Yet Another Orientation Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I am signed up for the June 14th Honors LSA orientation. I will be flying out (from upstate NY) tomorrow (tueday) night and wont get in to like midnight. I am really tired right now as I am just finishing a research paper cause tomorrow is the last day of school for me so i am sorry for not searching for the answers to these questions.</p>

<p>So what do i have to bring with me to orientation?</p>

<p>I plan on starting a new language (Italian) so i dont have to take any placement test right? I have taken 3 years of latin but that probably wont help.</p>

<p>Also i havent taken chemistry in 2 years (AP Phsyics B and C have been my sciences for the last 2 years) so i really have NO NO NO clue as to my ability. Plus on top of that i have no desire to take a chemistry class (i am looking to major in physics) so do i have to take that test?</p>

<p>Lastly, i have my aunt and uncle who live near Ann Arbor were going to take me out to dinner on one of the nights. Would it be possible to skip like that Summer Dance Troupe the thing about Michigan Learning Communities?</p>

<p>Thats all for now...thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>yeah, I was wondering about the last question as well. Can we skip, say one of the lunches to go out with friends?</p>

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<p>You can <em>unofficially</em> skip whatever you want. They never take attendance. You can officially skip meals. After the first day I ate out every night. This is college people. No one's assigned to supervise you.</p>

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<p>wouldnt an understanding of chemistry be important if youre studying physics?</p>

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<p>No...not at all. What gave you that idea?</p>

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<p>Chemistry deals with how molecules work. Physics deals with how matter behaves. Molecules are the building blocks of matter. How could they possibly not be interrelated? Am I missing something here?</p>

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<p>OK this is getting a bit off topic here, but i'll bite. Molecules are far...far from the building blocks of matter. Physics goes so far beyond molecules and even atoms these days its crazyness. Chemsitry is more of a "we dont know why it works, but it does and its useful so learn it" kind of science. We need that and all cause its how things get done in the world, but i am interested in the why, not settling for "even though it might not work completely it does what we want it to. </p>

<p>Anyways my biggest point was that i havent even LOOKED at chemistry in 2 years (although i got in the mid 700s on the SATII in 10th grade) and i would rather not be bothered by it or do crappy on it.</p>