<p>ok
so would it hurt NOT to got to revelle if i am a science major?
i dont want studies to be so tough such that i dont have time to do any other extracurricular stuff....</p>
<p>can someone answer my question? (post 57)</p>
<p>Revelle is supposed to be more rigorous in terms of science (from what I've heard), but I can't verify that. If you go to Revelle's website (I'm sure it's linked to tritonlink.ucsd.edu) they should have a list of GE requirements. You can compare the GE's to required classes for individual majors to find out (it's all on the website.. it might take a while, but you can find everything you need). But regardless, I wouldn't think going to Revelle (versus Muir, for instance) would really help that much. All colleges have diverse GE requirements, and no matter what you'll have to take some kind of writing course, some kind of social science course, etc. Picking one college over another might save you from taking maybe one or two 'unnecessary' classes, at best.</p>
<p>Also, you might want to consider flexibility - you have a couple options. You can either have a lot of required GE's and hope that some of them count towards your major, or you can take a smaller number of GE's and have the possibility of choosing more of your own courses earlier on.</p>
<p>serenaxcheelam: It wouldn't hurt for you to go to another college. There are science majors in every college (and a lot of them, too.. the colleges really aren't major-oriented..) If the GE's of one college help out a little more than another in terms of counting towards your major, then you might consider going there. But I would take other considerations into account too (such as housing, location, etc.).</p>
<p>Could anybody tell us more about ERC? Is it right for language/music (and, generally, humanities-loving) person? My D is fascinated with anything "international", so, after hearing about some relation of ERC with International House she decided it's her first choice. Are there any cons about such a choice? Isn't it too politicized? What is an educational value of its GE requirements? Being more humanities-oriented, isn't ERC, by chance, too female- (or feminist)-dominated ;)?</p>
<p>Which colleges would you recommend as the 2nd and 3rd choice to a humanities-loving student?</p>
<p>myau, if you read through the entire thread I think you would find answers to most of your questions. But as for being too politicized, I don't think there really is such a thing. And anyway if she is going to be politicized, that would be because she wants to be, not because of the college she is in within UCSD. </p>
<p>Personally I think MMW (the ERC writing course) has the greatest educational value out of the six colleges; MMW covers world civilization and world religions and the classics and all sorts of great material that most college students wouldn't take unless required to.</p>
<p>There are a lot of girls in ERC but I wouldn't say it's a domination, per se, and I don't think anyone is really any more feminist than anyone in any other college.</p>
<p>I would say Muir and then Warren just because there are less GEs in those colleges. Maybe Marshall because I hear their DOC classes are interesting (though hard). Basically just make sure she puts Revelle as her last choice.</p>
<p>"Personally I think MMW (the ERC writing course) has the greatest educational value out of the six colleges; MMW covers world civilization and world religions and the classics and all sorts of great material that most college students wouldn't take unless required to."</p>
<p>Funny you say that, then you say, "Basically just make sure she puts Revelle as her last choice."</p>
<p>Revelle has the Humanities sequence. Humanities covers religion, classics, and contemporary literature.</p>
<p>hmm...i hear that the humanites courses required by revelle are a gpa killer...doesn't sound too good for pre-med students...</p>
<p>Ummmm I also said look around the earlier posts and I'm pretty sure I mention how ERC does not require difficult math and science sequences even from non-science majors soooo yeah. Yeahh let's not be ignorant.</p>
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<p>There are a lot of girls in ERC</p>
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<p>What is an approximate m/f ratio? ;)</p>
<p>Why does it matter?</p>
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<p>Why does it matter?</p>
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<p>Why do you think many private colleges want to balance the male/female student population at their schools - tech schools accept girls more easily than boys and many LACs, in opposite, have lower standards for boys? Why does it matter to them? ;)</p>
<p>what does GE mean?</p>
<p>General Education.</p>
<p>read the thread</p>
<p>thanks for your comments!
i have another question.. i understand that because some schools have more GE requirements it is hard to be flexible in terms of classes...but is there a difference between a class that is GE requirement than a class that is hand picked? i mean, wouldnt it be logical to just, ideally, have no requirements and pick all the classes i want and really need?
what are the benefits of a college that has a lot of GE requirements as opposed to a college that is very flexible?
thanks!!!</p>
<p>mm..id say the difference is like going to davis or going to berkeley..its harder, but its more respected..and a lot of the ge's can be hand picked, in that field..like social science, or a visual arts class..if youre a non science major you can choose from the different bio/math...the strictly revelle classes are the humanities series..which go from ancient greek pieces, the beginning of christianity..until modern works that influence society's ideas/values...its an extremely fufilling series that helps create a 'well rounded' student</p>
<p>note that this perception of "well-rounded" is yours alone. about half the people who start hum opt to finish the series at a JC (which explains the dismal enrollment by the time hum 5 rolls around). </p>
<p>when i applied to grad school, nobody cared i was from revelle nor asked if i thought of myself as a "renaissance student" ... compared to your major's requirements and necessary extracurriculars, your college GE requirements rank near-last in terms of importance for immediate after-college plans.</p>
<p>i love warren =]
right by the pool, nice view by the canyon,
we have earl's place.
our GEs are pretty easy as well, i'd say they're right behind muir's.
engineers have it easier though, they have different GEs so they can graduate in 4 years.
people complain about the distance to some classes but there's shuttles. (i don't take them, i enjoy walking.)</p>
<p>Which college might be the best choice for an Italian Studies major, with additional studies/minor in French Literature and music? We are confused about the “non-contiguous” requirement for the minor. Would French literature and music be considered non-contiguous with Italian Studies? It seems one would need to know this in order to pick the most appropriate college, i.e., the one that would allow all studies in all three without adding an overload of additional GE’s.</p>