<p>So i'm going to be a freshman at cal in the fall. i originally signed up under chemistry in L&S when i applied, but now i want to change to bioE, which means i have to transfer to CoE. Therefore, i'm taking the classes for BioE:
Math 1a 4 units
Chem 4a 4 units
Comparative Lit. 4 units
BioE 24 1 unit
BioE 10 4 units</p>
<p>now i've already gotten a 5 on Calc AB in high school, but that was my junior year and i took stats in senior year, so I figured i should do Math 1A instead of Math 1B, but the thing is i'm guessing it will be good review rather than torture or whatever. I also got 5's on AP Lit and Lang, but i wanted to take Com. Lit anyway because i heard that AP's don't always count towards credits for med school. </p>
<p>and is it too much to add a decal or something?</p>
<p>i do like math and science a lot, i don't think i would have been able to handle classes like this if it had to do with gov't or economics or something. anyone else?</p>
<p>I'm doing 18 units (the decal counts as 1), but it seems like such a "fun"/easy 1 unit that I don't really think it'll be difficult to add a small, fun decal to your schedule.</p>
<p>Um, actually, dropping the seminar would not make any difference. Majority of people dozed off in those extremely esoteric seminars (at least for freshman; I bet 95% of people have no clue what the speaker is talking about), and paid attention in the last minute to get the "magic word". That's it - zero workload.</p>
<p>Also, IMO:
Starting math from 1A is a complete waste of time. </p>
<p>If you are worry about the grade E10 is probably the better option. From the course surveys, the type of work you'll get from BioE10 sounds more annoying and less "fun" compared to E10</p>
<p>so the seminars aren't that work intensive then? i'm not so worried about taking 16 units, but for some reason 17 units seemed daunting to me at first. however, if seminars are okay and math 1a will be a "waste of time", it doesn't seem as intimidating as before</p>
<p>Yea, just keep in mind that units don't tell the whole story. While 17/18 units might seem a lot, both of your schedules look fine. 3 techs, 1 breadth, and 1 or 2 seminar/decals... The seminar/decals are nothing, the breadth should be that bad, and the techs aren't super tough.</p>
<p>And for both of you BioE's, I'd recommend just taking the highest math you place into. Though Math 1B is known to be significantly tougher than Math 1A, you're gonna have to take it anyways. And there's no guarantee that you do well in Math 1A either. Lower divison math isn't terribly important for most people, so I'd recommend just getting through it as fast as you can. It'll give you an opportunity to take something more important to you or at least more interesting for you later down the line.</p>