<p>I'm thinking of taking the following courses for my Freshman Year. (I'm intending to be an Economics Major)</p>
<p>Fall Semester:
ECO 100
MAT 203
SPA 207
HUM 216-217</p>
<p>Spring Semester:
ECO 101
MAT 204
Writing Seminar
HUM 218-219</p>
<p>Any suggestions or comments? Should I take MAT 200 instead of MAT 203-204? Thanks!</p>
<p>They’re not going to let you take 5 classes your freshman fall and HUM is a pretty big time suck. Unless you’re quite good at math you should take 201/202 instead of 203/204. Unless you’re fluent, language classes can take a decent amount of time. You also can’t decide which semester to do writing seminar, they assign you a semester sometime in july-ish. I would take ECO100 in the fall, as harvey rosen is teaching it and he doesn’t teach it every semester. So I would postpone either math or a language until the spring.</p>
<p>In that case, assuming I had my Writing Seminar in the Spring:</p>
<p>Fall Semester:
ECO 100
SPA 207
HUM 216-217</p>
<p>Spring Semester:
ECO 101
MAT 200
Writing Seminar
HUM 218-219</p>
<p>I don’t think you should jump from mat 203 to mat 200. Take 201, its definitely more useful than taking 200.</p>
<p>Is it generally a good idea to take 5 courses in your writing seminar term?</p>
<p>Everyone is always scared of writing seminar-- while I hated mine, I didn’t feel like it was particularly more work than any other class (of course I was comparing it to integrated science, so it seemed like no work!), but if you’re taking HUM then it probably won’t be too bad.</p>
<p>^ what would be a potential courseload for someone in the integrated science track, freshman year? I’m only waitlisted, but I’m still curious…
I will most likely have AP bio, AP calc BC, AP comp sci A, and AP french credit.</p>
<p>How about this? I think 201/202 would be more manageable than 203/204:</p>
<p>Fall Semester:
ECO 100
MAT 201
SPA 207
HUM 216-217
^Don’t know if this is possible</p>
<p>Spring Semester:
ECO 101
MAT 202
Writing Seminar
HUM 218-219</p>
<p>I don’t mean to threadjack, but could someone comment on my potential schedule too? I know it’s unlikely that I’ll get 5 classes frosh fall, but I’m hoping that if I explain my plans to get done with college in 3 years the deans will understand:</p>
<ol>
<li>MAT 201 - Multivariable Calculus (Math)</li>
<li>CHE 245 - Intro to Chem Eng. Principles (Core)</li>
<li>CHM 303 - Orgo I (Pre-Med)</li>
<li>ECO 200 - Advanced Principles of Economics (SA - Elective) (100 ppw)</li>
</ol>
<p>OR FRS 169 – The Rest of the Story: The Six O’clock News (SA- Elective)</p>
<ol>
<li>Writing requirement</li>
</ol>
<p>Spring
<p>re t-san-- CHE245 and orgo freshman fall is really rough. I think you’ll have a hard time getting that schedule approved, plus it seems like you should take a semester to go a bit easy and get used to being at princeton. Also, those are 4 large lectures freshman fall, it would probably be better to mix it up a bit (ie take a frosh sem instead of econ)</p>
<p>t-san, I was enrolled in ChemE when I came to Princeton, and my adviser actually made me take 5 in the fall (taking 5 in the fall is much easier than taking 5 in the spring because of all the breaks we get). So assuming you have a fall writing seminar, you should be all set. If not, I would recommend taking an easier 5th class as a distribution requirement. </p>
<p>As for zafara, I would recommend trying what you proposed, and if they don’t want you to do 5, then put Spanish off to the spring (after freshman fall you can definitely take 5, and even some freshmen get away with it, myself included). But obviously if you decide you don’t like econ anymore, you should reconsider things.</p>
<p>edit: I actually agree with ec1234…orgo is a lot of work.</p>
<p>Yeah, my plan was that if I got to do the writing requirement in the fall I would, or else I’d switch that class and CompSci (I already took it in High school, but I only got a 4 on AP exam, so I have to re-take it in college for engineering major). Also, I was in a debate on whether to take eco or the freshman seminar, but I think that the frosh seminar would be more fun, too. With those two things in mind, does my schedule look doable? (Obviously, Orgo is hard, but I’ve had alot of exposure to it already, and I think I can hold my own).</p>
<p>JTC007- Thanks; Which schedule were you suggesting I pursue? </p>
<p>Also, which math should I take? 200 vs 201/202 vs 203/204? Thanks!</p>
<p>Actually, the more I think about it, HUM might be a tad bit too intense-- because I’d still like to have some time to do activities and have fun. I’d rather take some Freshman Seminar to fill some distribution reqs…</p>
<p>In this case, should I still take 201/202 or is 203/204 or 200 more suitable? I took Calc BC last yr (5) and didn’t really do that much math this yr, aside from auditing Linear Algebra (albeit half-assed :-P).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take 200, but either 201/202 or 203/204 should be okay-- you can try 203 for the first week or so and then switch, or you can just start with 201. HUM is supposed to be a really great class, so if you’re interested in it then it seems worth it. If you decide not to take HUM, I’d recommend taking a freshman seminar. Also, HIS211 covers the history part of HUM, and is taught by a fantastic lecturer.</p>
<p>I’m sure I’d enjoy the class, but the 300-500pg of weekly reading seems daunting, plus, I’m not much of a humanities guy (but I’m interested) so I’m not sure how well I’d do. Have you heard much about HUM (how much work it is, etc?)</p>
<p>What kind of activities outside of class are you interested in participating in? Some can be pretty time-consuming.</p>
<p>what are the more time-consuming ones? is the daily prince considered one of them?</p>
<p>screwitlah, it depends on what position you are at the Prince. I know editors who basically have no life or you could possibly be a photographer or something and have less of a commitment. I’m not sure how much of a time commitment writers have. </p>
<p>During the beginning of the year they have a major club fair where you can walk around and talk to club members, so you can probably ask people then.</p>
<p>for example:</p>
<p>a capella groups@ 15 hours per week
glee club at least that(not including chamber group rehearsals)
theater groups - rehearsal times vary but my d’s troupe had her rehearsing over 20 hours a week(she had a lead)</p>
<p>-these are all audition-</p>
<p>PMUNC - model UN- i remember d spent alot of time when the national high school conference was hosted by Princeton</p>
<p>You haven’t said you’re an athletic recruit but of course their practices and travel time are huge time commitments</p>