<p>What is your intended major? If you're not planning on majoring in math or physics or something, take math 121/122 instead of 131/132.</p>
<p>So this Stat 212 thing is worrying me.
If I got a 5 on my Stat AP I should be able to do well in Stat 212, right?</p>
<p>It's not very hard but there's a lot of busywork involved on the p-sets. Just take it.</p>
<p>"Stat 212's a breeze. Real men take MATH 310/312."</p>
<p>Real men take MATH 310/312? What's that supposed to mean? </p>
<p>Lisieux, you must take STAT 212 anyway as a prerequisite to enter the comm school. It's also better to take it now rather than later because you'll be able to relate to the material more easily. Besides, I don't think there's a prerequisite for STAT 212. Don't ever repeat a class for which you will receive credits, as you're likely going to review some of the material anyway with the professor.</p>
<p>I've heard that the psych classes are fun, so if you think they sound interesting, I say go for it. PHIL 242 is probably the only philosophy class that's math-oriented, and if you are strong in math, you should take it - read the course description first and try to go over the syllabus.</p>
<p>I did not read all of hazel's post, but skimming it, it seems to touch many points incoming high school students may miss.</p>
<p>Difficulty includes:</p>
<ol>
<li>strictness of curve</li>
<li>quality of students in course</li>
<li>course grading style (are you good at it?)(subjective vs. multiple choice tests vs. papers etc.)</li>
</ol>
<p>add to uvajack's list:
4. Professor experience: I took a 300-level history class that should have been difficult (it was history of the modern science, so you had to understand the science AND history of stuff) but the professor was new and so her first test was ridiculous and she had to curve it 20-points, then all the other assignments were not difficult and she made the final optional, which put a lot of people at an advantage to get an easy A. If your professor has been teaching his/her course for a good period of time, they'll know what to expect and will make it so it's an even playing field, which can make it difficult. Also, a new teacher can totally run people's grades into the ground and then have to fumble to make sure not everyone fails.</p>
<p>Barboza, thanks a lot. </p>
<p>Just a question, what's the difference between STAT110 and STAT112?? I got credit for STAT110 but in the McIntire requirement it says STAT112 OR STAT212.. But in COD there's no STAT112! I'm confused. :S</p>
<p>Then it's probably offered in the spring, but don't count on it. On College</a> of Arts and Sciences - University of Virginia - acalog ACMS™ it says that you cannot receive credit for both STAT 110 and STAT 112, so I'm assuming they are pretty much similar in content. Therefore, because you received credit for STAT110, you cannot repeat this class or take STAT 112. </p>
<p>In other words, your only option is to take STAT 212 for the comm school and there is no exception to this unless you want to take a higher level statistic course; the comm school web site says "STATS 112 or 212 - Intro to Statistical Analysis OR higher level". A higher level course that is relevant in content to STAT 212 would be STAT 312 (which used to be MATH 312), but this course is pretty rigorous and demanding, as hazelorb has mentioned. You can also look at something in between those two classes, which are STAT 302 (Intro to time series modeling) and STAT 308 (Case studies in elementary statistics), though I think you might need STAT 212 first before taking STAT 302, 308 or 312.</p>
<p>Hazelorb,</p>
<p>Great post, and even better advice!</p>