<p>I got into the Turing scholars program and will be attending UT in the fall(CompSci obviously). In terms of math, I took Calc AB(got a 5), and am now(at my high school) taking multivariable calc. My goal is to get straight As my first semester at UT. Based on <a href=“http://cns.utexas.edu/current_students/degrees/File/2006-2008/06-08%20BS%20C%20S%202-Turing.pdf[/url]”>http://cns.utexas.edu/current_students/degrees/File/2006-2008/06-08%20BS%20C%20S%202-Turing.pdf</a> I was thinking about taking on the following load:</p>
<p>CS 313h
CS 315h
M 408d
RHE 306
SOC SCI ← Not sure about this… the Turing scholars page says "Includes ANT, ECO, GRG, LIN, PSY, SOC. "</p>
<p>I was thinking about GRG 301C, but it looks like the course is a total joke. In the interest of being completely honest, I want to keep my transfer options open. While I have no intention of doing so as of now, I’d like to have a 4.0 GPA(or as close to this as possible) that would allow me to do so should I change my mind.</p>
<p>So, my questions:
- Are the courses I’ve listed(aside from the SOC SCI requirement) reasonable? Is it going to be achievable to have straight As or will I be pulling all nighters?</p>
<li>What are some SOC SCI courses that are (somewhat) easy As but will not be looked down upon in a “Well, why didn’t you challenge yourself more” manner?</li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>No current/past UT students have any input?</p>
<p>Just depends on your teachers. You should be able to pull of an A in RHE if you just try a little bit on the papers. I got lucky with 408D with an easy teacher, but there is always a possibility to get a hard teacher. </p>
<p>Your taking a lot of hours for first semester. I only took 13, mostly because I didn’t need rhetoric. But things will go over a lot more smoothly with only 4 classes.</p>
<p>I have one more question: I was thinking about taking 408M. Here’s why: I took Calc AB in HS, then multivariable calc in HS(so I have no series experience but multivariate experience through multiple integration). Thus, 408D would have a lot of material I haven’t covered before and would probably be a hard(er) class. Like I said before- my goal is shameless: to get straight As first semester. Would it be better for me to take 408M than 408D considering I know the material(albeit I could explore it in more depth) in terms of easiness of the course?</p>
<p>Any social sciences recommendations? <a href=“http://cns.utexas.edu/current_students/degrees/File/2006-2008/06-08%20BS%20C%20S%202-Turing.pdf[/url]”>http://cns.utexas.edu/current_students/degrees/File/2006-2008/06-08%20BS%20C%20S%202-Turing.pdf</a> seems to indicate that I MUST take five classes the first semester, and if I decide to transfer I think 16 credits would look a lot better than 13. In the social sciences requirement, I want an easy A, but I don’t want it to APPEAR as an easy A(GRG 101 would probably be a dead giveaway).</p>
<p>You wouldn’t be able to take M, I don’t believe. Did you pass the BC AP test? Unless you did you can’t take M. Even if you could, if you haven’t learned sequences it will come back to bite you in the ass, especially in diff eq. I took AB and BC in high school, and knowing sequences and series really helped my grade in 408D and 427k. Granted I had a pretty easy teachers for both, but even so, I still have a pretty strong foundation in that stuff. </p>
<p>If I had to go back, not knowing that I would get the teacher I did, I might have gone with M too, but 408D was a good refresher course for me anyways. </p>
<p>I took Micro Economics, it wasn’t too bad. I slacked off at the beginning of the year, so I did bad on the first test. But I got A’s on the last test and final, and since in my class they replaced the final with the lowest test grade, I got an A.</p>
<p>edit: I just looked, and I guess you guys don’t have to take 427k like the engineers. So I guess not knowing sequences and series isn’t too bad, but I don’t think you will be able to get into M anyways. Have fun in 340L though, that class sucked.</p>