<p>Hey celestial! Thanks for the offer! If you're in class while I'm on break, I'll definitely come! :)</p>
<p>I've checked the bulletin and talked to my parents. I think the best decision would be to talk to my adviser (when I get one...).</p>
<p>Oh man, I am sooo ready to be out of school. :D</p>
<p>Cool! By the way, I was totally wrong... the class is Monday/Wednesday from 10am-11:50am.</p>
<p>Got it! Thanks! :D</p>
<p>Haha, can't let you get too one-sided before you even come, now can I? I've got an advanced molecular biology class on Mon/Wed from 2:15-3:45, so check that out if you'd like another aspect. Also taking a seminar on epidemics and a seminar on ancient chinese medicine (feng shui and all that jazz), if you're interested.</p>
<p>On double majoring: it'll be kinda tricky on scheduling, but manageable, although you'd have to put off a lot of courses of one of the majors until senior year, probably. The unit-managing will be annoying, since every English class is 5 units. However, given that only 60 units is required for an English major, this amounts to 12 classes, so it shouldn't be too bad overall. Sit down with the bulletin and make out a 4 year plan of the neuro major, and then a 4 year plan of the English/whatever else you're considering major, and then mesh them as you can. :-)</p>
<p>My schedule for the coming quarter, if anyone wants to visit (during or not during Admit Weekend) and check out my classes:</p>
<p>Developmental Neurobiology
Introduction to Cultural Psychology
Spanish, 2nd year, 2nd quarter
Cellular Dynamics II: Building a Cell</p>
<p>First off, if I have already taken AP's that Stanford accepts do I have to still send them in b/c I would like to re-take some of the courses Stanford offers? Also, if I do decide to turn in my AP's will all of them count...I can’t pick and choose which ones I want to turn in for credit?</p>
<p>Also, as for this foreign language requirement can I just take the SAT II in June and turn in the credit when I start in fall...is it too late to take the SAT II for Stanford to accept it or do they take credits in the fall…</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that in general, you can take classes that you already got AP credit for. For example, I did AP Chem and took Chem 31X here, even though I actually placed out of the class. I took AP Stats and took Stats 60 here anyway, which was identical. So, I'm not sure if you can pick and choose which AP classes to tell Stanford about, but in general, I don't think they should keep you from taking classes that cover material that you have already learned.</p>
<p>Foreign language is an exception, though; your previous credits and/or a placement exam will decide which class for you to be in. You can't place into 2nd year Spanish and decide to take 1st year because it will be a breeze. I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your specific question about taking the SAT II in June.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about the CME 100 series?</p>
<p>Heehee...thanks jwj! I hope that I'll have the chance to visit during Spring Break, and if not, then perhaps AW? I'm in a competition civics team, and we're preparing for nationals in DC, which is begins the week following AW. I really hope that I have a weekday I can skip during spring break...</p>
<p>Also, do AP units count for the transfer units? That would limit any summer classes I might think of taking during the summers to help me if I end up doing a double major.</p>
<p>Fall:
SLE
IntroSem: Digital Dilemmas (fulfilled Engineering GER and INSANELY easy - no tests, 50% of grade was class participation - he told us we needed to say 1 thing each week - and other half were lame projects like filling out worksheets and observing elections. absolutely no math/science involved. got to hear a bunch of amazing guest lecturers - head litigator at LucasFilm, etc.)
like everyone got an A
Chinese for Bilingual students - i love bilingual classes. love my prof. only 6 people in class - my prof is soooo nice and it's so fun to be in that class even though it's a lot of annoying work/memorization.</p>
<p>This quarter:
SLE
Chinese
Introsem: Evolution of Voting Rights (no longer offered - Fraga is leaving)
fraga was amazing. 70% of our grade was a moot court exercise at the end where we used the law school moot court room, got placed in teams for a fake case and had to argue + co-write a 30 page brief supporting our position. incredibly interactive and awesome. loved my group. pretty sure we did well. pretty sure everyone did well...
2 lame SICs not worth discussing - Student Initiated Courses are fun, but don't expect to get anything really substantial out of them</p>
<p>AP units do count toward grad but don't fulfill any reqs except foreign language. </p>
<p>introsems are awesome!!!</p>
<p>maybe this thread is geared toward the undergrad but I was wondering is there any of you who have taken the CS 200-300 level courses? I'm planning to take the advance database, OS and network classes and was wondering how intensive they are compared to the 100 level counterparts.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone can really say. It depends on your abilities, if you are really really smart and talented maybe they are easy for you.
