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<p>Not quite true…WashU meets 100% of demonstrated need (regardless of whether you are ED or RD). Not many other schools do that…</p>
<p>Thank you Ryan and Ari7! I can relax now haha XD can’t wait till next fall!!</p>
<p>@thentheresme
Thanks for joining this thread!
I got in ED and I’m planning on studying fine arts and economics, so I guess my questions will be most relevant to you. What requirements are there for the BFA program? Is it difficult to double major in both fine arts and econ? Can I minor in one? What would my schedule look like if I majored in fine arts and minored in econ? If I doubled majored in them?</p>
<p>I know answers can vary, but I want to get a general picture of what my schedule will be like freshmen year (and a general schedule to senior year if possible). Also - any other info about the art school/artsci econ department would be helpful!</p>
<p>@RyanMK, @marcdvl, etc: When do I have to submit my dorm surveys? As this is probably before I arrive on campus in the fall, is it possible for you to send me a picture of a typical traditional dorm? I have no idea what they’re like. I’ve seen the modern dorms already. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>YES an arts question! I thought no one would ever ask haha.</p>
<p>My class has just started using the new curriculum, so our schedule looks a bit different from what it might have looked like in previous years. As far as basic classes go, here is what your freshman schedule will look like:</p>
<p>FALL SEMESTER
Drawing I
2-Dimensional Design/3-Dimensional Design (you take one in the fall, one in the spring)
History of Western Art, Architecture and Design
Practices in Art, Architecture and Design (1 credit required class…so far it’s been love it or hate it. I, personally, would rather sleep in the extra hour on a Friday rather than sit through it, but I know people who really enjoy it)
Writing 1 (may also potentially have it in the spring)
1-2 electives, depending on whether or not you take Writing 1 now or later</p>
<p>SPRING SEMESTER
Drawing II
2-D/3-D Design (whichever one you didn’t take)
Intro to Modern Art
Practices
Writing 1 (if you haven’t taken it yet)
1-2 electives depending on Writing 1</p>
<p>I wish I could tell you how the rest of the years play out, but seeing as we have the new curriculum it’s kind of hard to say. Much of my sophomore year is going to be about fulfilling the prereqs for my marketing minor (I came in as a double major in English, realized marketing was smarter, and am now catching up on what I missed). Since I’m taking microeconomics next semester, I will have to take Calc I and Calc II (I’ve never taken calc before, so that’s going to take some work) and then Statistics to complete my prereqs. Then I’ll have sophomore studio, and other electives to help complete the distribution requirements.</p>
<p>As far as double majoring/majoring and minoring, they’ve been really receptive to pretty much everything. I know people who are majoring across multiple disciplines, so it doesn’t seem to be that hard. It’s just easier if you know what you want to do coming in so that you don’t end up like me and realize later that you’re going to have to fit some classes in that you really need sooner rather than later. I was actually going to double-major in marketing originally, but then realized that I would have to fit approximately 8 prereqs into three semesters, which would leave pretty much no room for choosing a lot of my classes or anything, really. So I’m minoring in it instead. </p>
<p>The economics major requirements can be found here: [Major</a> Requirements | Department of Economics](<a href=“http://economics.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major]Major”>http://economics.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major) so if you’re serious about a double-major, or just seriously thinking about it, try to take some of the prereqs as soon as possible. Worst comes to worst, you realize it’s not for you and just end up fulfilling the distribution requirements. So for the 1-2 electives you take each semester of freshman year (while you can take more, 12-15 credits is recommended for freshmen, and with the 1-credit Practices most of us end up taking 16), you’ll probably want to take micro/macro, calc, etc. </p>
<p>And I know everyone says a lot about pre-meds dropping, but there’s a lot of art kids I know who are switching out or seriously contemplating it. It’s a lot of work. A LOT of work. People seriously underestimate how hard it is to be an art student and how much time and effort we have to put in, both inside and outside of class. I know people who actually LIVE at studio over the weekends, and pretty much come back to the dorms just to sleep. My final drawing project took somewhere between 50-60 hours of intense work, and it was on a smaller scale than most of the other people in my class. Granted, all of it is gratifying work, and if I ever feel like I’m dying I pretty much just remind myself that once I get through these courses, I get back to doing what I truly love (typography and graphic design and layout design). But just be warned. A lot of people have said that all the work has made them actually hate doing art. But I think it’s all worth it, so, to each their own.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Sorry that it was kind of rambling (I’m procrastinating on 2-D work right now…whoops), but I hope it kind of answered what you’re looking for. If anyone has more experience with the econ department, chime in please! I really don’t have much aside from general info slash what I could find online.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your thorough response!
I’ll remember:
-to take micro/macro, calc (or stat) for my 1-2 electives
-that the art requirements are rigorous (thank you for telling me beforehand).
-what the general fine art freshman’s schedule looks like, w/writing in either fall or spring.</p>
<p>Thanks Again! You definitely gave me what I was looking for. Good luck on your 2-D work!</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies!
