<p>Any recommendations say for.. Math, chem, physics . . (anything science/eng related is good) for incoming undergraduates. (1st quarter freshmen) </p>
<p>These are what I'm looking at as of now</p>
<p>Math 20C
Chem 6A/B
MAE 9 </p>
<p>HSS (undecided) </p>
<p>How does this extremely tentative schedule look so far for a prospective bioe biotech major??</p>
<p>Thanks so much in advance d(^_^d)</p>
<p>Looks fine.</p>
<p>recs? </p>
<p>anyone with prior experience with these classes... ? </p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>yeah, but you're going to have to give the names of the profs you want dirt on.</p>
<p>Chem 6A: Christina Johnson
MAE9: Only one professor is teaching this fall quarter... he's foreign and isn't very good at explaining things. But the class is easy.
Calc20C: Don't know any of these profs</p>
<p>Johnson, good or bad?</p>
<p>Johnson = f'ing awesome. You better have some kind of insane excuse to miss out on taking her. Great lectures, really nice curve and overall an amazing person.</p>
<p>agreed, tina johnson is as good as it gets.</p>
<p>math, anyone?</p>
<p>Is it better to get done with the witting courses (Muir 40/50) ASAP?</p>
<p>From an engineer's standpoint?
I also heard it gets full pretty fast though.. what are the chances for getting into Muir 40 for first quarter normal freshmen?</p>
<p>I liked getting it over with quickly... I don't know if it matters if you're an engineer or not though... I liked taking them with all my lower division classes since they required less time than upper division, and Muir writing takes quite a chunk of time out of your day. It was a nice balance for me. </p>
<p>I took Muir 40 in my first quarter at UCSD, and my entire class was new freshmen. It is kinda hard to get in, but you will be able to get in during your first year for sure. When I registered for fall classes, they would only open a few seats a day so that all of the classes don't get filled up on the first day of freshman registration. So I didn't get a seat on my sign up day, but I monitored the site the next morning, waited for the seats to open and registered then. If it still works like that and you don't get a seat during your time, I recommend doing that.</p>
<p>thanks for that tidbit... what about the professors for 40/50. I would assume since its such a large class, TA's would play a more important role?</p>
<p>Actually, the 40 classes have 15 people in them, and theres more like 12 or something in muir 50. The professor in charge of MCWP (I think her name is Wastall) only teaches a few sections, so it is much more likely that your instructor will be a TA. On the schedule of classes, all of the instructors are listed as Wastall (or whatever it is...) but you will probably never meet her (or him). Your class will be taught completely by a TA. My TA was Dixa, who was nice but I heard that she was supposed to be harder than the other Muir 40 TAs.</p>
<p>interesting.. pros and cons of TA as opposed to a professor? (someone on the payroll..? lol)</p>
<p>Well, I find the TAs in general to be more approachable which helps in a class where there is so much contact. And its faster to get answers out of them since it seems that they are on their computer more... I emailed my TA constantly in Muir 40, and I would get responses within 10 minutes even at midnight, which was nice. But the most beneficial thing about TA only is that you are never in 300+ person class for a course that so many people take.</p>
<p>I don't really see any disadvantages... They have less experience? A rec letter wouldn't be nearly as good from a TA? I didn't really perceive any problems with the teaching of the class itself...</p>
<p>any suggestions for taking either chem 6bh vs. chem 6c?</p>
<p>major / premed or not / goals in life / preparedness for organic chem / interest in theoretical chemistry?</p>
<p>general bio/pre-med/as far as college goes: get into good med school/never taken organic chemistry; more interested in math-y chem</p>
<p>that being said, is chem 6bh or chem 6c generally more time consuming?</p>
<p>general bio + premed = go for chem 6c, and wait until you've got elective time (and turned in your apps) to take the interesting and potentially GPA-lowering classes.</p>
<p>sad, but really, that's the best approach to med school. show them what you're good at.</p>
<p>ah. wait. so, i'm coming from the point of view of having scored a 5 on the ap chem test going into revelle, and i'm understanding that i CAN'T at all take chem 6 a, b, or c, but i can take chem 6bh or 6ch. i was thinking i could just take a and b over again to make things easy, but apparently i can't. any tips on what to take from here?</p>