<p>Any classes/activities I should partake in? Anyone?</p>
<p>Check this link starting Friday morning for a list of all campus events on Sunday night (not a big night for events).</p>
<p>This link will take you to the Tri-Co online course guide.</p>
<p>Click Fall 2005 and Swarthmore. Then, pick a department (You have to use the correct Swat terminology. For example, if you select Anthropology you won't get anything because those courses at Swat are listed under "Sociology & Anthropology").</p>
<p>Then, select "Monday" and do the search. You'll get all the Monday classes in that department scheduled for Monday. If you give us a couple a sample departments of interest, we may be able to recommend a particular professor or class. Some things are better for visiting than others. For example, senior honors seminars are going to be way over your head.</p>
<p>For a Sunday night overnight, take a book or some of your own homework. It's quite possible your host will have to do some studying. It's fine to go wandering off to find other people to hang with in the dorm lounges or go to the snack bar in Upper Tarble or the coffee bars in Kohlberg or the Science Center.</p>
<p>Philosophy, physics, government...</p>
<p>There was a Logic class with baker that looked cool, same with an earlier class with schuldenfrei, classics in ancient and modern philosophy?</p>
<p>Physics wise, I wouldn't do anything beyond the general classes, collins teaches it?</p>
<p>Those three classes would put me in class from 8:20 - 11:20...would that leave me brain dead? Oo, and I have a meeting with the baseball coach at 1.</p>
<p>If you can get up in time, the Schuldenfrei First-Year Seminar at 8:30 would be fantastic. He's a very much loved professor and that would give you an idea of a small freshman seminar. </p>
<p>The American Politics class (Reeves) in the next slot would also be a good choice. That's one of several sections of that course, each taught by a different professor, and each one different.</p>
<p>The Physics course is, I believe, the general intro physics course for non-physics majors (Bio majors, chem majors, engineering majors, and pre-meds). Probably more of a small lecture format. That would be OK, too, if you want a taste of sciences at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>I think three classes back-to-back-to-back is too much. Bag one of those time slots and hang out in either Kohlberg or the Science Center coffee bars.</p>
<p>BTW, the baseball coach is going to be lookin' for a pitcher. Tell him you have a mean fast ball, but you can't throw tables worth a darn!</p>
<p>Haha, I was thinking about joking about that, although I wasn't sure how touchy a subject that would be. </p>
<p>So the first year seminar followed by the american politics class...should I sit in for another class? What else should I do?</p>
<p>The FYS is quite a bit of fun (Schuldenfrei's, that is.) We will be reading Hume for Monday, and he likes Hume, so you won't have to hear him rant about how Descartes and science is evil.</p>
<p>I take it you're in the class, and I'm almost 100% sure I'm gonna go, so any chance you could tell me the reading so I could be informed going in? Or is the reading not available online/too big for me to casually read?</p>
<p>Yea, I'm in the class.
I'm not exactly sure what we will be reading for Monday. We need to "Read Hume, ENQUIRY
, Sec.IV, Part 1." and ponder some questions for Friday. All of the course information is on Blackboard, which isn't open to the public from what I understand. When I find out what Monday's assignment is, I'll send it along. </p>
<p>I'd also highly recommend Astro 003: The Physical Universe. Jensen is a wonderful professor, and makes the class pretty interesting. We should be beginning to talk about the possibilities of life on other planets.</p>
<p>Logic is an important class to take, and Baker is a great prof, but it probably is not a good one for "visiting". It is a large class by Swat standards (60 people or so), so it is not very interactive.
Schuldenfrei's class, Astro 3 and American Politics would all be excellent choices.</p>
<p>Alrighty...so to whomever is in those classes, I'll be the kid you don't recognize on Monday...when is the astro class?</p>
<p>10:30-11:20</p>
<p>By the way, Schuldenfrei is so popular that it is hard to get his class as a first year student, so getting your hopes up and then dashed happens quite a bit. But of course, visiting is a different matter.</p>
<p>Actually, it wasn't impossibly hard. The 6th person on the wait-list got into the class. Though generally yea, FYSs can be hard to get into.</p>
<p>Minor, but important amplification. Getting into your first-choice First Year Seminar is difficult. However, the system is set up such that getting into a FYS is almost guaranteed. It is unlikely that anyone would be lotteried out of all three FYS choices first semester. However, if that were to occur, you move to the top of the priority list for second-semester FYS choices. That system is in place for the entire lottery process. Anytime you get lotteried out of a course selection, you move to the top of the priority list for that course next time around.</p>
<p>My daughter took two FYS courses her freshman year, plus Physics 006 which is the same thing, although not officially designated as a FYS.</p>
<p>Funny how things work out. She got her third choice FYS first-semester and ended up deciding to major in that department.</p>
<p>So I took the Shuldenfrei FYS - amazing. And I took the Jensen Astro class (I even answered a question in that one, haha). The baseball coaches were awesome, as was everyone in my hall (I stayed in Mertz, watched the end of asassins, felt like I actually lived there)...on a whole it was better than I could have hoped. God I hope I get in, haha. Thanks to all who helped.</p>
<p>Ahhh. So that was you. I was wondering which of the two specs in Phil. was the one from CC.</p>
<p>Haha yea, were you front row in Astro? I was wearin the blue shirt...I actually had some stuff i wanted to stay in Phil, but he didn't call on me/I put my hand down kinda quickly. But both classes were amazing, thanks for the recs.</p>
<p>Hah. No. That was Erik.
I'm Miles. I was sitting up next to the prof on your side of the room. And yea, to any specs: Do NOT speak in Shuldenfrei's class. Apparently he developed a hatred of specs that lasted several years after one was disruptive...sooo...right.</p>
<p>Glad you enjoyed it.</p>
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<p>Mertz is really a fantastic dorm for freshmen (and therefore for specs). Nice combination of freshmen and upperclassmen. The freshmen in Mertz seem to bond every year.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you had a fun overnight. It's really great to hear students excited by classes.</p>