Class of 2018 Course Selection

WuLiMaster
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:10:56 +0000

Fellow incoming freshman here.

Here are my thoughts on your schedule based on browsing through the critical review, talking to students, and reading past threads on this site:

-As fireandrain mentioned above, 5 classes during your first semester is pretty much universally seen as a bad idea. For many students, that kind of workload is overwhelming. Even if it’s not going to be terribly hard for you, what’s the benefit of having that extra class this semester when your time is better spent meeting people and figuring out what Brown has to offer? There really isn’t any rush, especially since you’re intending on doing a CS A.B. (which only has 10 courses, if I remember correctly).

-Math 17 can apparently be really difficult, depending on the instructor.

-Geo 22 with Jan Tullis is supposedly another time consuming class, but it’s supposed to be rather awesome.

May I ask why you’re leaning towards CS15 instead of CS17?