<p>Hi, I am a profo who will be attending Stanford this coming fall and I have a few questions regarding some basic core classes</p>
<li><p>If you are taking or have taken CHEM31A and B or CS103A and B, could you give me the title of the textbooks and the authors’ names?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it possible to audit any of those classes?</p></li>
<li><p>compared to the ap courses in high school, are those classes much harder?</p></li>
<li><p>I am thinking of taking Chem31A, CS103A, IHUM, and possibly Math41 this fall…is that too much?</p></li>
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<p>I am so sorry…I think I am asking too many questions…^.^;;…well Thanks for your time~</p>
<p>i'm also a profro but i've did my reseach so i hope i can answer as many of your questions as humanly possible.</p>
<p>"2. Is it possible to audit any of those classes?"
Yes I'm sure you could with the professor's permission.</p>
<p>"3. compared to the ap courses in high school, are those classes much harder?"
Chem 31 A and B is like AP Chemistry, thus if pass AP Chemistry with a 4 or 5, the Chem dept recommends 33 or 31x for review.</p>
<p>"4. I am thinking of taking Chem31A, CS103A, IHUM, and possibly Math41 this fall..is that too much?"
Not at all. I'm planning to do SLE, Math 42 (damn you BC exam), Chem 31X, and a freshman seminar in my fall quarter.</p>
<p>If you have a quick science mind and some background (labwork, science fairs, APs, etc), chem 31 is a fairly easy course (there was no A and B when I took it). But people with no especially rigorous background in science will find that it moves quickly and is challenging. Your course load sounds just fine.</p>
<p>I'm not sure why you would want to audit a core course like that... even though ti is possibl I can't see the benefit.</p>
<p>You can technically audit any course here. Auditing simply means you don't register for the class, but you still sit in on the lectures. There is no reason why you would audit a premed required course, unless you did poorly on the first midterm and plan to take it again the next quarter. Chem 31A/B and Chem 31X are both very difficult classes for different reasons: A/B goes into greater depth, X covers material faster. I took 31X and thought the exams were much more difficult than the ones I had in AP Chem. Your study list right now is manageable.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of taking Math 51 (not H because even though I got a 5 on the BC exam, I'm not really interested in theoretical math), Chem 31A or X, IHUM, and CS106A during my freshman autumn quarter. That totals to 19 units. Is that too rigorous of a courseload? I'm a very math/science person, so I don't mind taking three math/science courses, as long as they're not ridiculously difficult/time consuming. And also, does anybody know what's on the Chem placement exam? Is it similar to an AP? Thanks.</p>
<p>oh wow thx for the great info...it was so much helpful..mann well i just feel that if i take too many classes, i might get too overwhelmed and everything but i guess those would be ok..hopefully...jmstnfrd08, staticsoliloquy and stanfordgrad04, do you guys know, by any chance, the title of the textbook for Chem31 and the computer course?
well thanks again, i find that Stanford students are so much more helpful than the ivy league students..at least on this college confidential board...so uh..go Stanford~!</p>