<p>Ooh, my favorite tip on choosing SAGES classes (beside your 1st semester, in which case you don’t have much of a choice): sign up for two because they are so small, making it impossible to get into them more than a week after class registration begin, and then drop the one that is less interesting/more work/whatever other criteria you have. SAGES are kind of hit-or-miss and I figure if I signed up for two, it makes probability of getting a good one much higher. It made the first week of the semester annoying, having to attend an extra class and all, but I got fun and easy SAGE classes out of it.</p>
<p>The thing I’ve found about science/engineering classes here is that when I get a B, I usually deserve it. I can’t say I’ve ever had a class that I didn’t have the capacity to get an A, most B’s have been my fault, as in, I could have gotten an A if I studied harder or earlier or better. Some classes you have to decide whether or not it’s worth killing yourself over, but mostly it’s physically possible to get an A.</p>