LeftistHominid

You could still do the nonFPF spring-admit CalSO in October if you are doing FPF. CalSO helps you meet people. I'd recommend you do the summer FPF CalSO.

Yes. At CalSO for FPF they help you get an apartment if you don't have one already.

csquaredx

sorry if im asking redundant questions.. but as FPF are we required to take both math and english courses in addition to the two breadth? or can we pass on say the RC class and take math and three breadths?


thanksss

gdalepolo

Couple questions regarding scheduling:

- I took Statistics last summer at a community college and got an A. Am I exempt from the math requirement? If I choose not to take a math class during FPF because of this, will I have to take one later (I'm L&S)?

-What's the best way to determine what breadth courses to take? Can you be excused from any of the breadth requirements through AP testing? (It seemed like there was some contention about that earlier in the thread).

Roman49

Hi vicissitudes,

I've checked the FPF and L&S department websites, but I can't seem to find any information on which professors teach the FPF courses. Would you happen to know how I can get this info (if it's available at all)?

I've found UCB professors' web pages, but not those of FPF professors. I thought it would be interesting to check out their web pages and learn something about their work.

Thanks.

Good Game

I know that it's not recommended to take math 1b or any math class at berk if someone has already gotten a 5 on calc bc and is planning to go to haas/econ.

However, do we have to take math classes (based on calculus) after we get accepted into haas/econ? Because if we do, I'm thinking that I might as well take a math class because I already forgot a lot of calculus and might not be able to keep up in those classes.

cnat

There are not classes based on calculus (but it is good to understand the concepts behind calculus for econ, though you do not need to do anything technically demanding)

This is unless you want to do math-intensive economics (101a, 101b, 141 opposed to 100a, 100b, 140) which require you do do math 53 and 54 (multi variable and linear algebra).

Good Game

is math 1b easier at fpf or campus?

Azure326

One of my friends took 1B at FPF last semester while I took it here, and it definitely seemed like his 1B was a decent amount easier.

vicissitudes

No you can take four breadths if you want.

For math it depends on your major. L&S has a very basic requirement which is easily fulfilled (something like 650 or higher on SAT I math, look it up). But if your major requires say, 1-2 semesters of calculus then you gotta take that, and I don't think a stats class can fulfill it.

You can't use AP for breadth. I would say first, think about what you're majoring in. Let's say it's bio. Then I would not take any bio breadth because you'll probably need to eventually take a bio class for your major, and that'll fulfill your bio breadth. Second, say there are no history classes in FPF that interests you. Just put off that breadth until you're on campus when you have a much wider selection.

Actually I don't know about that. I know Haas requires I think 1 semester of calculus? And I'm pretty sure that you can't use AP to opt out of it? (look it up on the website) If that's the case then I would actually recommend that you take Math 1A or 1B in FPF to get that requirement out of the way, because if you opt out of 1B then you have to take 53 (multi-variable calculus) and that's a lot more painful. I know this is the case for pre-meds; they need 2 semesters of calculus and people who opt out of 1A actually end up taking 1B and 53 and that sucks. So check to see if you can AP out of the calculus prereq. As for upper-divs, it depends on your "focus" or "concentration". If you're doing accounting for example, I'd imagine you'd need to know calculus pretty well.

Yes, it's a lot easier. Definitely take it there.

bLu

I sent in my Course Selection Form a while back and I chose:

Math 1A (4 units)
English R1B (4 units)
Asian American Studies 20 (4 units)
EPS 80 (2 units)

It only adds up to 14 units. Would the workload be too light? And is it possible to change breadth classes even after I submitted my form?
Thanks.

Cupola

that schedule looks reasonable. You'd probably want to take it a little easy your first semester anyway, since most people take a while to adjust.

blackcadillacs

Okay, so for some reason, since the housing for FPF is not first-come, first-serve, I stupidly assumed it was like that for everything including course selection, until my friend told me she sent hers in during April.

so I'm pretty much just starting course selection right now.. Do you think it will be very difficult for me to get the classes I want? have most people sent theirs in by this point?

Right now my tentative schedule is looking like this; are these popular classes?:
Anthro 3A
Classics 10A
Rhetoric R1A
Math 1A

also, I'm a bit confused about the English requirements. I know for pre-med, it is required you take some amount of English, but you can also AP out of the R1A/B English.. Is it better to avoid taking the R1A/B classes if you can, and take easier English classes once you get on campus. My friend told me she's taking a Slavic language/literature class thats supposedly really easy.. would it be better to avoid English all together while I'm at FPF, and just take once I get to cal

Also, there's a possibility that I will get a 5 on AP Lit, but should I put down English R1A/B anyway? Can I replace it with a breadth class later if I want to?

blackcadillacs

oh! also:

one of my classes ends at 3, while the other starts at 3. I know the school supposedly runs on "Berkeley time," but is the extension building small enough that 10 minutes is enough to get from one class to another?

Even if it is enough, isn't there a possibility that the class will go over the scheduled ending time? idk, I don't want to make a bad impression by going to class late every single time, but will they care as long as they know that my classes are back to back?

LeftistHominid

it takes like a minute to get from room to room in fpf. don't worry about back to back classes

blackcadillacs

sorry i'm asking so many questions, but i read english classes are on campus, but are they still exclusively for fpf students, or is it any cal student, either fall or spring?

if it's only fpf students, is it advisable to take english through fpf rather than cal b/c its easier or something? or is the difficulty level about the same?