<p>Anyone know anything about Gere for CAT 1? There are only a few reviews for her on ratemyprofessor and none for CAT specifically.</p>
<p>This is her first year teaching the course. You can look at a short biography about her on the CAT website.</p>
<p>Thanks astrina for clearing that up. have most (or even say, 30+ percent) Chem 6A students taken AP Chem though?</p>
<p>@Schw1ng
I saw earlier that you said you took Algaze for CAT 1. Would you recommend taking him? And if so, is there anything special I would need to know about him or his class?</p>
<p>@92faim - no idea, this is not a question that i’ve ever asked. but it’s NOT a significant problem. the grade distribution for my 6A lecture was pretty much a normal curve – had there been any kind of significant difference between the AP alums and the rest of the class, you’d see a bimodal curve.</p>
<p>@askoh</p>
<p>Personally I liked his class and his prompts were easy to follow. He approaches the course with a biology-anthropology influenced perspective. One thing to know is that his lectures are pretty boring so you have to try to stay awake unless you sit near the front/near TA’s because they will wake you up.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for helping Schw1ng. I think I’m gonna go for Gere and give her a chance. Plus her lecture time fits my schedule better. But anyways, thanks again.</p>
<p>Yeah no problem! Do what fits your schedule better when it comes to CAT anyways (your TA matters the most anyways haha).</p>
<p>you said you waived cse3 for a later time…</p>
<p>what were your reasons for doing so? and would u recommend other students doing that if its 100% necessary?</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure on my major just yet, so I was looking at majors like Cog sci, and engineering that have their own programming classes that fulfill the requirement. At one point I was a cog sci major and had told the CAT office that I wanted to take Cogs 18 (a programming class for the major that fulfills the ITF requirement for Sixth). There’s a waiver sheet you get from them and fill out. Though now I’m a Bio major, and I need to take CSE 3 to fulfill the requirement (although I took CAT 3 already, I still need it for graduation).</p>
<p>I would do it if you were unsure if you wanted to be an engineering major or another major that requires a programming component. CSE 3 really is an easy class though, so if you want to take it anyways go ahead.</p>
<p>I would recommend waiving CSE 3 if you are sure about your major that requires programming and you want to take it after your first year (however, you can take your major’s programming before CAT 3 and not need a waiver; this is generally recommended).</p>
<p>Best of Luck!</p>
<p>Is going from PCYNH 106 to LEDDN AUD doable in 10 mins? I checked the campus map, and it says 11+ mins, but wanted to know how accurate that is. Thanks.</p>
<p>^ it’s not easy. we had to get our class moved to center hall because so many people couldn’t make the run in time.</p>
<p>@ArtDancer</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible. If you want a rough estimate go outside with a timer of some kind and time how long it takes for you to walk a mile. The campus map goes off a 20 min/mile pace.</p>
<p>Best of Luck :]</p>
<p>Thanks @astrina & @Schw1ng - I found another session that also fits well in my schedule w/o the long walk.</p>
<p>So the Sixth orientation is just around the corner. I can’t seem to find an orientation schedule online. Can I assume that all the information about when/where to go will be provided when we move in on the 15th? Can you give us a brief description of what to expect during orientation?</p>
<p>Yeah when you show up they basically tell you/give you everything. Remember to bring your qwik pass or w/e it’s called now.</p>
<p>For orientation the next morning after move in you show up in the quad and there’s a giant breakfast. After that you are assigned an orientation leader (last year I think we were given numbers somehow). You then join a group and commence ice breaker activities and campus/sixth college tours.</p>
<p>It was kind of fun and lame at the same time. We also had some special performance thing but it might be different this year.</p>
<p>Wish I remembered more, but that shows something though doesn’t it?</p>
<p>Anyways have fun and good luck moving in!</p>
<p>i heard sixth college is in the middle of nowhere in terms of the rest of the campus. how long does it take to get to your classes usually. And is it true we live in cabins.</p>
<p>From Sixth you’re far from York Hall (Chem/Physics classes) and Peterson Hall, moderately close to Center Hall. However, you’re extremely close to Pepper Canyon Hall, and very close to Warren Lecture Hall. Warren and Sixth are both close to the Price Center.</p>
<p>If you take the bus to york (which is easy to do since the dorms are right at the campus loop road you can get there quickly). I didn’t really have a problem getting around.</p>
<p>Sixth/Warren students complain about going to York. Everyone else complains about going to WLH and PCH. That’s pretty much the only difference.</p>
<p>If you didn’t choose the apartments, you’ll live in the dorms with a bunch of 2 story buildings. It’s nicknamed camp snoopy because the buildings bare semblance to cabins. I’m guessing it’s because of the arrangement, roofing, and color.</p>
<p>thanks shw1ng! also one more thing. What do recommend for getting around campus besides the bus and walking. is cycling big on campus or is it more of a skateboarding campus?</p>
<p>^To steal the question from shw1ng, both biking and skateboarding are legitimate forms of getting around on campus. Walking is still the most popular, but I bike everywhere, so you can definitely do it.</p>