<p>1) Is it too much to take Biology and Chemistry in my first quarter? </p>
<p>2) Should I be taking the chemistry refresher course or just jump into the entry level class? I did not take AP Chemistry and the last time I took a Chemistry was two years ago, the class was easy for me and I found it interesting but it has been a while.</p>
<p>***I want to stay on track with pre-med and graduate in four years but I am also concerned with maintaining a high GPA. Please advise!</p>
<p>1) no
2) start in 6A and if it’s too hard for you, drop down to chem 4. the professors anticipate some switching around in the first few weeks of the term.</p>
<p>How intense is CAT1? I just don’t really know what to expect even after searching about it because I kinda feel like I’ve lost confidence in my writing the last couple of years.</p>
<p>Also, I’m an economics major and that’s what it says online (it’s what I applied as), but I technically want to do the economics-management science major. Will that be specified later on, or do I have to go change the major at school? Basically, I don’t remember if economics/management science was one of the options on the app when I applied.</p>
<p>Not really sure as the reading amounts will differ between teachers along with essay frequency and length.</p>
<p>Also a large factor is your TA. If you have a good TA that works with you, you’ll build your writing skills up and get good grades (with effort and some OH visits). If you have a TA that is difficult to communicate with and leads a poor discussion, you could have challenging time.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, the course itself isn’t that intense in comparison to what I’ve seen in other writing programs, especially the reading. They try to work with you w/ online articles and scanned documents. Concerning the papers, you have ample time to write them, it just depends on your TA’s preferences in a paper (they do follow a rough guideline, but some will often have their own criteria on what pushes a paper to a certain grade)</p>
<p>My advice regardless of which TA. Visit office hours. It will help you understand what they want (they are the graders for your paper) and address any problems you have with your writing, reading, or just the ideas of the class/course.</p>
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<p>For your major you’ll have to change it, but you don’t need to be at school; change it online via tritonlink under the major/minor tool.</p>
<p>In the Sixth college suite kitchens, what is already there and what do we have to buy? For example do they provide a microwave, fridge, toaster, etc.?</p>
<p>In the dorms there’s just a sink last time I checked.</p>
<p>In the apartments there’s a stove, a fridge, and a sink.</p>
<p>There’s no microwave in either.</p>
<p>If you’re in the dorms, I’d organize something with your suite-mates/roommates to see if one person can bring say a fridge, another person with the microwave, etc.</p>
<p>I got into sixth undecided, but am planning on majoring in sociology.
I’ve been planning out my schedule, and have came up with
CAT1
CSE3
SOCI1
and 1 seminar</p>
<p>What other GE do you recommend taking during my first quarter?
and also, is it wise to take CSE3 in the fall, or wait till winter?</p>
<p>Generally speaking you can get internet (wifi) across campus except in some lecture halls and some dorm buildings (forgot which colleges have this problem, but Sixth isn’t one of them).</p>
<p>@6666666</p>
<p>The schedule looks good, I would keep CSE 3, it’s a fairly easy class, as for other ge’s looking at your planned major (under the Sixth college four year plans) those three are enough. If you want to add a fourth class (on top of a seminar) check out some of the other Sixth ge’s you need.</p>
<p>What’s provided for us already in the triple dorm rooms? Bed, desk, wardrobe thing? Any drawers or mirrors or anything? And there are no microwaves provided? The virtual tour said they provide each kitchen with a microwave D:</p>
<p>In a triple you’ll have your own desk (includes a book shelf) and sometimes one big drawer underneath your bed (if you are the non-bunked person), otherwise you have a wardrobe. Not sure if there’s one or two wardrobes ( I had a single in the apartments my first year).</p>
<p>I just looked at the tour while reading your comment leading me to believe you’re right concerning microwaves.</p>
<p>there are microwaves in the apartments, but not in the residence halls. there’s some company that does minifridge and/or microwave rentals by the academic year – good deal, most of us ended up getting it.</p>
<p>I’m a General Bio major and I’m planning to go towards the med school route…maybe into pharmacy. Do you recommend taking the math 20 series even if i have no previous knowledge of calculus? I took pre-calc my senior year so I’m assuming I’ll have a very hard time with this class.</p>
<p>^
Astrina makes a good point. I’d stick with the 10 series for math, unless you wanted to switch into chemistry, or another major that would require the 20 series. </p>
<p>Looking at the Pharmacy school requirements, you don’t necessarily need to take the 20 series, or need to be in another major that requires it.</p>
<p>Hey! is it better to follow the academic advising course recommendations that they sent? or is it better to just take the GE’s that are interesting to you…i originally put myself as an econ major, then i put myself as an environmental systems major…but now i have no idea! hahaha what do u guys think?</p>
<p>…and also I’m not sure if this has been answered yet or not… but would you recommend having 3 straight classes [11:00 - 1:50], or would it be better to space them out with maybe an hour break in between?</p>
<p>Schw1ng, one more kinda huge question for me.
I sign up for classes on the 2nd (third day of freshman enrollment) at 4:20, and my recommended schedule (Human Bio major) is Chem 6A, CSE3, Math 20B (or 10b), and CAT1. Is there a chance I might not get into these courses? What do you recommend if I don’t get into one of these? (>Implying that I don’t even know which ones fill up fast, lol)</p>
<p>I just have to preface this by saying THANKS SO MUCH for helping a freshie out! muchas gracias</p>
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<li><p>what’s the average gpa for Human Biology? roughly what percentage of people get 3.5s, 3.7s and up, and what kind of study habits or “profile” do those people generally fit (studies but never parties; smart slacker;, etc.) ? in HB, what kind of GPA is considered “good” ; what’s considered “great”?</p></li>
<li><p>Are bio labs intensive? time-consuming? I’m a bit clumsy and don’t have much experience with lab experiments. it seems like lab sessions are really tense and everyone is so focused for the entire 1-2 hours, scrambling to get everything just right. it’s like one little mess-up can screw up your results so bad that you’ve bombed that particular assignment; no pity for you. is this impression wrong, or are they really that difficult? will I have to perform well under pressure by myself or is it a more group/help each other out kind of deal?</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t like chem. I barely learned anything in 10th grade Chem class and that was the last time I ever touched the subject. I barely tried; I barely passed. just thinking about those upper-div chem classes (BIBC 1XX) puts a knot in my gut. if I were to major in HB, would I basically die in those upper-div Biochem classes? Chem 140A/B alone sound awful to me. how would you, as brutally honestly as possible, rate my chances of maintaining a 3.5/3.7+ GPA considering my dirt-poor Chem background and the spate of upper-div Chem classes from hell I’ve got staring me in the face?</p></li>
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<p>Basically, I’m asking you to tell me how bad those upper-div Chem classes are. colorful anecdotes and secondhand stories are very welcome.</p>
<p>Also, do you know anyone who had minimal/no background in Chem yet was able to stay on top of his/her Chem classes and actually do well in them?</p>
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<li><p>how bad is the Physics series? how deep do they get into the subject? is it like, Physics 1 is basics and then they whips out all the confounding, deep stuff in Physics 3 so that people are dying in the class by then?</p></li>
<li><p>how comparable is the BILD series to AP Biology (for those who took it)? how much harder are BICD classes such as Genetics (BICD 100) compared to AP Biology? is it just way more to memorize in less time, or is it actually something you need to critically think for? Let’s say I got a 5 on the AP Bio test with almost no studying (I only studied for the class, but almost not at all for the AP exam). Should I be jumping into a class like BICD 100 (I’m exempted from its pre-req, BILD 1)?</p></li>
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