<p>Just got accepted to Warren! Yay! :) I'm just curious about the dorm life in Warren. Like, are most rooms doubles? How many people share a bathroom? Also, how are the GEs?</p>
<p>Most of the rooms are either singles or triples with some doubles mixed in there. The res halls are set up in suites of generally 10 people who share a common room and restroom. Each restroom has 2 bathroom stalls, 2 showers, and 3 sinks. The nice thing is that only people in your suite have access to your suite so you’re never going to get random people using your restroom or watching your TV or anything like that (all of the the other colleges are essentially the same in this respect).</p>
<p>The reason I picked Warren was because of the GEs. There’s a great amount of customization with them. This link contains everything you need to know about them. If anything is confusing in it (which it likely will be), you can ask me about it.</p>
<p><a href=“http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_guide.pdf[/url]”>http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_guide.pdf</a></p>
<p>Also, as I’ve said many times before and will keep repeating from now until next year, I’ll be an RA for Warren’s res halls next year so maybe you’ll be my resident!</p>
<p>So I can take cogsci classes and it can be either pofc?</p>
<p>Oh it’s different classes. Got it.</p>
<p>What exactly are the ethics classes?</p>
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<li>Ethics and Society (4)</li>
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<p>(Same as Poli. Sci. 27.) An examination of ethical principles (e.g., utilitarianism, individual rights, etc.) and their social and political applications to contemporary issues: abortion, environmental protection, and affirmative action. Ethical principles will also be applied to moral dilemmas in government, law, business, and the professions.</p>
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<li>Ethics and Society II (4)</li>
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<p>(Same as Poli. Sci. 28.) An examination of a single set of major contemporary social, political, or economic issues (e.g., environmental ethics, international ethics) in light of ethical and moral principles and values.</p>
<p>Oh, that actually sounds moderately interesting. </p>
<p>Why does it have two names? Is there any difference between what you take it as?</p>
<p>Sorry for all these questions. I’m also wondering how the APUSH test would count towards the humanities pofc. Would it only exempt two lower division courses? Or could I take two lower division and one upper division? Thanks.</p>
<p>I meant three lower division and one upper division.</p>
<p>The material in poli 27 is interesting but its presented in a way that makes you want to shoot your brains out. I’m took it this past quarter with rickless, avoid.</p>
<p>A passing score on the APUSH exam exempts you from two lower division courses for humanities PofC. So you would need to take one more lower division and three upper division courses to fulfill that PofC.</p>
<p>Oh, and you need to take both Ethics and Society courses. It’s a requirement. You need to take those courses after you’ve taken Warren Writing of course, the best class in the world. -____-</p>
<p>Oh okay, thanks.</p>
<p>And I noticed Phil 17 isn’t offered Spring quarter, so I have to start the series Sophomore year I guess?</p>
<p>PHIL 17? Don’t you mean PHIL 27?</p>
<p>Well, I’m currently a freshman at Warren, and I just completed Warren Writing 10B (woooo finally!). PHIL/POLI 27 isn’t offered for spring quarter, so I’ll probably take that next year. However, in reality, I’ll probably end up taking those classes whenever I feel like it, because I need a break from writing intensive courses hahaha. You need to take two Warren Writing courses (10A and 10B) before Ethics and Society (PHIL/POLI 27 and 28). So yeah, you’ll most likely end up taking E&S in your fall quarter of sophomore year or even in your spring quarter of freshman year, depending if you are able to complete the Warren Writing sequence by the end of winter quarter and if E&S 27 is being offered for spring 2012. Hope that answers your question. :)</p>
<p>Yes, I meant Phil 27 haha. </p>
<p>Does WW10A tend to fill up Fall quarter? Because I’m wondering why it’s also offered in Winter.</p>
<p>YES, Warren Writing fills up fast because EVERY freshman at Warren needs to take it. Hopefully you’ll get a good enrollment time for fall quarter. Your enrollment time for fall quarter is based on a lottery system and it all depends on luck. However, after that, your enrollment time is based from how many units you have accumulated from passing AP scores and community college courses. Basically, the more units you have, the better your enrollment time. It’s okay if you don’t get Warren Writing 10A for fall; you can always take it for winter. There’s no rush. You’ll finish the series eventually.</p>
<p>Oh alright. So would coming in with 4 AP tests be considered a good amount? </p>
<p>Tell me if I’m doing the math/logistics wrong: Since they’re 8 units each, that’s 32 units, plus 16 units from first quarter, which would be 48 and would put me in Sophomore standing by second quarter… seems too good to be true.</p>
<p>Not all AP scores are worth 8 units; some are worth 4. Look up the Warren College Academic Advising Handbook for more info.</p>
<p>And yes, you’ll have sophomore standing by the end of fall quarter (assuming that you’ll pass all your classes). Hah, I, too, had 32 units coming into UCSD. I also got a good enrollment time for fall so I was able to get the classes I wanted. 32 units is a strong amount of units for a fairly decent enrollment time. You’ll definitely get the classes you want, although maybe not at your preferred time of day.</p>
<p>^ I checked, and they’re all worth eight (well, I haven’t taken two of them yet, so this is hypothetical.)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all your help!</p>
<p>Glad to help!</p>