<p>cooking appliances means like toasters and hotpots. you can bring stuff to use in the dorm kitchens.</p>
<p>-I’m pretty sure the dorm kitchens have microwaves, but many if not most people get their own because they’re lazy. I had an old one lying around so I just brought that.<br>
-if I recall correctly, intro bio/chem classes aren’t hard to get into, you just may not get into a small section. I’m think there’s an unlimited section of all the intro sciences.
-about engineering, I have no idea but you should ask someone in the physics department at the academic forum during orientation.
-the libraries usually close at 2, but there are several 24 hr computer labs (which all have printers). having a printer of your own can be convenient, but it’s not totally indispensable.<br>
-I think the PE classes are like .25 credits, so that’s probably fine.</p>
<p>Thanks so much jarsilver!! But I have 2 more (for now…lol)
Do people ever use digital voice recorders in class?? And are professors generally ok with it?
Do you stick it taking notes with a pen and paper or is using a laptop ok too??</p>
<p>I don’t think this is very common, and you should definitely check with the prof before doing it. (Some classes, especially in the sciences, do this automatically and upload it to blackboard, though. I had one class like that, which was cool). </p>
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People do both. Profs are normally okay with laptops (the only exception I’ve ever had was a prof who didn’t want us to use laptops in a small – 6 person – seminar). </p>
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Do you mean for over the summer? IIRC, that was mainly used as a bonding activity during orientation; if you don’t do it, it’s no big deal, but it will probably be interesting. </p>
<p>If you mean in general – well, that really depends on the class. Part of learning how to study in college is learning how to prioritize. Some classes give you WAY more reading than you could be reasonably expected to do well, with the expectation that you will be able to figure out the important parts, and skim the rest. Others assign less reading, but you are expected to do it all. For some classes, no one will check up on you until a big test, in others you will be expected to be able to participate in class discussions, others have quizzes, etc, etc.</p>
<p>the Wesleyan orchestra is one of the better liberal arts college orchestras, somewhat because Wes’ slightly larger student body translates to a “fuller” orchestra. It doesn’t involve traveling overseas for performances or anything, but it’s a fantastic experience, and Angel Gil-Ord</p>