<p>@Tortilla Joe, are you planning on majoring/minoring in anything econ-related? If not, you probably don’t have to take both 1A and 1B in one year. </p>
<p>For anyone else, does anyone know how the following classes are? I’m having a hard time choosing:</p>
<p>ES10: Intro to Earth Systems
STATS 60: Intro to Stats Methods
MS&E 193: Technology and National Security</p>
<p>Stat 60: One professor (I don’t know his name never took the class but he’s the black dude) is famous for making this class super easy. Quizes every week but no midsterms or finals. Not sure when he’s teaching it this year (or if he is at all).</p>
<p>MSE 193: Extremely easy class. I took it last year and all we had were two take home midterms which were essentially a few questions about what was said in class (to make it even easier all classes are posted online) and a final paper about 5 pages long. </p>
<p>I don’t know anything about ES10 though.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>^ Hey, thanks a lot! Really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Yea, I think I’m going to do MSE193. Stats seems really easy but sounds incredibly boring, even though it’s probably pretty useful. </p>
<p>Another question about MSE though, I saw online that it’s mainly for grad student and upperclass undergrads. Would I be at a significant disadvantage in terms of how good my writing/research is? I consider myself a pretty good writer but I’m skeptical about how I’d fare competing with them grad students haha. </p>
<p>One last question: Is taking 5 classes freshman quarter bad? I’m not worried about the workload (they’re all fairly easy classes) but I’m just worried that most of my friends will be out having fun while I’m stuck in class. This especially applies to the MSE class because it’s in the afternoon. Lol I sound like a ■■■■■■■■ freshman.</p>
<p>TortillaJoe: Fall is fine. Winter will be a little intense, but probably doable unless you really end up hating math or o-chem. Spring is almost certainly too much–you’ve got five classes, all of which are serious. I’d move PWR to winter for sure and postpone econ if you can. That will still leave you a fairly challenging schedule, although if you end up in the 50 series instead of 50H, I think that will make it easier. By the way, you know the 50H series is extremely theoretical, and you will use very little of what you learn elsewhere, right? The material’s great–beautiful math–but you might be disappointed at its level of applicability if you’re doing chem/econ.</p>
<p>foodzeatr: Fall could be a bit much; I wouldn’t worry about winter. Spring is probably too much. But it looks like they probably won’t want you to take humbio 147 until after sophomore year, and if you drop that from your schedule, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks Sly. The only reason I’m really considering taking the 50H series is because I took linear algebra and multivariable calculus in high school. But then again, I don’t plan to take any more math after freshman year. I guess I’ll see how 51H goes the first few days and then decide.</p>
<p>That is a good idea. Try the first problem set and see what you think.</p>
<p>What’s on the chem placement test? Are there free response questions, or just multiple choice? And does it cover pretty much a whole year of chem? Or just like the first few chapters of basic stuff… because it doesn’t seem like it’d make sense to test a whole year of chem when technically you’re supposed to learn it in class ?</p>
<p>bluebubbles: no you’ll probably be just fine. Writing has never been my forte and taking a $hit-ton of engineering courses hasn’t exactly helped lol. As for the missing out on stuff during the day I’d say that’s highly unlikely. Most of the time things are coordinated post dinner because everyone will have a different schedule and everyone will be doing something or another. The only time it has ever been an issue is on fridays if people are planning on doing something that’ll take up the whole day but I honestly can’t remember the last time I faced that issue.</p>
<p>Oh and here’s a little secret: the MSE class is taped and available online so you can miss it without any fear of consequences ;)</p>
<p>^ Yeay! OK that makes me feel better. Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Alright, I PROMISE this is the last time I’m going to do this. But, could an awesome upperclassman tell me if this is too much? :</p>
<p>Econ 1A (5 units)
ES 10 - Intro to Earth Systems (4)
Math 19 - (3)
IHUM 63 (4)
MS&E 193 - (3)</p>
<p>That’s 19 units. From what I can tell, they’re all pretty easy classes but I’m just worried that they might add up to become something impossible to tackle. Especially if I’m looking to get heavily involved in ECs…</p>
<p>Two questions: do professors mind if you are maybe a couple of minutes late to class? I ask because I just found a class I really want to take but on two days it ends at the same time my IHUM begins. If I explain this to my professor, will they disapprove?
However, both of these classes seem to be in the same building. So, (second question) are rooms 200-219 and Building 200-2 in the same place/building? Are 200-219 even room numbers or are they a building?</p>
<p>bluebubbles: That’s five courses, which I would not advise, even if you think they’re all going to be easy.</p>
<p>Olive_Tree: I think you’ll be OK, especially if the one you’re going late to is IHUM. Those are in the same building; 200 is the building number, and 2 and 219 are room numbers.</p>
<p>How bad are 9AM classes? Because there’s an introsem at 9. </p>
<p>Like, do most people sign up for 9AM classes and never actually go? I definitely wouldn’t be able to pull that off with an introsem (right?). </p>
<p>If it matters, on the days the introsem meets (MWF), I have an IHUM lecture at 10.</p>
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<p>hey bluebubbles, how are you taking ms&e 193? I checked the website and it says its more geared towards grad students and juniors/seniors. <a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande193/[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande193/</a></p>
<p>^ Yea, but apparently it’s really easy and it’s open to underclassmen too. I’m not sure if I’m going to take it though, since I’m definitely taking a similar class sometime the next two quarters that’s geared for underclassmen.</p>