<p>kevin101 wrote:
"by the way, what are you taking though?"</p>
<p>Haha, I'm definitely not a science guy; there's no way I could ever do that with 24 units. This semester:</p>
<p>English 1B
Biopsychology
Discrete Mathematics
Philosophy 4: Critical Thinking
Cultural Anthropology
Earth Science Lab
German 1
Japanese 2</p>
<p>It's really not too bad; just the math class is giving me trouble. Thank god for credit/no credit. I need it for IGETC, and also it works well with my major (linguistics).</p>
<p>Wow... you are like double-full-time student! </p>
<p>I have some questions for you if you don't mind sharing the answers:
1. How would you handle your homework with that crazy courses load? </p>
<ol>
<li><p>What math have you completed before taking the discrete math and do you really need discrete math for linguistics major or you just take it for fun? </p></li>
<li><p>Out of all those courses, list them from the hardest to the easiest to you.</p></li>
<li><p>Out of all those courses, list them from the most time-consuming to the least time-consuming. (estimate the time like 5, 2, or 1 or non hours a week...)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I appreciate your sharing some thoughts on this if you could... :)</p>
<p>Damn, I took 20 units last semester at my CCC and I could barely handle it, it really hurt my grades a lot in some classes since i wasnt able to juggle time efficiently</p>
<p>most number of units I've ever taken was 14. But again, it talked about this b4. A 5 unit science class meets for 9 hrs a week, while a 3 unit history class meets for 3 hrs a week. pretty unfair.</p>
<p>mrmuirc, what do u do in ur earth science lab?</p>
<p>The general rule is this: do as much as you can, whenever you can. Also, there's a lot of planning involved; for example, I know that I have a midterm in my earth science lab on friday, which means I'm going to have to work extra-hard this week in order to hopefully free up some time on thursday to study for it. I kind of assess things week-by-week to decide which classes need priority, and then I'll plan out my work accordingly.</p>
<p>I have only had a little bit of calculus as preparation for discrete mathematics. It's definitely not a number-crunching kind of class; just a familiarity with algebra would suffice I think. However, many of the concepts are very abstract, so regardless of exactly which math classes you've taken, it's good to have some mathematical maturity before going into it. I don't need it specifically for my major, but it is, for a math class, surprisingly applicable. Also, I do find some of it interesting.</p>
<p>Ranked from hardest to easiest:
Discrete Mathematics
German 1
Biopsychology
Earth Science Lab
Japanese 2
English 1B
Cultural Anthro
Philosophy</p>
<p>As far as difficulty of subject matter goes, they're all about equal (except for math). The real factor is the class itself, like what the teacher is like, how much work there is, etc. So basically, I consider the hardest classes to be the ones that are the most time consuming.</p>
<p>The earth science lab is pretty pointless. So far we've learned to read topographic maps, identify minerals and rocks, and learned about various dating techniques. The thing is, I don't know what qualifies it as a "lab"; we just sit there and fill out these packets and then leave.</p>
<p>yeah unfortunatly i don't know how to do any of that stuff and i am an earth science major. If UCLA accepts me, pretty unlikely, I am gona be the worst earth science student in the history of earth science. LOL.</p>
<p>Yet, i still would rather be in an earth science class w/ about 15-30 student, typical ucla earth science class, rather than in bio/chem class at ucla w/ 200-300 student pulling my hair out as i compete w/ ucla students for grades.</p>
<p>I dunno I am gona have to read up in the summer about about earth science or something.</p>
<p>are we allowed to login to myucla, even though we arent students. </p>
<p>i tried logging in. </p>
<p>This mean anything? </p>
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<p>kinda scared to change to try and changing the pin... lol...</p>
<p>mrmuirc, thanks for sharing that! I appreciate it! </p>
<p>I'm currently taking 18 units with the most difficult course in math "Differential Equations" and I actually share the same view with you about how to handle courses efficiently as you described above... It is interesting to see someone else sharing the similar ideas. </p>