<p>Hey guys, I could use some feedback on the schedule I'm looking at right now. I'll be a freshman in SEAS this Fall and am considering a CSE major and perhaps a dual degree at Wharton (as unlikely as it is, I'm aiming for the 3.8 GPA for internal transfer). Here's what my schedule looks like at the moment:</p>
<ul>
<li>Math 114 (skipping 104 with BC Calc credit)</li>
<li>PHYS 150</li>
<li>CIS 120 (skipping 110 with AB Comp Sci credit)</li>
<li>Econ 010 (skipping 001 and 002 with AP credits)</li>
<li>WRIT 065 (freshman writing seminar called "Language of the Universe"...if anyone here took it, I'd like to hear your feedback)</li>
</ul>
<p>So that's a total of 5.5 CUs and 21 hrs of class a week. How does it sound? Should I cut back or is it alright?</p>
<p>^haha engineering, business, and premed sounds like an Asian parent’s dream :p…</p>
<p>No I decided against premed a long time ago. My present career path looks something like: BS in Engineering + Economics (if possible) -> Engineering or Business-focused job -> MBA -> “Higher” Business. I figure the MBA part can be skipped if I can get the dual degree with Wharton, which is why I’ve decided I want to try for it. I can’t really do anything about PHYS 150 since it’s basically a requirement for every engineering major… Honestly though, your schedule looks nastier than mine: chem AND phys? I can handle Econ 10 and CIS 120 easily (checked the syllabuses for both and I’ve pretty much done everything noted). The Writing Seminar is a joke. As I see it, it’s just PHYS 150 and MATH 114 that might cause problems. I know engineering is hard, but I’ve already fulfilled a lot of the requirements and just have PHYS 150/151 and MATH 114 left to get past before it becomes mostly CIS/business courses, which I expect to have an easier time with overall. Well the worst case scenario I can imagine is simply taking the relevant business/econ/finance courses in addition to the CSE major, which is essentially the same thing minus the actual BS in Economics. On a side note, did you get your adviser yet?</p>
<p>sounds reasonable to me</p>
<p>and doing chem / phys simultaneously is normal for anyone who’s cbe, be, or mse</p>
<p>I’m a CSE major also (actually CIS) and my adviser recommended deferring physics 150 to the third semester, since it takes a TON of time and takes away from the learning experience known as Freshman Year. Instead, I plan on knocking out one of my SS/H electives in Psych 001. Just my two cents. Also, have you contacted/been contacted by your adviser yet?</p>
<p>My adviser is MIA…Penn2015 you’re lucky your parents aren’t pushing you to milk the AP credit. I’ll see what my adviser says about PHYS 150 once I actually know who that person is.</p>
<p>If you log into Penn InTouch you can see who your adviser is in the bottom left hand corner. It also gives you his/her email address</p>
<p>yeah there’s nothing…</p>
<p>wow did Penn2015’s posts just disappear? Anyway, anyone else want to comment?</p>
<p>closeyboy39’s suggestion is great. I highly regret taking Phys150 during my freshman year. nj<em>azn</em>premed, it will be hard to get 3.8+ with those classes. Just saying.</p>
<p>hmm thx for the advice…looks like I seriously need to reconsider PHYS 150.</p>
<p>why are you still taking econ 010? if you got 001/002 waived with AP then you won’t need to take 010… 010 is just 001/002 combined, right?</p>
<p>I don’t think you can take Econ 10 as a non Wharton student…
If you AP out of 1 and 2, take 101 second semester (same as BPUB 250 for Wharton core while having a better curve because the tests are somewhat difficult). Econ 10 is actually a bad choice because if you don’t get an A- or above, you cannot take any uperlevel econ courses which hurts you if you don’t get into Wharton and want to major in econ.</p>
<p>woah…what’s this policy regarding A- or above?! Does that apply to ALL departments? Meaning that in my potential major I have to get A- and above in order to proceed to higher level classes?</p>
<p>no, the a- thing only applies to using econ 10 to satisfy the econ 1/2 requirement</p>
<p>doesn’t apply to other majors / departments</p>
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<p>If a student receives a grade of at least an A- in Economics 10, then Economics 10 can be used to satisfy the prerequisite for the intermediate courses (Economics 101, 102).</p>
<p>from</p>
<p>[The</a> Economics Major](<a href=“http://www.econ.upenn.edu/Undergraduate/Major.htm#A]The”>http://www.econ.upenn.edu/Undergraduate/Major.htm#A)</p>
<p>As unlikely as it is, should I wait and see if I can manage to make the dual degree at Wharton before taking Econ 010? Wow that’s two courses I may need to replace then.</p>
<p>how would you do that? you’d need to either take econ 10 or econ 1/2 in order to qualify for internal transfer / dual degree</p>
<p>well i already have credit for econ1/2</p>
<p>well then why take econ 10 if you already have the econ 1/2 waiver from ap?</p>
<p>you wouldn’t want to take it after you got into internal transfer, anyway - you’d need to hop right onto the core</p>
<p>wait are you saying i shouldn’t bother with econ10 at all? sorry if if i’m sounding stupid…i guess i’m unclear on the requirement…</p>
<p>i’m not sure which requirement you are speaking of fulfilling…</p>
<p>econ 10 is only required of freshman wharton students (and they take bpub 250 in the spring)</p>
<p>you, as a freshman engineer, will never have to take it, even if you transfer into wharton after this year, because you have the econ 001 / 002 waiver; if you didn’t have the waiver, you would be taking econ 001 / 002 this year.</p>
<p>or, put another way, the internal transfer does not require econ 10; only econ 001 / 002, which you’ve done</p>