<p>First off, classes start tomorrow. I noticed I have a math discussion tomorrow morning, but there will be nothing to discuss because there hasn't been a lecture yet... Am I still supposed to attend this discussion?</p>
<p>Secondly (this is more of an engineering oriented question), is it a good/bad idea to start getting some liberal study courses out of the way? I'm taking the standard engineering courses (math, chem, intro to eng, fws) and I have a few gap times on my schedule that I could fit a liberal studies class in (namely, a class on early american history). Is that really pushing the workload, and would you advise for/against it? I'm just not sure how hard/how much work is involved with the math/chem/english courses I'm taking (all first level courses), as well as how much work comes from the intro to engineering course.</p>
<p>I'll agree with the comment about just trying the course and seeing if the workload is handleable, and add that generally lectures/sections do meet from the beginning, and labs generally start a few weeks in. Always safest to drop by the room and/or email the TA if you know who it is.</p>
<p>Another Question: I searched but I couldn't find anything about this. Is the median grade for a class dependent on which section you are in or are all students in a certain class (e.g. Phys 1112 or Math 1910) competing against each other? That is to say, is your grade dependent on not only yourself but also the people who are in your section, or all the people in a certain class which includes all the sections?</p>