A few more questions:
- Would a score on AP Japanese earn me any credits?
- Does WashU have an applicant welcome day of some sort? I’m guessing it’d be after the round of regular decision acceptances. I definitely plan to visit if there is one.
- Could somebody explain to me in detail how fraternities work? I never got definite info on what Greek life is. What I know so far is that you live together in the same house for four years, doing everything together, and indulging in lots of parties. Is it hard to socialize with non-frat people? Does it alter your college life completely? And are frats linked to one another, even outside a university? For example, would a member of Alpha Beta Gamma of WashU be brothers with Alpha Beta Gamma of another college?
Sounds like a really stupid question, but I never really got to know what frats are about : (</p>
<p>So I was accepted to the school of engineering with an intended chemical engineering major. When I visited campus, I went on the engineering tour/information session and the speaker told me that the chemical and biomedical engineering majors overlap by all but two classes (but that they were planning on making them more separate in the future).
- Do you know of anyone who has done this double major within engineering? Has it been difficult?
- Does anyone know what the two classes are that do not overlap (I’m guessing Biology and something else…)?
- Have the programs yet been changed so that they do not overlap as much?</p>
<p>eddie:</p>
<p>1) I don’t think so, but you can probably test out of intro levels (and potentially get back credit)
2) Yes, they’re in April
3) As a girl I can’t really speak much about fraternity life, even though I’m close with a good chunk of the brothers in one frat here. But yeah - brothers at two different schools in the same nat. organization are still brothers.</p>
<p>asianginger:
- I actually don’t know anyone who has - a lot of people start as double majors in the two, but drop one because they decide they just don’t like it (not necessarily because it’s too hard).
- They could be anything - all engineering majors are required to take engineering/science breadth classes. I started bme, and then switched to ee… but all of my bme courses count as my breadth so I didn’t have to worry. Note: chemE’s are required to take the first class in the bio sequence.
- I really don’t understand how that would even be possible. Not sure where the tour guide got that from.</p>
<p>AsianGinger: Either that tour guide misunderstood your question or was just plain wrong. Each major has its own set of courses that are essentially exclusive to that major. So for both BME and ChemE, you have at least a few courses that usually will not overlap. For example, Process Dynamics and Control is a chemical engineering class which, by the nature of the course, typically would not have to be taken by anyone except chemical engineers. If BME and ChemE only differed by two courses, there would be no reason for any BME or ChemE NOT to major in both. But that’s not the case at all.</p>
<p>Below is a list of all required courses for both majors. The bold courses are the only ones that overlap.</p>
<p>BS in Biomedical Engineering:</p>
<p>-Physical Sciences:
General Chemistry (Chem 111A, 112A)
General Chemistry Laboratory I, II (Chem 151, 152)
General Physics (Phys 117A, 118A)</p>
<p>-Biological Science:
Principles of Biology I (Biol 2960)
Principles of Biology II (Biol 2970)
Physiological Control Systems (Biol 3058)</p>
<p>-Mathematics:
Calculus II & III (Math 132, 233)
Differential Equations (Math 217)
Engineering Mathematics (ESE 317)
Probability & Statistics for Engineers (ESE 326)</p>
<p>-Engineering Science:
Computer Science I (CSE 131) or Engineering and Scientific Computing (CSE 200) 3
Introduction to Electrical Networks (ESE 230)
Engineering Electromagnetics Principles (ESE 330)
Transport Phenomena I (ChE 367)</p>
<p>-Biomedical Engineering:
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (BME 140)
Biomechanics (BME 240)
Quantitative Physiology I, II (BME 301A, 301B)
Bioengineering Thermodynamics (BME 320B)
Biomedical Engineering Design (BME 401)</p>
<p>-Other:
Biomedical Engineering electives
**Humanities and Social Sciences<a href=“15”>/b</a>
Engineering Ethics & Sustainability (EP 4501)
Engineering Leadership and Team Building (EP 4502)
Conflict Management and Problem Solving in Engineering (EP 4503)
Technical Writing (EP 310)</p>
<p>BS in Chemical Engineering:</p>
<p>-Physical Sciences:
General Chemistry (Chem 111A, 112A)
General Chemistry Laboratory (Chem 151, 152)
General Physics (Physics 117A or 197, 118A or 198)
Organic Chemistry I (Chem 261)</p>
<p>-Biological Science:
Principles of Biology I (Biol 2960)</p>
<p>-Mathematics & Computing:<br>
Calculus II & III (Math 132, 233)
Differential Equations (Math 217)
Engineering Mathematics (ESE 317)
Probability and Statistics for Engineers (ESE 326)
Modeling and Computing in Chemical Engineering (ChE 275)</p>
<p>-Chemical Engineering Core:
Introduction to Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (ChE 146A)
Thermodynamics (ChE 320)
Materials Science (ChE 325)
Analysis of Chemical Engineering Systems (ChE 351)
Mass Transfer Operations (ChE 357)
Molecular Transport Processes and Chemical Kinetics (ChE 359)
Transport I (ChE 367)
Transport II (ChE 368)
Heat Transfer (ChE 369)
Process Dynamics and Control (ChE 462)
Reaction Engineering (ChE 471)
Chemical Engineering Laboratory (ChE 473A)
Process and Product Design (ChE 478A)</p>
<p>-Other:
Chemical Engineering electives (18)
Engineering Ethics and Sustainability (ENGR 4501)
Engineering Leadership and Team Building (ENGR 4502)
Conflict Management and Problem Solving in Engineering (ENGR 4503)
**Humanities and social science electives<a href=“18”>/b</a>
Technical Writing (ENGR 310)</p>
<p>Hi! I was admitted ED and I’m so excited. But in my acceptance letter, I was told that I had to attend the 5-week residential Freshman Sumer Academic Program from 6/16-7/21. However, my family has already booked our summer trip that leaves on 7/17. sooo my questions are:
- Has anyone ever done the program before?
