Sly Si

I had never done any epsilons and deltas going into 50H, and I had no problems. (In fact, I went from being a little scared of them to being quite comfortable.)

superwizard

fliebieg: FloMo (what everyone calls Florence Moore Hall) is a decent dorm. The rooms aren't the biggest and quite honestly its not as newly renovated as other dorms (Branner or Roble for instance). That said the rooms are very decent in size for freshmen. Here are some pics of the dorm: Associated Student of Stanford University

fliegbieg

Sly Si: Thank you for your reply. Uh, do you know what's the difficulty of the class gradewise, what's the curve centered at, and proportion of students getting each letter grade (A, B, C, etc.)? My son is taking some time right now to read the 51H textbook, and he thinks it's very confusing because it seems to be full of mathematical notation, with very little actual "English." It's taking him a few hours just to read a single page because it's quite difficult for him to comprehend what the author is actually saying. By the way, the textbook used for the 2008-09 year is the one written by Leon Simon, which hasn't been officially published yet (but my son got a sample chapter to read).

superwizard: Thanks for your reply.

Mandrake

1. Would the following schedule be reasonable for first quarter: Math 51H, an IHUM, a third "regular" (that is, non-activity) class, and a freshman seminar?

2. What is the typical time frame for dropping back from 51H to 51? And, if you're several weeks into the quarter, what are some of the potential problems of dropping back and ways to avoid them? For example, what if 51 conflicts with another class or an ihum?

ehlo

I have a question to add!

1. When do students (prospective engineering students, or students in general) generally take their first Physics series (like Physics 40 series or 60 series)? Would it be weird to take this as a sophomore?

I was looking at Physics 60 on courserank, and the vast majority of people currently enrolled are freshmen. As I'm hoping that I'll stick out the Math 50H series, I'm not sure I'd want to take the Physics 60 series at the same time.

superwizard

1- ChemE's generally take them their sophomore year and I know a few other engineers who took it then. Most of them do take it their freshmen year however.

Unless you're really good at both math and physics i would imagine taking both at the same time would be quite hard

Cressida

If you wait on the physics for Soph. year doesn't that mean you take it and Organic Chemistry (33) at the same time. That sounds just about as bad as having it with math to me unless you are saying students find chemistry easier to handle than the math ?

SacKings

can anyone tell me about Junipero. it is part of the Wilbur hall.

superwizard

cressida: ya you end up taking orgo and physics at the same time. I did that (the 40 series) and as long as you dont take too much else its not too bad.

SacKings: junipero is another basic wilbur dorm. all frosh. It'll look pretty much exactly like this : Associated Student of Stanford University
Not a bad dorm pretty standard.

HortonHearsAWho

i was on axess and it says that they won't be offering Math 41 in the winter or spring qtrs.. only fall.. i didn't want to take math my fall qtr but now that i have to it seems to interfere with chem 31x!! (which has a meeting monday discussion 11-11:50-- same time as math which meets every day 11-1150)

help!? is axess right now the final say or might it change at all? am i missing something here as i freak out trying to put together my schedule

ehlo

Thanks for the response superwizard.

I guess I will probably start with 60 and drop to 40 if it's too difficult. I enjoyed math a lot in high school, and found physics dumbed down, although I only took Physics B. I'm look forward to college physics, and wanted to try the 60 series.

superwizard

horton: there's another lecture for math 41 from 1:15-2:05 no worries

HortonHearsAWho

wait superwizard-- where'd you find that alternate discussion time for math41? i only see a discussion time as 115-3:05 for Math41 A- ACE... what is that? thanks for your help..

smcsmc

Superwizard, do you know anything about Roble after the remodel? I think the pictures I found online were sort of old. In the three room quads, I have heard that the bedrooms are TINY and only have bunk beds -is that true? Any other info about the reputation/ atmosphere of Roble would be much appreciated!

superwizard

Horton: I just searched it on axess and the fifth option was this:
MoWeFr 1:15PM - 2:05PM 370-370 Mark Lucianovic 09/22/2008 - 12/05/2008

Plus I checked it on courserank and it said the same thing. Usually I would always advise consulting the bulletin but they're doing something new this year and I can't access it!

Yeah I know quite a bit about Roble seeing as I lived right next to it in Uj my freshman year. It's definitely a really popular choice for upperclassmen cuz they mostly get singles but freshmen get 3 room quads. The two bedrooms are pretty small but I mean what's good about it is that you can sleep whenever you want because your roommate won't stay there but in the common room instead. Congrats