Typical day at Penn

<p>what can i expect once i’m there type of a thing</p>

<p>classes (most arent ridic. early), lunch at one of the awesome food carts, some more classes in the afternoon, most people finish round 4 or 5. dinner at dining hall(for frosh atleast), extra curric groups during the early evening. chill and do hw at night.</p>

<p>How many classes do people usually take at one time?</p>

<p>let's not forget all the time taken up by hot sex</p>

<p>Most people take 4 to 5 classes.</p>

<p>Is there a reason why you would take 5 classes over 4 other than you are interested in them? What do you think would be standard for freshmen?</p>

<p>^You're in Vagelos Scholars. 5 credit units a semester or you won't finish in 4 years. 40 cu to complete the program. I really wish I got in...</p>

<p>it's interest that does it for me. Others are cheap and/or poor and want to graduate 1 or 2 semesters early.</p>

<p>As a freshman I'd say do 4 your fall semester definitely (you've got enough on your plate getting used to college) and 4 or 5 your spring semester.</p>

<p>Is taking:
Math 114, Chem 101, Bio 101, Econ 001, and Language
too much for an incoming freshman first semester?</p>

<p>Also, are classes like Math 201/202 (freshmen seminars) just like taking an actual class, or are they supposed to be taken on top of a full schedule?</p>

<p>Venkat89: I thought I read somewhere that you could ask Penn to "reconsider" your application with regards to this program. </p>

<p>Not sure that this is fact, but I'm pretty sure that I saw it somewhere...</p>

<p>Sorry if this seems stupid, but what exactly are the food carts?</p>

<p>That schedule looks ridic Venkat. From what I hear (and see) Chem is very hard here. The entry chem and even Bio 101 I hear are hard because the departments want to weed out all the people who thought they wanted to be Doctor's but in reality can't crack it. I can speak for Math 114 as I am in it now..its not hard, but its not terribly easy either. If you put in the work and do practice problems throughout the week you should be just fine :)</p>

<p>btw Meng isnt even a Penn student...I hear he actually goes to Drexel and walks around Penn's campus because he wishes he was badass enough to come here</p>

<p>wheres that rap cd you were supposed to make for me in 7th grade? Punk</p>

<p>Id bring it to you...but that means walking to Drexel</p>

<p>Will it be better to just take the placement exam for chem? I did relatively well in AP Chem and got a 5. I was thinking of repeating it because of an easy A. If it isn't the case, I think I will just take the placement exam. </p>

<p>My schedule is probably looking like this
Math 114, Chem, Physics, Bioengineering 100, and maybe a language. </p>

<p>That's what the sample curriculum is for us.</p>

<p>No way am I skipping chem 101 as a premed. That means I have to take pchem and biochem. I'd rather take those if I decide to become a chem/biochem major. Basically, I'm undecided. If I'm premed, I want to major in chem/biochem, BBB, or econ. If premed doesn't work out, I want to do either math+wharton or econ+wharton. Hence, I need to take chem, math, and econ as a frosh. Also, I'm going to fail my Spanish placement test, so I'll probably have 8 semesters of language in front of me (if I'm lucky). Then the Vagelos thing comes into play if I'm lucky...</p>

<p>God help me.</p>

<p>Gah the language requirement is going to kill me -.-</p>

<p>For grad school, programming = language. I wish I was in grad school...</p>

<p>2o_o7, just take the SAT II in a foreign language right now.</p>

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As a freshman I'd say do 4 your fall semester definitely (you've got enough on your plate getting used to college) and 4 or 5 your spring semester.

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Can someone explain why Wharton strongly recommends taking 5 classes fall semester then?</p>

<p>I dropped Spanish this year to take an additional AP science.</p>

<p>(also i sucked at it :()</p>