<p>So I was browsing through the course catalog and it is so overwhelming! </p>
<p>What are you guys planning on taking in the fall?
I think I'm going to do Chinese 103, Econ 100, English 203 and I'm not sure about the fourth. What are some popular science classes for non-science people?</p>
<p>Also, how/when do we sign up for freshman seminars? </p>
<p>And if I understand correctly, we are required to take a writing seminar but they decide whether we take it in the fall or spring? Do we get to choose or are they all the same? :confused:</p>
<p>Course selection does seem difficult because there is just so much to choose from! I know they say you can always change the courses you list, but how many of the courses will they let you change? What if you want to change every course you've listed by Fall :confused: ? It's too bad we won't get to use the Student Course Guide before deciding on preliminary courses. :(</p>
<p>Writing seminars you can choose which topic to do (I think you have to rank your 4 choices), but they decide which semester you'll do it in. We should find out in mid-July. More</a> info on writing seminars.</p>
<p>I have 6 different schedules set up so if classes fill, etc., but ideally? MAT 215, ARA 101, ENG 363, and HIS 496. Alternates include MAT 217, COM 316, and REL 245</p>
<p>You're going for some competitive courses- HIS 496 only reserves 3 spots for freshmen. </p>
<p>and <em>shudders at all that MAT</em> Here's to hoping that my BC calc grade is good enough for me to skip out of MAT 103 and never touch calc again.</p>
<p>No, the WRI counts as one of your courses. At least that's what a friend of mine who was a freshman this past year said. And judging from the workload, rightly so.</p>
<p>Some people do take five courses, and everybody does at least once, but five courses are generally not encouraged for first-semester freshmen, and especially not for those taking the writing seminar then, because it's loads of work. Dance classes are loads of work because they require not only lots of class time, but a huge amount of rehearsal time as well (in addition to paper writing). </p>
<p>Byerly, don't you belong on that other board? ;)</p>
<p>It seemed to me a reasonable question. Many parents might have a view about these things if their offspring were attending their alma mater. I know I would. You are overreacting.</p>
<p>Some of you guys have been talking about closed courses. While some courses will fill because fellow freshmen have enrolled in them, keep in mind that you can see which classes have closed online, by going to the course offerings section of the Princeton website (Academics --> Courses --> Course Offerings --> F '05 Closed Courses).</p>
<p>Also, to pegdiver's question: the integrated science course only occupies two slots each semester. If you have your writing seminar Fall semester, that means you would effectively only "choose" one course, but Spring Semester you could "choose" up to three courses, assuming you stuck with the Integrated Science course.</p>
<p>As someone who has taken the similarly-scheduled HUM Sequence, it can be a little limiting, but, like the HUM Sequence, the Integrated Science course seems among the finest courses one could take -- and you can only take it freshman year. Also, because it's a science course that potential premeds might take, any sort of selection hit you might take is minimized: if you weren't taking Integrated Science, you'd be taking General Chemistry or Orgo, EEB 211, and MOL 214 throughout the year, anyway, so -- at least for premeds -- you've got half your schedule cordoned off anyway.</p>