<p>As a rising senior, I would say that you'll certainly be academically equipped to "handle" five courses by that time... it only gets easier, from a study-skills point of view... but when the time comes, you might not want to. While your thesis may count as two courses, it is in many ways much more than that -- you'll want the time to commit to it. Also, being a senior is special and kinda fun. When you turn in your thesis at the beginning of April, chances are you're going to want to take advantage of your new-found free time in nonacademic ways.</p>
<p>Of course, your plans can evolve with time. You don't have to have it figured out now. It certainly doesn't hurt to keep your options open, but sometimes it's not worth it to stress over making a convoluted schedule "work." Secondly, I'd point out that getting the actual certificate isn't half as important as having the courses on the transcript. So if you can only manage 3/4 of the courses required for a certificate, do that :-)</p>
<p>Phil, what stat course are you referring to?
I know there is one in the econ major, but I thought you were doing philosophy or something?
(I think I pass out of the stats class with my AP score hah)
I'm going to take econometrics for my QR requirement :)</p>
<p>unless you are an econ major, don't take econometrics. it is quite hard. and if you are an econ major you will end up placing out of the qr requirement anyway</p>
<p>With what?
Maybe you can answer this for me...I'm kind of confused as to what is required for econ.
I know MAT 103 is, but what if I have a sufficiently high AP Calc score?
Does that mean I still have to take a 200-level MAT class for Econ, or is that all the math I need?</p>
<p>When you say econ majors end up placing out of QR, is that with the statistics class that is required? Because on the Econ departmental site it says that people who score 5 on AP Stat test out of that class...</p>
<p>Econometrics sounds so interesting though! What makes it so hard?</p>
<p>Yeah, Quantitative Methods in the psych department. I may concentrate in that, I dunno, but it seems like a quick and easy way to get QR out of the way.</p>
<p>There are also some freshman seminar QRs that don't seem too mathy. But I think I'll try to get through my lab science requirements in the seminars :p</p>
<p>haha I'm staying away from QR and ST seminars because I'll be taking enough of those as it is and am trying to fulfill the other requirements ;)...</p>
<p>I think all the science/math frosh seminars will be full of AB people, and all the hum ones will be full of BSEs...</p>
<p>even though princeton will not give you credit etc. for AP statistics, the econ department will let you skip ECO202 if you have a 5 on the AP test only if you are an econ major.</p>
<p>No, I wasn't referring to that site...
I KNOW I saw a page, from the Econ department that said a 5 on the stat AP satisfied the stat class requirement. I'll try to find it.</p>
<p>i got a 4 on macro cuz i didnt solidify myself enough with the effects of interest rate changes made by the fed (and lots of the test is on that). do you think i could convince them to let me skip 102?</p>
<p>oops. i meant the intro macroeconomics course. i got a 4 on macro, but ive since reviewed, and now i know that stuff. that class would be a waste of time, thats why i wanted to know if theyd be nice about it. i got a 5 on micro.</p>
<p>There's a class for freshmen who pass out of 100 and 101. It's still an 100-level class I believe, but it's probably review + some more advanced stuff. You might be able to do that, I'm just guessing though.</p>
<p>no thats ECO200. the reason they have that is to take the 300-level courses you need to pass a 100-level calc class. im assuming since i placed out of the 100-level math classes, ill be able to take a 300-level econ right off the bat.</p>
<p>you cannot take 300-level core course econ as a freshman. you can take 300 level electives. the econ dept is pretty strict with entrance requirements, either a 5 on the AP or you take 100 and 101.</p>