CALS freshman taking questions!

rkcals
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:22:56 +0000

@SuperGymnast_04 Intro bio and chem classes are pretty large, around 200-300 students for bio and 400+ for chem. However, there are smaller discussion sections for bio with TAs so you do have smaller classroom settings. For chem, your lab section once a week has around 25 people as well, and the professors and TAs have plenty of office hours throughout the week so you can get extra help if you need it. The writing seminars that all freshmen take are 18 students or less, and those are a lot of fun! It may seem hard if you come from a smaller school, but the larger classes are tailored so that you learn the material during lectures and get to work with it in smaller sections, so most questions are asked during the classes with the TAs.
There is lots of time for activities! Once you get involved you’ll quickly learn time management and my time management actually began to improve when I started to do more on campus because I get more work done in between activities instead of leaving it all for midnight.