<p>If we got in CLAS, can we register for SEAS courses? When do we change colleges? Or it doesn’t matter?</p>
<p>If you are looking to switch into SEAS you NEED to contact a SEAS advisor ASAP. You might not be permitted to do so until 2nd semester or even 2nd year because of major caps, or you might only be allowed to do so before the semester starts. Be proactive about this or it won’t happen!!!</p>
<p>I am not looking to switch immediately, but may do so second semester or year when I declare my major. So am I not allowed to take any intro to engineering courses just to get a feel of what it is like if I don’t switch immediately? My guess is yes, but due to the major cap i may not be able to declare my major immediately.</p>
<p>If you do not switch your first year you will need 5 years to do the program because of the intense engineering curriculum.</p>
<p>So I’m not sure if you can take the classes since they’re reserved for people in SEAS, again please go see an advisor because they will have the best advice for you in your situation.</p>
<p>Okay, looking at SIS and the other web sites. Is it possible that all the Spanish 2020 classes are closed? and unavailable to an incoming Freshman?</p>
<p>Is there anyone out there that has insight into how registration works for a Rodman Scholar? It looks like they are told what classes they will be taking first semester so they don’t have to worry about choosing. Is that correct?</p>
<p>ryanh126,</p>
<p>Unfortunately (for me) I had mostly IB credits which were useless…however I did use my AP Lang and Comp credit to skip the STS1500 class (Lang, Tech and Society) that otherwise all incoming SEAS students are required to take.</p>
<p>In regards to 2nd semester, you may want to have a rough idea of what you want to take. Because for example, when I got credit for STS1500 I decided to take Intro to Comp. Sci. instead, which I was originally planning on taking during 2nd semester.</p>
<p>Also, it is very difficult to receive AP credit for sciences because your lab notebook has to be checked (and this only works for chem, no credit for physics). And for math, unless you got a 5 on the BC test, take the UVA placement exam in August (but during orientation sign up for APMA1110).</p>
<p>Hope that helps =)</p>
<p>I had planned on using AP Biology credit and applying it toward biology that I might otherwise take as a ‘science elective’ course (3 credits). I’ll have to do some more research as to how I can use any and all credit I have. I don’t think taking biology as a science elective class requires a lab to make that an issue, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>I’m hoping for a 5 on the BC test; however, if I don’t get a 5 it looks like I’ll take APMA1110 as you stated above. Does that put me at any disadvantage during the next 4 years (in other words, not graduating in 4 years? extreme, but thought I’d ask…). I do plan on taking the placement test (and think I’ll do well after some review of previously studied material).</p>
<p>Thanks for all your advice.</p>
<p>Mamalumper – if your child’s orientation/registration was today, then he or she may have to wait until open registration to see if a section opens up or may have to wait until second semester to get into Spanish 2020. If his orientation session is still to come, don’t give up hope. More seats for that common first year class might be opened up for each subsequent orientation session.</p>
<p>CLR123 – yes they share their classes together. Does this help? [First</a> Year Courses - Rodman Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www.rodmanscholars.org/index.php/First_Year_Courses]First”>http://www.rodmanscholars.org/index.php/First_Year_Courses)</p>
<p>Kabobi – I have TA’d CS101 for 5 semesters now, going on 6 unless something catastrophic happens. See you in the fall!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the math placement works when you’ve already taken multi-variable? My D did not get a 5 on the BC AP Exam but took MV through dual enrollment last year and got an A. She’s fine repeating MV and would likely prefer to so she’s on the same page as everyone else and what they learn but would she still sign up for 1110 and then take the placement test or would the college credit for MV suffice?</p>
<p>Please go here [U.Va</a>. Engineering Applied Math Calculus Selection](<a href=“http://www.seas.virginia.edu/acad/programs/apma/calculus.php]U.Va”>http://www.seas.virginia.edu/acad/programs/apma/calculus.php)
for information.</p>
<p>It basically says that those who get 5’s on the BC exam can enroll in 2120, and those who get 4 in BC or 5 in AB can enroll in 1110. It also says that </p>
