<p>I am an incoming freshman for Electrical engineering. Planning to sign up for the following classes and have rated these professors from best to worst based on review at cape, and ratemyprofessors.com. Could use some help with suggestions\ review since some of these professors are new and not listed. My criteria for rating is -- Want to learn the material properly, and hopefully get a good grade.</p>
<p>ECE 15 - No options other than Alon Orlitsky ( Hope he is good)</p>
<p>Warren writing 10A - Setven Adler, Holly Bauer ( Rating not available for Bauer)</p>
<p>Chem 6A -- Michael Sailor, Christina Johnson, Leor Weinberger, Czworkski </p>
<p>Math 20C -- JOhn Eggers ( first choice but classes are full - unlikely I will get in)
Jiri Lebl ( No rating - any opinion?)
Alina Bucor ( No rating - any opinion)
Yuan Zhang ( Is rated lower than Eggers)</p>
<p>would apprecite suggestions. Also can anyone suggest a freshman seminar more oriented towards electrical engineering, or computer engineering as second choice.</p>
<p>In Warren Writing, you get taught by grad students. As for chem, I’ve never of Sailor, I had Johnson for a short period of time and she seemed great (everybody seems to love her), I’ve heard great things about Weinberger but only from a couple people, and Czworkowski seems to be the interesting case. I had Professor C for some science education classes, which are classes on how to teach science, and he was amazing. But for chem I always hear people say that he’s boring and sometimes hard to follow. Maybe it’s true, but he’s still my favorite professor at UCSD so far and one of the nicest guy in the world.</p>
<p>Did you happen to take the Freshman seminar that’s taught by Professor C called Teaching Science: The Challenge? If so, what did you do in the class and would you recommend the class?</p>
<p>^I sure did. You pretty much just sit and talk about different challenges of teaching science. Why kids have difficulties learning science. Why the US is behind many other countries for sciences scores in school, and stuff like that. If you were considering wanting to teach science, I would definitely recommended it because I thought it was great. But, if you’re not really considering being a teacher and you just want a fun class to take, I guess it could be considered boring. Get what I mean?</p>
<p>Yeah I thought it would sound boring. What about the other science one called “Preparing for Undergraduate Research in Chemistry,” did you take that one?</p>
<p>Oh nevermind then. Well what are some Freshman Seminars that you would recommend? I read that the Beatles one (MUS 15?) is a good one. What else?</p>
<p>You don’t need to take a class to learn how to get a research position - everyone I know found a position just by emailing a professor randomly, introducing themselves, and asking if they could volunteer in a lab.</p>
<p>One of the beautiful things about UCSD is how many undergrad research opportunities are available. It’s quite a normal thing for science majors to be working in a lab by their junior year – whether on campus or off, at UCSD affiliates or private companies. I know it’s a little intimidating to email professors out of the blue, but trust me – they’re used to it.</p>
<p>The Beatles class isn’t a freshman seminar, it’s a 4 unit class. All freshman seminars have a course code ending in 87. I don’t know about the ones this quarter, but Time Travel and Its Paradoxes (PHIL 87) was pretty cool, whenever they offer it again. DO NOT TAKE Leave Them Laughing (VIS 87) UNLESS YOU ENJOY THE FEELING OF BEING STABBED IN THE EYE WITH A SOLDERING IRON!</p>
<p>Any one else have any input on my original request regarding professor rating at the beginning of this thread. I hoping someone would help me with MATH 20C professor selection.</p>
<p>Well from what I’ve read on RateMyProfessor, Weinberger and Sailor are the more popular professors for Chem 6A, and Eggers is definitely the most popular Math 20C professor.</p>
<p>@enemyunit - Since there is only one CHEM (6A) qtr requirement for EE, I thought I will get it out of the way. This will allow me to focus on Physics continuously ( one every qtr ) starting Winter.</p>
<p>I heard Johnson is a great professor. Tough, but a really good teacher. Only thing is, she’s teaching a night class fall quarter and I don’t want to walk around campus in the dark I’m currently debating between her and Weinberger</p>
<p>UCSD is really really safe, even at 3 am. (that’s when i used to leave lab for the parking lot) you’ll have lots of people walking back to your college after lecture gets out, and it’s a really good opportunity to grab dinner with them and meet new folks! johnson’s a really good teacher - i’d really go for her class while enrollment is still on your side.</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on Math 20C - Would like to know something about Jiri Lebl, and Alina Bucor, since I doubt I can get Eggers as his classes are popular.</p>
I’m currently debating between her and Weinberger</p>