<p>I just got my acceptance in the mail. Unfortunately, they didn't have all of my financial info, so I didn't get my package. It did say I got distinguished scholar, although I don't know what that means.</p>
<p>I got mine yesterday :) I got the distinguished scholar information with my acceptance package, and it's $10,000 a year.</p>
<p>would you guys post your stats?</p>
<p>odd, i like 40 minutes away from the school, and i still haven't received any letter yet.. <em>starts to twitch w/ anxiety</em></p>
<p>hey i got distinguished scholar too! does anyone know if the 10000 gets calculated as part of the parent contribution? or.. how does the financial aid work?</p>
<p>Does the college send admissions decisions via email?</p>
<p>Also accepted and got distinguished scholar. See pr_stats for my info (listed as "my webpage").</p>
<p>I'm wondering if only the distinguished scholars were sent out......</p>
<p>Nope, I am not a distinguished scholar and I received my acceptance packet last night. I live about an hour away.</p>
<p>On another note, what is the typycal schedule of a mudder? How many classes per semester? Hours of Lab work? Stuff like that...</p>
<p>lorddragon04, I didn't get my decision e-mailed (but it was ED which could be different). If you get impatient like I did, e-mail them and ask what the status of your application is. I did, and HMC's admissions office e-mailed me back the same night, telling me I got in. :o) Good luck!</p>
<p>Ok I was wrong. I got in today.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: check my stats ww.************ under helenaco</p>
<p>Typical Schedule: </p>
<p>The first semester, pretty much everyone has the same classes. There's a little bit more branching out in the second semester, considerable differences in the 3rd semester, and by the 4th semester you've had to declare your major, so everyone's different.
So first semester usually goes something like this (or at least mine did. it might change):
Math (11&12 or 12&13)
Math 11 - Calculus of one real or complex variable (a lot of people pass out of this) - half a semester long, meets 4x a week for an hour
Math 12 - Linear Algebra I - half a semester long, meets 4x a week for an hour
Math 13 - Differential Equations I (taken if you pass out of Math 11) - half a semester, meets 3x a week for an hour
Chem (21 and 25)
Chem 21 is the lecture course, it has 3 1 hour lectures (mwf) a week and an hour of recitation (smaller group, 20~30 students) on thurs
Chem 25 is the lab course, it meets once a week for 4 hours. you also get several weeks off (2 sections share a lab day, so they alternate weeks) unless you decide to do ID lab instead, which has more lab time but more interesting experiments
Physics - Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Lecture meets thurs for an hour, recitation on tues for an hour
Computer Science (CS 5 - a lot of people pass out of this, too) - officially, intro to programming, but only teaches java. meets once a week for ~3 hours, lecture followed by lab ( =time to work on hw).
Hum 1 - meets 4x a week for an hour, you'll have a variety of topics to choose from, and then you'll be placed in a class.
and some "lucky" people get PFD first semester, which for me was at 7:30 in the morning. PFD is twice a week, and it's a physical education class required for graduation.
so roughly 18~20 hrs a week, 4 of which are lab.</p>
<p>second semester... gets a lot crappier. (i have ~28 hours of class, for the same number of credits)
classes taken include chem 22 & 26 (intro chem lecture and lab), physics 24 (classical mechanics and wave motion) and 28 (lab), math 13&14 (diff eq's and multi variable calc) (or 14 only), hum 2 (again, a range of topics), and an elective. electives can be anything you can fit in your schedule and dont require too much for prereqs, and commonly include math 55 (discreet) or 63&64 (lin al II and diff eq's II), bio 52 - intro bio w/a molecular bio focus, or e4 - an engineering class focusing on group problem solving.</p>
<p>well, i hope this has been informative (and not too long).</p>
<p>sorry thats p rstats.com</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, I hope I pass out of Math 11, kinda strange that they give you Quantum before Classical Mech. Oh well, thx</p>
<p>radioactiv: can you contact me via aim mine is BeLaS33172. I need to ask you a bunch of questions</p>
<p>I've added you to my list, but you might want to IM me if you see that I'm on (my sn's radioactivepb) cause I might not notice.</p>
<p>Although I am pretty sure I can pass out of Math 11, I want to know if that's necessarily a wise choice. I mean, Math 11 has a lot of stuff that's not covered on the AP Calculus BC curriculum (especially about Complex Variables). Also, isn't Math 11 calculus taught much more differently from high school calculus, with a lot more emphasis on proofs? Would it be helpful having that additional advantage of experience going into Math 12? Or am I wrong, and a 5 on the BC Calculus exam means it would be a waste of time to take Math 11?</p>
<p>I would say it depends on what you want to major in. If you're thinking Math is the way you're going to go, then you should probably take Math 11, because yes, it IS different, and it does focus on proofs, so you just have to consider whether or not that's information you're going to need. I took Math 11 even though I didn't have to, and now I kind of wish I hadn't. I'm probably majoring in biochem, so having the extra knowledge about complex variables (which we actually cover a bit in the first semester of physics) and proofs didn't help me all that much. There are times when you are required to do proofs for the other math classes, but if you aren't too sure of how to do them, it's not hard to get help. Basically, I don't think there's too much reason to take it unless you're going to be a Math major or some combo major with math, but it may be useful for some of the other majors as well.</p>
<p>Thanks radioactivepb. I'm leaning towards a math and physics major, so I'll probably take Math 11. See you in the fall, and thanks again for the advice!</p>