They are grad level courses... and my uncle (whose doing PhD here) says they are a lot of work.
If you are the type of person who wants to take these classes I'd suggest just taking one and seeing how you do, you can drop later if you need to.</p>
<p>CME100 is a ***** and a half in terms of work. More applicable to practicable engineering than the 50 series of math, but definitely a ton of work. Lots of Matlab programming. Oh, and did I mention the class is like, half grad students?</p>
<p>I'm planning on entering into business and feel that a language base in mandarin might suit me well for my future endeavors. However, all throughout high school I've taken french and so I have absolutely no understanding of mandarin. Furthermore, language courses in general proved to be my greatest weakness. </p>
<p>How do you all think I should go about learning mandarin? I don't want to be in classes with people who had taken mandarin 3 or 4 in highschool and then get a bad grade (which could, in itself, keep me out of business school). Should I just continue with my french and then take mandarin in later years for pass/fail grade?</p>
<p>Do most people start with introductory language courses even though they already have taken classes in highschool?</p>
<p>mandarin is a pretty hard language to learn - currently taking it because my writing/reading ability is close to nil, and my speaking is still really subpar compared to my comprehension (born in China).</p>
<p>you should start out with first year intro mandarin. people who've taken it in high school will be placed differently when they take the mandarin exam. grading in language courses is generally pretty easy and lenient - you'll only do badly if you really really don't put in any effort at all. to quote my chinese prof, the only way you can get a B in her class is if you don't do any homework and don't come to the tests. otherwise, almost everyone else will get an A. </p>
<p>taking it for pass/fail is convenient but would make me less motivated...if you want it because of china's growing economic presence, it'd be good if you became fluent...you'd have to commit to three years of mandarin, and there's also a business chinese course you could take...</p>
<p>most people don't because the repetition is boring; some people do to pad their grade (some people in my bilingual class went to chinese school for 8 years - they clearly should not be in a first year bilingual class, but they do it for the easy A) but i'd think that less people would do it in the regular classes. even so, lots of people will be in the same boat as you.</p>
<p>so what do you guys think of the quarter system? Doesn't it get really intense because there are always exams right around the quarter? My sister goes to Dartmouth and says it can get pretty crazy there--and they only take 3 classes per quarter! How crazy does it get taking 4 (or can you still do 3?)</p>
<p>I have a question about double majoring:
While perusing the bulletin yesterday, I noticed that both the written and online versions explicitly stated that the "Spanish-Portuguese major was designed to combine with other majors".
I want to double in HumBio and Spanish-Portuguese with the eventual intention of going to med school. I have 4 yrs. of high school and 3 semesters of college spanish and a 5 on the AP test. Thus, I know that I can have the 10 units I get for the AP test applied to my first year Spanish classes, though a Stanford placement test should get me out of those anyway, right?
My question is this: Is it likely that I'll actually be able to follow through with this double major... and possibly an additonal minor... when the Stanford required classes (IHUM, etc.) are taken into account?</p>
<p>buwinnifred: only 3 classes per quarter? Don't start setting limits, it's nonsense. You take whatever you're capable of doing and are comfortable with. For some it's 3 classes. For others, it's more. Just do whatever's right for you. You'll find out soon enough what that is if you come, but worrying about it now will only hinder you. It's all about being confident in yourself. :-)</p>
<p>ShortnSweet: double majoring = possible. Scheduling = tricky. Sitting down and making four-year-plan = a must. Planning double majors and such before coming and really exploring all your options might not be...optimal at the moment. Slow down a bit, you can do all that later. Also, having an advisor around will help. :-)</p>
<p>I am a little confused on this whole pass/fail thing; does this mean we can take classes we enjoy w/o worrying about the grade?</p>
<p>also since language is a requirement, can we take that pass/fail?</p>
<p>also how hard is the language requirement—specifically the oral part? B/c I am not that good with languages.....just math and physics...lol</p>
<p>Yes, you can take classes without worrying about the grade too much (you'll need to get the necessary percentage to pass, which varies from class to class). However, classes taken pass/fail DO NOT count towards the 180 units you need to graduate from Stanford. I'm not sure about the foreign language requirement; I looked here <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/bulletin06-07/pdf/DegreePrograms.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/bulletin06-07/pdf/DegreePrograms.pdf</a> and don't think I found the answer.</p>
<p>I don't know how to tell you "how hard" something is; however, you will take a placement test if you have some experience with a language so that you will be put into the class that is best for your current ability. If you want to start a new language, go for it :)</p>