<p>I am entering Tulane University fall 2007 as a music major. And I think my schedule is way too hard. It Is:</p>
<p>English 101
Spanish 203
Philosophy 104
Music 151 (theory class)/Applied Music 109
Applied Music 221 (voice lessons)
Applied Music 217 (voice ensemble)
TIDES (tulane safety seminar)
Total of: 18-19 credits</p>
<p>Plus, I'm planning on writing for the school newspaper and working IF possible. I don'tk now if i can manage all of that though!</p>
<p>Aside from that, what are your thoughts on philosophy courses? Has anybody had prior experience with them? Good? Bad? Is it too much work or no work and hard tests or what's the deal?</p>
<p>I think he's referring to the colleges with various names in different locations but that all share ONE commercial regardless of where you go!
For example, it's called Blair College in Colorado....but I remember being in like Iowa and seeing the EXACT SAME commercial for another college offering all the same programs and such -- especially medical assisting.
But I can't see a cheesy college like that offering a music major; I mean...usually they offer quick boost in salary for minimal education type jobs -- and one thing I know is that music is DEFINITELY NOT a "quick boost in salary" over much of anything!</p>
<p>Jeremy... if you're going to be a music major, I assume you're already a strong musician and a pretty focused person.
Also, if you're planning on writing for the school newspaper, you should probably look at that as your job (hopefully they're paying you at least a stipend?) and you should be okay. The only class I can really see being a problem there is your spanish class if you're weak in foreign languages. As a writer and musician, the English, philosophy, and music classes should be a breeze -- hard work at times, sure, but ultimately not too bad; and your "safety seminar" will likely hardly even be a class. They're usually pretty much blow off orientations with simple busy-work that is only half-ass graded -- if that!</p>
<p>it really depends on what kind of philosophy it is. i mean, a 100-level philosophy class could easily just be a historical survey of different famous thinkers. breeze.</p>
<p>I don't think it's too insane, but you should lighten it up because it is your first time. Tulane is not a cheesy college. I've heard of that school!</p>
<p>I'm in an ethics class right now (philosophy 1020 here) and it's really easy. I think it just kind of depends on your prof though. My friend is in a different ethics class and she said it's uber boring and they are not studying anything that we are studying.</p>
<p>All of those classes look ridiculously easy to me. You should be fine. Maybe we'd be better prepared to assess if you told us what the classes are- the numbers afterwards mean relatively little to me since colleges do not number the same.</p>
<p>English 101 is a writing INTENSIVE course lol (101 mean it's introductory, but we have to write a 20 pg. paper at the end of it and delete 10 of them, and magically fill them in with revised work. ah!)
Spanish 203 is the languae i placed into (it's a sophomore level.)
Philosophy 104 is freshman or sophomore level, but not introductory.
Music 151 is intensive theory music class.
annnd, the others are yeah, easy! lol</p>
<p>I hope this is a joke. Just because your are taking a large number of courses doesn't mean your schedule is insane, especially when they are mostly tame classes. This schedule actually seems rather easy and I wouldn't even count seminar as a class. In most schools, it only takes place once a week and serves as an orientarion to your major where all the students leave with an A. Begin to worry when you take phys, chem, calc on the same semester.</p>
<p>frasifrasi, thanks for the advice! But, it's not a joke. How would i know what's hard and what isn't yet? I'm not even IN college to know what a college class is really like lol. So, no joke.</p>
<p>Speaking as a parent of a soon to be college soph, I would be careful about taking too many credits as a freshman during fall term. There are a lot of adjustments to be made as a freshman. However, you could sign up for this load and depending on Tulane's drop and add policy, if the load is too heavy after a few weeks, drop a course! Good Luck-</p>
<p>Honestly, it depends on the professor (or the grad student who thinks he's the next Aristotle so he teaches like an elitist douchebag). Philosophy is an interesting subject, but if you're university is big on having grad students teach, be a little wary. </p>
<p>I was stuck with a wannabe James Dean who didn't understand he was just reiterating what philosophers have already said. Apparently, he thought that he was the originator of their ideas. /end rant.</p>
<p>kollegkid, I had a 3.8 UW gpa, so I did decently. I HATED ap classes, yes, but i tried to limit them b/c they were horrible and made my life miserable as hell. AP environmental i had a solid A average in, but ap gov i had a C average in (i am NOT interested in politics!)</p>