<p>Which courses at UCLA are considered "weeder" courses for premeds/psych majors? Which professors should i stay away from? Also, how do i register for my classes for fall quarter (first quarter at LA)?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>THink Organic Chem is one of them.</p>
<p>You'll learn how to register if you go to Orientation over the summer.</p>
<p>Life Sciences 1 / 2 / 3 / 4. Take your pick. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>chem series......physics series....ok im scaring myself now :(</p>
<p>What are the weeder courses for biz econ and econ?</p>
<p>Econ 11, Econ 101, Econ 102 :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Wonderful...aren't those the first courses? Or at least a few of the first?</p>
<p>Basic Econ Sequence:</p>
<p>Econ 1-Micro Principals--AP credit fulfills (4 or better)
Econ 2-Macro Principals--AP credit fulfills (4 or better)
Econ 41-Econ Stats (pre major req. don't need to take in any particular order)
Econ 11-Intermediate Micro 1
Econ 101-Intermediate Micro 2
Econ 102-Intermediate Macro (not a 2 class sequence like micro).
Econ 103-Econometrics (only req. for biz econ).</p>
<p>11 and 101 are the big weeders because they largely determine if you qualify for biz econ</p>
<p>102 isn't really a weeder in that you don't need to do well unless you want to get department honors, but its still a "theory" class so it can be difficult.</p>
<p>103 is just hard--its the subject.</p>
<p>I took Econ 1 and Econ 2 at my local community college this year. Is it wise to skip Econ 1 and Econ 2 at UCLA? or is that a bad move for my GPA to qualify for biz econ?</p>
<p>Not wise... You'll definitely be shocked by the difficulty and competitiveness of Econ 11, as well as the Economics program at UCLA in general. My roommate from last year skipped Econ 1 and Econ 2 with AP credit and took Econ 11 as his first Economics course at UCLA. He couldn't keep up with the weekly material, never handed in any of the homework assignments and I think he failed as a result. If you can, try to take Econ 1 and Econ 2 here as opposed to opting out with community college credit, because Econ 1 offers direct preparation for Econ 11. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>would u guys advise that i skip out of the Math 3A if im premed since i have AP calc BC. Im thinking of retaking it so the material is easier for me but would this be a mistake? Also, is it a tough course load to take math 3A and Chem 14A (and cont the sequence for the rest of freshmen year)?</p>
<p>^^^ answering your question...you have to take chem 14a and math 3a together since math 3a is a pre requisite for chem 14b...so if you do chem but not math then your are kinda stuck in the chem series.......</p>
<p>So basically the entire lower-division biomajor is considered 'weeder'?</p>
<p>mmmmhhmmmm</p>
<p>=</p>
<p>haha...if you want to think about it that way emmeline...</p>
<p>....depressing. =/</p>
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Weeder?? What's That?
At UCLA there is something called a "weeder" class. "Impacted" courses (courses that have strict guidlines about adding or dropping them due to their high demand) are often "weeders." Most majors have at least one weeder course. Many have more than one (called "weeder series"). A weeder is a course that is designed to flunk out kids who aren't good enough for the major, thus "weeding" them out. FEAR THEM. You're at a school with the best and the brightest... and these courses are designed to flunk a big chunk of them out, of course not on an official level. Most of the time you won't know your class is a weeder until you go to UCLA for a while and you hear the rumor. I will do my best to inform you of what classes you may take as an incoming freshman that may be weeders. UCLA is a pre-med school... remember that. Anything here that is pre-med is *<strong><em>ING HARD. All of the chem courses are considered weeders. Computer science and engineering in general is considered one giant weeder. No, they do not get easier as you move up; in fact, they get really *</em></strong>ing hard. To illustrate, I have a friend who is a graduating senior, Electrical Engineer, I quote him saying, "A's? What is an A? I thought it went from F to C-." It's his last quarter here and yet at least once a week he won't come back from studying until four or five in the morning... and yet it's not midterm or finals season.</p>
<pre><code>Quick Detour: "North" vs "South"
The campus is divided into two segments. The northern half has all the humanities and social sciences. It is where you will NEVER need a calculator. South campus is where all the calculator-needing classes are. It is a spectrum: as you move south, it becomes more and more bio. As you move more and more north, it gets artsie. In the middle are things like psychology, physics for non-engineers, etc. The classes are actually arranged like this!
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<p>Why Do You Keep Talking About "Harder As You Move Up?"
Amazingly, many majors get EASIER as you move up. This is because once you get through the weeder, they give you a break and the workload is only as hard as an "average" class. Certain majors aren't so lucky.</p>
<p>Back to Weeders...
I once took a weeder course in North campus (largely considered the "easier" side of campus). It is the weeder for the communications major (Comm 10). However, because this is an introductory weeder (anybody can take it), it is considered by many as North campus' hardest class. I didn't know this and I took it as an incoming frosh. I was quite scared. The material is ****ing common sense; you get a ton of it. I had 13 pages of single space, font 10 notes covering only HALF of the course (this is back when I was a good student and took notes). I was supposed to memorize the entire list including all the categories and how the list was arranged by them. And I did. Fearing it yet? My friend told me about his chem midterm... the average grade was a 16%.. No, they didn't fail the whole class; I'm sure they curved it so only half the kids failed. My freshman year, I met this friend of mine who was crying because she got an 76% on her math midterm. I told her that she should be glad she passed, she told me, "the average grade was 93%, the curve fails me." Weeders can have curves, as these three examples show... but only to make sure some people pass... and some fail. Famous weeders are courses like: Communications 10, Life Scienes 1 (and 2 & 3), Chemistry 14a (and all the subsequent ones get only harder), English 10a (OMG that class was hard), CS33, etc. Oh, and if you're wondering, my friend ended up getting a C- in her math class after studying her butt off. Lucky her!!!
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<p>wow who made that site?</p>
<p>here's the rest of it: </p>
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<p>All biochem classes except chem 171 are weeder classes...Actually MIMG classes are weeder too...Psych classes are relatively easier, even for upper division.</p>