jas0n's Official UCI Q&A Thread - Page 76

Bookie20 · 07-15-2008, 07:37 PM

Chickenboi: I believe for the placement testing you can only retake it if it is like a different month
For ex: If you took physics test in June and didn't do too well then you can retake it in July. I think that is how it works

chickenboi8008 · 07-15-2008, 08:20 PM

yeah i was planning on doing that
is it ok if i do it even after my spop has passed?

Bookie20 · 07-15-2008, 09:03 PM

I am not sure I think you can do it because I guess if you want to change your classes and stuff all you have do is fix it online right?

Hey I was wondering which SPOP are doing?

chickenboi8008 · 07-15-2008, 10:00 PM

@ bookie: is that directed to me?
im going to the one tomorrow, SPOP 3

Bookie20 · 07-15-2008, 10:25 PM

@chickenboi: yea that was to you lol
Ah that's cool you are going to spop 3 i wish i had sign up an earlier spop when I had the chance...but on a page that i was reading earlier they said that for certain spops they didn't have bio majors so now i am going to spop 5 :/

hey can you let me know how registeration of the classes go?

chickenboi8008 · 07-15-2008, 11:40 PM

sure thing (:

dnduswo · 07-16-2008, 12:25 PM

hi
im a chem major and hope to go on to med school someday...
i think my first schedule would be writing 39a,math2a, and chem1a...and i dont know what to take for my fourth class..
i dont wanna be stressed to much since its first quarter....but at the same time i dont wanna feel wasting time...
do you have any suggestion??

ShoeFactory · 07-16-2008, 12:26 PM

physics 7a imo if you really wanna get something done.

not the easiest class, but if you want to go to med school you should be able to handle it lol.

otherwise you can do breadth requirement 4 with some humanities stuff if you don't want a math intensive class, but after all, youre a science major. But if you want, you can take something like art history.

edit: just looked up chem major in the catalogue and apparently you can take physics 2 (whatever that is) if you don't want to take 7a which is harder.

dnduswo · 07-16-2008, 12:31 PM

do you think taking 2 science classes is manageable ???
i was thinkin about taking either physics or bio....but i thought i would be really hard...

ShoeFactory · 07-16-2008, 04:12 PM

It's very manageable, but decide on taking it or not depending on how confident you are in your abilities. Most science majors (including I) take two science classes + writing + math during their freshman year.

For sure don't take bio yet. If you want a concentration in biochemistry, you take bio 97, 98, 99 which you can wait til sophomore year to take.

Take physics or a general ed breadth requirement.

dnduswo · 07-16-2008, 07:14 PM

thank you shoefactory,
you are very helpful

Bookie20 · 07-17-2008, 09:26 PM

What is the difference between H2A Chemistry and Chem1A?
I was looking at a website and it seems like those who are in H2A are more likely to get a better grade compared to Chem 1A -like there is no curve on H2A?

Of the two classes which one would you recommend?

stegggi · 07-24-2008, 03:55 PM

At my SPOP a Staffer recommended me to take the Bio Sci 2A Freshman Seminar which is a Pass/No Pass course. I'm also taking Bio 93, Chem 1A and Writing 39 B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking the Freshman Seminar Class or other Pass/No Pass classes?

dnduswo · 07-24-2008, 06:17 PM

hi
do you think i need to bring suit for any reason??
im not a music major so i wont be playin for any concert or anythin like that...

ShoeFactory · 07-25-2008, 10:32 AM

steggi: Don't take that seminar bio 2A class unless you want to waste your time. There is no advantage for taking that class.

dnduswo: You might want to to be able to go to dances and other formal/semi-formal occasions.

Bookie: I took chem h2a-c. I'm not sure about the grade distribution but I'd say at least 30% of the class gets an A every quarter. There is no curve but this might change depending on the teacher. I still like to think there is a pseudo-curve because your professor might make the next test harder to get a better distribution. Of course, the people in the class will be smarter than those in the 1A-C class so I don't know how you can compare ease. My friends who dropped h2 series said the 1 series was easier (I think). I do advise you to take h2 series unless you suck at chemistry. My best teachers this past year have been honors gen. chem teachers. They really do try to make the lectures very relevant to life and intruiging. Staying the course til' H2C really becomes worth it when you take hgchem with Dr. Shaka (only the best teacher ever). His class is like Chemistry/Life 101 and it is the class I've learned the most from (of any subject). Anyways, HGChem is the best freshman class on campus, but I guess it might be unpleasant if you're bad at chemistry.