<p>Pixeljig,</p>
<p>I will ask the engineering people I know for you. </p>
<p>Best,
zenith</p>
<p>pixeljig!
I asked my computer engineering friend. I PMed you his response along with his email address. He says he’ll be happy to talk with you.</p>
<p>I just wanted to post some information for everyone to see about the computer science program. I don’t know specifics but there are some things it is known for and some articles that reference them:
Very small class sizes and I know the department is moving away from lectures and into more active/interactive and hands on classes (which apparently is rare among CS prigrams): <a href=“http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/13517.aspx[/url]”>http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/13517.aspx</a> , <a href=“http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/13629.aspx[/url]”>http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/13629.aspx</a> and [Active</a> learning to transform undergraduate education in WUSTL computer science and engineering | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis](<a href=“http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/10415.aspx]Active”>Active learning to transform undergraduate education in WUSTL computer science and engineering - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis)</p>
<p>this year a few Undergrad CS students won grant money for their business venture through one of wash u’s entrepreneuship competitions: [Olin</a> Cup awards innovative ventures with $75,000 | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis](<a href=“http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20220.aspx]Olin”>Olin Cup awards innovative ventures with $75,000 - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis)</p>
<p>news article today about an iPhone/iPad app dev course: [Washington</a> University Engineering - News Story](<a href=“http://engineering.wustl.edu/newsstory.aspx?news=6484]Washington”>http://engineering.wustl.edu/newsstory.aspx?news=6484)</p>
<p>Also to keep in mind with any of the engineering majors is the new complex of buildings they are constructing now. They’re halfway done now.</p>
<p>Thank you vbball for those links. What is your major?</p>
<p>Hey Zenith,
May I talk to someone in Olin Business School? I was just wondering what do business student normally choose to do after undergrad study…or the internship things…Thank you!</p>
<p>^^ To BellaSoot,
Yes, I had already talked beforehand with one of my business school friends about potentially answering questions for future freshmen. I am going to PM you his email so check your inbox.</p>
<p>Zenith, thank you for the PM. </p>
<p>Can you please tell me the GE requirements at WashU? Thanks.</p>
<p>pixel- what school are you?</p>
<p>The only specific GE req for all students is Writing 1. However, you can get out of it via AP or a placement test if you’re engineering.</p>
<p>Zenith
Can you help me ask your economics friends some questions again?</p>
<p>Here’s the one:</p>
<p>I’ve checked the courses listing. I am wondering if I take Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at the same time, will I be exhausted because of the books and papers required to read and write? (Assuming I take 7 courses in Freshman year)</p>
<p>Thx</p>
<p>Ok, one more question:</p>
<p>When I checked the WUCrsL, the introduction of psychology 100B said it is required of all majors. Is this true? Do all students need to take Psyc 100B?</p>
<p>here’s the source
[WUCrsL</a> Course Information](<a href=“http://courses.wustl.edu/wucrsl/WUCrsLWeb_course_desc.asp?sem=FL2010&sch=L&dept=L33&course=100B]WUCrsL”>http://courses.wustl.edu/wucrsl/WUCrsLWeb_course_desc.asp?sem=FL2010&sch=L&dept=L33&course=100B)</p>
<p>… for all psych majors. Majors refers to all the people who are majoring in the subject.</p>
<p>Hi Soundwave,</p>
<p>
Let me ask the Econ guy for you about Macro and Micro. I’ll PM you back and also post the answer here so other people can refer to it, too. </p>
<p>
No, like phlipper101 wrote, it’s only for the Psych majors. :)</p>
<p>I’m kind of debating between premed and business with a second major in art.</p>
<p>Obviously premed is a great career but my mom told me that business could open the door to many opportunities and I love art and so it would be a shame to stop. Can you give me any information on business like the classes or what you’ll experience? Same in art- probably under the drawing category.</p>
<p>I want to major in Biology but am not premed. Will I be overrun by all the premed types? Can I get an general overview of biology until I decide on a concentration area? Will it be really competitive being in classes with all the premeds? Are there “weed out” classes - organic chem? I want to go on to graduate school in Bio.</p>
<p>Hey Zenith,
First off, YOU’RE AWESOME! Thank you for all the posts around here…it’s definitely part of the reason I made up my mind to attend…</p>
<p>So…I was thinking about going into the bio like 2 yrs back, but now I’m more inclined toward the social sciences…anthropology, psychology, poli sci, sociology, american cultural studies, to name a few. And I’m in Olin as well, which is up-and-rising quite rapidly over the past few yrs, but which is also a relatively weaker part (I mean, compared to the renowned bio/med). So I was wondering…is WUSTL VERY bio/premed-centric? Well, I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, it’s just that would there be tangible preference in the whole school - from the administration to the students? Would those who aren’t into bio/premed feel…slightly marginalized?</p>
