<p>Is anyone involved? I found out about it way late and applied. I missed the "qualifying SAT" by 30 points--lame if you ask me... but anyway I applied and havent heard back yet. They said if spaces open up then they look at their wait list. Anyone know anything about it?</p>
<p>Ask a specific question, that is a bit too broad. I have been admitted to the program, as have a few other people on this board.</p>
<p>I was admitted to the program as well. It's pretty much a replacement for many of the general ed requirements. You still must fulfill the foreign language requirement, but most of the general requirements are replaced by the courses of TO. Your writing class will also be different if you are involved in TO.</p>
<p>sorry about the vague-ness. I meant to ask if anyone had registered for classes for the program yet or if you were waiting until orientation to do so. I checked the class "count"--people already enrolled in next years classes--and there were a lot of spaces open. </p>
<p>Also, I heard from a friend who's at SC now that some people dont like thematic option because you cant take as diverse a class schedule as you would otherwise. In your opinion, is this true?</p>
<p>I was also wondering if you all were living in the honors houses or if those are reserved exclusively for "scholarship" honor students. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think you have to wait until orientation to register for the classes. I am living in the honors dorm next year, I'm in Trojan.</p>
<p>cool, hey r u the one who got into dartmouth but is coming to SC?</p>
<p>No, that's not me, I didn't even apply to Dartmouth, it's too close to home.</p>
<p>I'm going to be in Marks Hall, which is one of the honors halls. We can't sign up for any classes til orientation. I think...</p>
<p>Right, we can't sign up until orientation. I think all students have less freedom freshman year than any other year due to completing GE/TO classes. The TO program requires as many credits as GE, therefore you are not taking any extra classes by doing TO. The problem is that you only have two choices to choose from for your classes... For GE, there's a whole list of classes you can take to complete the requirements. One good thing about TO though is that you get all your wrtiting seminars done with freshman year, whereas GE students have to take a writing seminar freshman and junior year. Overall TO doesn't give as much choice as GE, but we still get to take two classes of our choice, then we have an open schedule for the next 3 years.</p>
<p>TO also provides smaller classes than regular GE classes, I believe, although I could be wrong. I'm actually really looking forward to TO because of the classes that are offered, when I read the course descriptions they sounded fascinating.</p>
<p>I was admitted too, but is it really as good as the TO office tries to make it sound?</p>
<p>I don't know anyone who's done TO so I can't tell you if it's as good as it sounds. I'm really excited about it though.</p>
<p>oh exciting news! I did get into TO, but its contingent upon space availability apparently... but my letter said I'd probably be able to get a space. Maybe I'll see some of you next year!</p>
<p>other than the fact that its extremely challenging and time consuming, everyone that i've talked to said that TO is definitely worth it. i was looking forward to taking some religion classes for ge's but i decided to do TO, and i think the small class sizes and biweekly tutor will make up for it. in some places it says that ap credit will still get you out of a TO class or two, but in other places its not mentioned. do you know if we can get ap course credit? also, in engineering, physics will count for one of the categories in normal ge's, but do you know if i can get out of one of the TO classes with physics?</p>
<p>I remember reading that you can still use AP credit to get out of GE classes. I'm not sure about getting out with physics though. I'll bet that you can get all your questions answered during orientation.</p>