graceee

bumpppppppppp

decillion

First Semester:
EEB/MOL 211 - Biology of Organisms (Can place out with AP Bio, but won't)
SPA 108 - Advanced Spanish (depends what I can place into)
Writing Seminar (if I get it)
ECO 101 - Intro to Macro

alexcuad

This is what I'm hoping for first semester:
HUM 216
HUM 217
ENV 201B
Either Writing or Freshman Seminar

core4594

On a slightly unrelated note... do any freshmen at Princeton do science research to buff up their resumes for, say, a summer internship? Do professors take on freshmen in the first place?

stridegumisbest

yes. i'd be lying if i were to say that doing research wouldn't look nice on one's resume, but many students do it because they enjoy research and/or are looking into a possible career as a researcher. i personally started neuroscience research as a freshman and it was pretty simple. i asked a professor whose research interests were in line with mine and i was offered a position soon after. having that research position, im sure, has helped and will help me along the way.

YellowDaisies

Hopefully this for fall semester:
HUM 216
HUM 217
MAT 103
Writing Seminar

FightTheTide11

My freshman year (MAT major)

MAT 215
ECO 100
ELE 201 (a great STL for those interested in something besides physics and chem)
WRI 178 (possibly the best class I've taken at Princeton. The professor now teaches Music and Power)

MAT 217
MAT 218
FRS 128 (about the meaning of life and truth and whatever else. Cool class)
COS 126
COM 206 (baby HUM)

stlkarategal

Freshman year schedule (also math major)

MAT 215
PHY 105
FRE 108
FRS 119 (cinema and philosophy: an introduction to media theory)

MAT 217
COS 126
FRS 154 (our struggling schools)
PHI 318
WRI ??? (mad scientists)

Thoughts:

Freshman fall, I spent almost all of my time on my math class. That wasn't the case as much spring semester, but has been every semester since then (as I now take two math classes per semester).

If you find a writing seminar in a topic you really like, it can be a good experience. Unlike most humanities classes, writing seminar takes a lot of time during the semester, as you'll constantly be having drafts, revisions, etc due.

Freshman seminars are great. I got into my first choice both semesters, and I think that was because in both cases I was really excited about the topic and let that through in the application. They also can help you fulfill distribution requirements.

I ended up hating physics and waited until junior spring to take my second lab class (a computational neuroscience class that I really enjoyed). Lots of people take MAT 215 and PHY 105 together freshman fall, and it's usually pretty obvious which one you want to major in.

Get your language requirement out of the way as soon as possible.

COS 126 is a really fun class and is a good idea to take for just about any major.

lovePrinceton

Lucky! All of you are in Princeton, I'm only 13 but I am devoting my high school years for Princeton, could you guys tell me what you did in your highschool years for Princeton to pick you? Did you have some sort of special talent? Thats what worries me most because I don't have a special talent... And does being in the IB help? I'm in the full IB program...