<p>And also, students in Olin do not have classes on Fridays, that’s the fact; but I’m a little concerned about the no-so-glamorous reputation (“lazy”, “not as hard-working”, etc) coming from this fact. How rigorous is the workload in Olin? And how’s the students general share of voice in the whole undergrad student body (which somehow brings us back to the 1st question…lol)?</p>
<p>I’d really appreciate it if I could talk to someone from Olin as well as one from any social science discipline, if that’s not too much to ask…well, thanx in advance!</p>
<p>Wash U does have predominant reputation for being scienc-y, but that doesn’t mean that there is an underlying high level of quality in most of the other majors here. The Business School, by all anecdotal accounts of friends in it and by ranking guides, is one of the strongest programs here. </p>
<p>My friends in Olin (those who are Juniors and Seniors, at least) work amongst the hardest of people I know at Wash U. Most of their work seems to be in group projects that they work on incessantly. Especially those in Finance. Marketing major seems to be a little less work, so I think it depends on which majors you choose. I think Olin has that “not as hardworking as pre-med vibe” because of two reasons:
- pre-med is really tough here and you can’t compare anything to that
- students in the b-school take most of their business school classes (and certainly the hardest ones it seems) in Junior and Senior year… by that time, during the first two years, they’ve only taken a few intro-y Business classes and lots of Art Sci classes so everyone wonders “what do you actually do in Olin???” In pre-med and other Art Sci majors, they really kick you in the butt during Freshman year with Organic Chemistry and Biology. In the business school it’s more of a progression from intro -> difficult… whereas it is less of a linear progression in some of the other departments here.</p>
<p>Since you mentioned social sciences, I know that our Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, and Psychology majors are amongst the best in the country. There’s one major called Political Economy which combines both Poli Sci and Economics into one program. I have taken a few American Culture Studies classes and they’ve been some of the most fun classes I’ve taken, and most interesting. </p>
<p>PS, two things to think about… at any top school like Wash U with their own medical school you’re going to find tons of pre-med students, especially during Freshman year because everyone enters college wanting to be a doctor for some reason. Luckily, at Wash U, that’s balanced out slightly more because of the 4 other colleges we have. Also, most undergraduate business schools don’t have classes on Fridays… this isn’t too unique to Wash U.</p>
<p>Join the Bear Buddies group on Facebook because you will be put in contact with a current student in whichever majors you are considering.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks vbball90! That cleared all the doubts…</p>
<p>This threads been dead for a while, but if anyone has any questions going into the summer / registration, classes, major requirements, etc feel free to ask and I’ll get back to you</p>
<p>I know its been a while since anyone posted here, but if some people who have gone through registering for classes as a freshman could post their experiences or tips or just an idea of what to expect it would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>For engineers, who register on their own (either late July or early August): Here’s a students perspective, giving more detail than the packet they send out.</p>
<p>They’ll let you know a time when registration opens. Pay attention to that. It’s been 7:30 central time for at least the past two years. If you live on the west coast, sorry, but you’ll have to wake up at 5.
Also, make sure you start then. You may have some classes you’re fighting to get into.</p>
<p>Fill out the registration worksheet (get to it on webstac) before hand, so that you know what you want to take, and the schedule you’ll (hopefully) have.</p>
<p>Standard classes for freshmen engineers:</p>
<p>Physics: should be your first priority when you’re registering. My advice: take 197 over 117. It’s a MUCH better class. You want to be as high up on the waitlist as is possible.</p>
<p>Chem: Don’t stress. You’ll get into this class. There’s plenty of spots. Just have a back up for your recitation in case the one you want is full.</p>
<p>Chem Lab: Find a lab section you want… then find a back up just in case. I think ~80 people can fit in a section (4 rooms with 20 hoods each). They should open this up, if it shows that fewer people can fit. That’s to keep it open for underclassmen. Also, Saturday labs suck. Even if you think you’ll like it because it frees up your week, nearly everyone I knew stuck in a saturday lab hated it. Even if you’re not someone who will go out on friday nights, you might be in a student group that has an overnight somewhere.</p>
<p>Calc: you’ll get in, but have a back up for your tuesday recitation (calc 1&2, but not 3).</p>
<p>Intro classes (ie bme 140): there will be enough room. I don’t think they’ll deny anyone, although there’s a rumor that there is a HUGE number of incoming bme’s. Like. 50 more than the 2013’ers.</p>