am.</p>
<p>t-san is right- its tailored to kids who have 5s on both tests, but don’t want to completely place out of the 100 level classes. It seems like a good place for you, since you want some more grounding. You have to take micro and macro again at the 300 level as well, so you might as well skip out of 100/101.</p>
<p>“Generally no one takes PHY101 to satisfy an ST requirement; it’s just not that enjoyable of a class. MOL101B is the non-pre-med version of the class, people take it for an easy ST; MOL214 is the premed version, which is much more complete and challenging.”</p>
<p>I was planning on taking PHY 101-102 to fulfill ST requirement. Would you suggest doing PHY 103-104 or two MOL courses, like MOL 101B, MOL 205. I don’t have a strong physics background and I took AP biology this year, but I’m hoping to major in Math, so I figured Physics would make more sense.</p>