<p>sooo just curious about them in general...but if anyone had some useful info concerning whether they are really time consuming or just like a regular course, interesting or boring, just a good way to meet requirements.... good or bad...etc. it would be really useful.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>anyone ???</p>
<p>From what i've heard, they are interesting and a good way to meet requirements. I've heard a bunch of people who just say "I LOVE my freshman seminar." They aren't required. I ended up not taking one (i never got into one).</p>
<p>I know that was not helpful at all considering I never took one!</p>
<p>I took an amazing one this semester. It was a geology course, which I'd never done before, and over fall break Princeton flew us out to the Sierra Nevadas and Death Valley to do fieldwork. The professors are wonderful, and the class isn't too much work. I'd definitely recommend it!</p>
<p>They're a lot of fun, and most everyone I've talked to has had good experiences with them. I had Jeff Nunokawa for "A Brief History of Individuality"--yes, the one mentioned in the Prince--and it was amazing. Basically, our whole class is in love with Nunokawa, and I tore up inside when he sent us an email last week saying:
"5. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed our monday nights together."
The biggest thing, I think, with freshman seminars isn't the material you learn so much as it is the relationships you make with your professor and classmates. It's an introduction to the academic relationships that'll be such a big part of your Princeton time.</p>
<p>I'm going to the galapagos on one this coming semester, pretty cool</p>
<p>omg, that's awesome! is it darwin or something?</p>
<p>i'd love to go to the galapagos isles too, unfortunately i don't have a strong biology foundation... this is definitely an excellent seminar, besides a ton of brilliant others.</p>
<p>which seminars have u taken? which is the geology course seminar? which is the galapagos seminar? also, does one get a grade for a seminar?</p>
<p>any seminars that u would particularly recommend?</p>
<p>Aw, this is cruel... I have a Theory of Knowledge essay to write and you're giving me Princeton envy. :(</p>
<p><em>crawls under the covers and hibernates until April</em></p>
<p>They're a good way of fulfilling distribution requirements as well for non science folk.</p>
<p>thanks to everyone who has answered so far...this has been really helpful</p>
<p>though, im still confused about how much work they require, and bout how they are graded</p>
<p>Haha camelia I definitely agree. I'm getting all excited about Princeton now when I still have one more application to do (and submit today) and about 3 billion other things.</p>
<p>Freshman seminars are just like any other class. The amount of work depends on the seminar you take. They are graded exactly the same and count for the same amount of credit/distribution requirement. The only distinguishing factors are that they are all freshmen and are capped at 15 students.</p>
<p>final bump</p>