- What is it/what did you do?
- Do you think I could leave a few days early?</p>
<p>^Did it really say “you have to attend”? if so, that would be a new one.</p>
<p>Anyways, you would take two courses. One would be Intro to Reading and Writing about Literature, and the other you get to choose from a list of 6 (Calc 1, Topics in Chem, Intro to Psych, Pirates of the Caribbean, Reason Logic and Behavior, Drawing for Artists and Architecture).</p>
<p>You end up with 6 units. Usually you have to apply to get in, so I can’t really figure out why they would force you to go unless they have some concerns. You would also be able to register for fall classes in the summer which is nice.</p>
<p>Since they are proper college classes with a grade, you wouldn’t be able to leave until after final exams…otherwise you’d fail and then kicked out of Wash U ;p. So no, you can’t leave early. Would recommend changing the dates for the trip…you’ll likely have to come home to drop off all your things first since you aren’t allowed to leave anything at Wash U over the summer. </p>
<p><a href=“http://fsap.wustl.edu/[/url]”>http://fsap.wustl.edu/</a>
For more info</p>
<p>As for the art question…3 unit art classes require 6 hours in the classroom, versus 3 hours for almost every other department/school. It’s more than possible to do a double major in art/econ, but you won’t have many other free electives. Taking intro to micro or macro over the summer would help (you’ll need 8 classes for the econ major or only 5 for the minor – which means you might as well do the major). In addition to Calc 1-3 (or Calc 1-2 and a 1 unit Mathematical Econ class) and a Stat class.</p>
<p>@marinabeana I know a few people who had that conditional acceptance, so it’s definitely not new for this year. All of them have said that although at the time they were annoyed, in the end they really loved FSAP and would definitely go back and do it again. And they are most certainly keeping up with everyone else academically, so I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>FSAP is essentially summer camp with students all your age, no parents (but with supervision), and relatively easy classes that count towards graduation. I know plenty of people that went to FSAP and have never heard a single complaint.</p>
<p>If it says you’re required to attend, you should email an admissions officer and ask them about it since you already have plans. They may ask you to move your trip back a few days, or may be okay with you leaving early on the condition you take exams early.</p>
<p>What is involved in switching from artsci to business prior to starting or after starting school.</p>
<p>Hey I was just wondering how good wustl’s applied math (or finance if they have that for undergrad) program is (rank, comparable programs, etc)?</p>
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<p>@stresseddad</p>
<p>I"ve known several people who have switched schools, including several who have gone from artsci to business. It seems to be a pretty easy process. Most of them have switched after classes have started and their four year (artsci) adviser has guided them through the process. I know that they had to meet with an adviser in the business school, but I don’t think there were too many hoops to jump through. The one person I met who switched schools before school began actually came to an artsci weekend to meet his adviser and begin the process of changing schools. However I think that if you called admissions they could probably direct you about who to contact for switching schools.</p>
<p>Applied Math program is kind of lacking; Wash U’s math program is more of a pure-math/statistics type program. Finance is good though (in the business school, undergrads can do it).</p>
<p>@stresseddad</p>
<p>While I don’t know the specifics of switching schools, I’ve heard it’s a simple process. I would first talk to my advisor, and then I’d probably have to obtain a couple signatures, but nothing major. Everything could be finalized later that day if you are efficient enough.</p>
<p>@cneogy
I haven’t heard much about the applied math major, but US News and World Report recently ranked WUSTL’s undergrad finance program as 14th best in the nation. Here are the rankings if you want to see some similarly ranked schools: <a href=“http://www.uscollegeranking.org/business/top-undergraduate-finance-university-in-2010.html[/url]”>http://www.uscollegeranking.org/business/top-undergraduate-finance-university-in-2010.html</a></p>
<p>This may have already been asked (sorry if it was):
What meal plan would you all recommend for Fr year? Soph year?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>