BirdKiller

By famous as in a Nobel laureate and having a whole building named after him

nitrampf3

i'm not sure if this has been asked before, but I am coming from a semester system and thought of a quarter system is terrifying; it seems so rushed, is their time just to enjoy college? how are you able to handle it all?

ShoeFactory

Depends on your time management. I take 21 units and i love college. At times I feel rushed but whatever; there's also time to enjoy.

BrandoIsCool

What can you tell me about the FSSP (freshman summer start program)?

And would it even be possible to graduate in 3 years if i take summer sessions? (i plan to major in engineering)

flemmyd

@ brando
my guess would that it is hard to graduate in 3 years in engineering. typically, there are a lot of prereqs in terms of classes and they dont lend themselve to being taken out of order (i.e. have to do chem 1a, then 1b, then 1c). it seems like it would be possible to graduate in 3 years if you spend the regular school year doing engineering course work, and spend ur summers doing breath/GE (theres a lot of physics and calc for most of the majors). also, what type of engineering major are you? and, if any, what classes have you cleared? ive done a few junior college classes so i dont have to take intro chem/calc (and maybe lower division writing... i need to check that out).

also, how hard are the intro classes for BME and regular lower division science? how is the physics 7 sequence? how much harder is H. chem 52 vs. chem 51? and what about the BME classes like 50a-b? im thinking about taking 18/19 units as a frosh, but taht seems really high (i know 20 is the cap and im putting off all GEs until soph/junior year). is BME 1 even a real "class" type class? it seems like a seminar type thing for BME students; are there homework assignments and projects for that class?

--- im looking at you shoefactory

ShoeFactory

Aight.

BME 1: Class isn't hard if you study hard and don't let your guard down for the first midterm. I got an A in the class after getting a B+ on the first midterm. Annoying projects and papers, but class is pretty chill; just take a laptop and take notes/chat on aim.

Physics 7A,B,D: Depends how good you are at physics. I took honors physics in high school and I either set the curve or close to it nearly every test. Easy.

Honors Gchem (H2A,B,C): If you are not good at chemistry, you will struggle. Usually about 30% of the class gets an A I think. I found this easy but I am good at chem. Don't drop this because H2C has an AWESOME professor: AJ Shaka. Very interesting series of classes. My favorite.

Chem 52 vs Chem 51: You aren't required to take 52. It's your choice whether you want to challenge yourself or take the easy way out.

Writing 39B,C: Hardest class I had. I got a B+ in w39b, but then again my teacher was an ass about grading. I'm in w39c right now, and I'm the only person in my class that got an A on the first paper. Tough curve, you will have to work for your A.

I'm taking 21 units currently (I have undergraduate research in the school of bio sci). Next year i have 22 units planned every quarter. Its very doable if you are smart with your time.

jwebb1272

How are the social scenes at Mesa and Middle Earth respectively? I'm sure you're partially biased towards Mesa, but how are the frats/parties/etc. in both areas? Try to be as subjective as possible.

ShoeFactory

Parties are in AV.

ME is closer to AV than MC.

Parsinator

Most of the on campus frat houses are in AV but most of the parties are not in AV.

MC has a better scene for parties than ME.

When it comes to fraternity/sorority stuff, they will do most of their things off campus, but sometimes at AV; however, this is no reason to pick ME over MC. If you want to have fun, its probably better to choose MC

jwebb1272

"Parties are in AV.

ME is closer to AV than MC."

So there are still plenty of ppl in ME that are socially active?

Parsinator

It isnt that the people in ME arent socially active, its just the environment seems to inhibit less parties and such

if you want to be very socially active, live in MC and join a frat/sorority

dnduswo

hi,
when do we choose the dorm??
i applied for housing in april and..somewhere i heard that we choose our specific stuff in may???

hockeydemon05

I plan on switching (or doubling w/econ...crazy) into Chemical Engineering. My question is, for someone who has very little Physics background (2 semesters of Regular Physics) how hard is Physics 7 series going to be?

I'll be fine with the math (AP Calc BC), and I really liked Chem (AP Chem and Chem honors).

Also I'm planning on taking summer session courses all throughout, so hopefully that will keep the work load down a bit.

ShoeFactory

top 10-15% of physics 7 gets an A.

I found it easy, if you are good at math it will be easy. If you aren't then it will be hard.

jwebb1272

Are frats based in both housing complexes (Mesa/ME)?