<p>Students who scored a 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC test, or a 5 on the AP Calculus AB test:</p>
<pre><code>* should NOT take the online Diagnostic Exam, and
- will NOT be permitted to enroll in APMA 1090
</code></pre>
<p>I have no idea if this information is outdated though… Can someone verify?</p>
<p>And what is the difference between APMA sequence and MATH sequence?</p>
<p>APMA is the engineering sequence, MATH is the College of Arts and Sciences sequence. More attention to applications in APMA, more attention to proofs in MATH. At least that was what we were told when my son enrolled last year. He took APMA 1110 with Mary Beck and thought she was a superb teacher, but he did find the course quite demanding despite his 5 on calc AB AP exam.</p>
<p>Supermanzz, I doubt the info you posted is outdated. Course numbering just changed last year to a four-digit system, so information with four-digit course numbers has to be pretty recent.</p>
<p>I think the students who had completed Multi still had some form of assessment, at least in SEAS. During the first week of class, student took another assessment and based on their scores were advised yet again as to the appropriate level of math. They do work hard to make sure you’re in the correct class.</p>
<p>Thanks - she read the class reviews for 1110 and figures if that is where she ends up she’ll be fine even if it repeats what she just did in multi-variable but she’ll take the assessments to see if she should be moved.</p>
<p>Regarding math in engineering:</p>
<p>I took IB Math HL II in highschool which covers 60% of multivariable and even a bit of differential equations (linear algebra). But due to how SEAS does not accept IB credit, I’m taking APMA1110 (Single Variable Calc 2) during 1st semester. I will be taking the placement test in August to go into APMA2120 (Multivariate) but even I don’t it will not prevent me from graduating in 4 years. For most engineering majors, the “standard” path is to take APMA1110 in 1st semester…so no worries.</p>
<p>Woot, can’t wait for CS!</p>
<p>I know that the school has reserved a certain amount of spots in popular classes for each first year orientation group. Can somebody tell me if the reserved spots are only for 1000 level courses? From what we understand, based upon reqmts for her intended majors/minors, she’s fulfilled all of her distribution reqmts and then some because of the sheer volume of APs/scores she’s had. She apparantly needs higher level classes (a few 2000 and some 3000). Are there spots set aside in these classes as well for orientation because everything except for the Chem she needs/wants is showing closed?</p>
<p>If she wants to take higher level courses, chances are they are mostly full at the moment. BUT, once classes open up on August 3 (or 4th) then she can easily switch into them via SIS.</p>
<p>My 2 cents: I wouldn’t take many 2000 level courses in 1st semester…let alone any 3000s, even if she knows all the material and is ready. But that’s just me :)</p>
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<p>Kabobi…Thanks for the advice; just curious…why do you think it’s a bad idea to take 2000/3000 level classes first semester? Her APs/scores have given her such a cushion, that she had only planned to take 13-14 hours first semester. She does plan on repeating entry bio next year seeing as how she’ll be pre-med and wants a super strong foundation. It seems a little pointless, though, for her to repeat several of the classes she has already had (not to mention extremely expensive – we’re paying OOS prices too). Her background has prepared her for extreme rigor, so academically, I think she can manage 14 hours at the 2000 level. Is there something perhaps that has been overlooked? I’d appreciate your insight.</p>
<p>If you are in 2000-3000 courses those professors assume you have alreadfy adjusted not only to academic college life but social college life as well. So 1-2 would be okay but not more imho.
My first semester I took 2 300 level math classes (did well), 1 200-level religion course (did awfully), 1 100-level foreign language class (did well), and 2 1-credit seminars (loved those) pass/fail. But I had taken math classes (Calc 2, 3, Diff Eq) at Villanova dual enrollment in high school so I knew what to expect from college level math. Calc 2, the first college math class I took, was SO hard (even though the material was all what I had covered the previous year at school in Calc AB, except 1 chapter, which is why I took it – credit for 2 semester of college math with 1 new chapter? good deal), and it was the only class I was taking (over the summer). I can’t imagine making that transition with a whole load of other hard classes… I don’t know how those engineers do it!</p>