<p>Math 1A
Physics 7A
Stat 21
Music 26AC</p>
<p>What classes should I be choosing in Phase 1? I hear math classes fill up fast. I've been talking with my friends about their schedules and I've been wondering if this might be a little stressful for a freshman. I'm pre-business, hoping to get into Haas.</p>
<p>The 16 series have filled up a lot already and it says on the Haas website that they accept 1A or 1B. I've taken Calc AB and BC. I got a 5 on AB and think I did pretty well on BC. Should I be taking 1B instead?</p>
<p>I've been reading about "Berkeley Time" and I'm still a little confused about it. When I started making my schedule I tried really hard not to have back to back classes. Do a lot of people have back to back classes, and is it not a problem?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input</p>
<p>Fairly difficult courseload. Stat 21 is very hard this semester with this prof. I recommend dropping either stats or physics and taking on an easier course esp. if you are pre-haas and GPA is very important.</p>
<p>You will be fine in 1A. Math 1B is a difficult class for first semester. It also depends on the prof.</p>
<p>Back to back classes are fine as long as you are not going across campus.</p>
<p>For Haas you can take Stat 20, 21 or 25. Which one is the easiest of the three?</p>
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just remember, you should take 15-16 units
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<p>Why do you always tell people this? I took 14 units my first semester as a freshman. Western Civ 44 (5 units). Japanese 1A (5 units). Linguistics 5 (4 units). I had a fruitful undergarduate career. Why exactly should I have taken more than the 14 units I took? What should I have taken in addition to those courses? How did this negatively affect my undergraduate academic career?</p>
<p>Hominid is irrationally obsessed with the 15-16 unit load (he's been posting it incessantly on the facebook discussion board.) Some people can handle it their first semester, others can't.</p>
<p>Can anybody recommend some interesting and fun classes?</p>
<p>I read that the themed English programs are a lot better than not themed ones or something like that. What do people mean by themed programs? Is it a specific area in the world or something?</p>
<p>I was also wondering how much free time one can expect with a load of four full 3-4 unit classes.</p>
<p>Themed programs = German R1A/1B, Scandinavian R1A/1B, African American Studies R1A/1B, et cetera.</p>
<p>^^ German and Scandinavian actually go by the R5a/5b course numbering, not sure what's different about ones and fives</p>
<p>im only taking 13 units lol.</p>
<p>^^I see no reason for an incoming freshman to take more than 13, unless they are in a major that has a tremendous number of prerequisities (EECS or something). Even assuming you have NO AP credits, NO community college courses, and you NEVER plan to go to summer school, you'll still probably have at least one 17 unit semester, that will balance things out, and you can graduate in 4 years. You have 8 semesters to balance things out. Starting slow is well worth it.</p>
<p>The new Haas admissions requirements make it so that you should not take a 13-unit first semester since you can no longer AP out of breadths anymore.</p>
<p>These are the requirements you can still AP out of: R&C A+B, Math (1 Semester) and Econ 1 or 2.</p>
<p>These are the requirements you can't AP out of: Stats 20 or 21 or 25, BA 10, Literature Class, additional classes to fulfill the 7 L&S breadth requirements and a language class if you didn't fulfill the University Foreign Language requirement.</p>
<p>So if you didn't AP out of anything that is a minimum 14 classes not including the prerequisites to your backup major, which means a 13-unit load is not a good idea for incoming pre-business freshman.</p>
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In high school you build up a large work tolerance
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<p>Most students in high school aren't actually working that hard at school work, they are just overloaded with ECs and family responsibilities etc. and busy work and it feels like they have a lot of school work. Certainly, once you factor in senioritis, that any such tolerance has evaporated. (That is assuming I have some idea of what you are talking about.)</p>
<p>As far as pre-business freshman, those are some good points. But it depends on the student, what they have tested out of and what they haven't (as you describe above), whether they took summer school before entering or intend to the following summer. Many students have community college units which can be applied to breadth requirements, even for Haas, I would assume.</p>
<p>Anyway, each student needs to evaluate their own situation and act accordingly. But the fact is, for most students, there is no downside risk in taking 13 or 14 units their first semester.</p>
<p>I agree with the work tolerance thing being low. Senioritis nearly screwed me over xD.</p>
<p>So let me clarifiy. If i got a 5 on the BC exam I do not have to take Math? </p>
<p>If that is true, and I still take math, will it look bad?</p>
<p>Yes, a 5 on BC means you do not have to take math to get into Haas. It won't look bad if you take it, but there's really no reason to, since 16A (which is much easier than 1A, let alone 1B, to which a 5 on BC is equivalent to) is enough to get into Haas.</p>
<p>I was just on the Haas website and I looked up the AP scores stuff. It got me really confused because everybody here has been saying you can't use AP credit to satisfy Breadth Requirements, but the Haas website says:</p>
<p>The following exams may only be used by students applying in Fall 2008. Students applying in Fall 2009 and beyond cannot use exam credit to fulfill breadth requirements.</p>
<p>Does that mean that freshmen this year are the last class to use AP credit to fulfill breadth or am I just reading it wrong?</p>
<p>They mean that if you turn in your application to Haas during Fall 2008 you can use AP credits for breadth. If you apply in Fall 2009 or later you can't. This basically means that the Class of 2011 can use AP Credits if they apply as sophomores. Class of 2012 and beyond cannot use AP credits for breadths.</p>
<p>Well i got my AP scores and figured out I don't need math.
Care to judge my revised schedule?</p>
<p>Music 26AC
Physics 7a
Italian Studies 40
Es, P, AM C11</p>
<p>I think you do need math.</p>
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers -- Physics (PHYSICS) 7A [4 units]
Prerequisites: High school physics; Math 1A or 1AS; Math 1B or 1BS (which may be taken concurrently).
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<p>Thats only for scientists and engineers right? </p>
<p>I'm planning on Business Administration</p>
<p>I think i Aped out of math? Got a 5 in BC</p>
<p>Physics 7A is called "Physics for Scientists and Engineers." Why do you want to take Physics 7A?</p>