<p>I’ve seen the degree requirements chart - and oh boy are there a lot of requirements. Doesn’t mean I’m giving up.</p>
<p>I currently have the status of pre-frosh (wooo!) but starting to browse courses and I’m 80% sure 10B is the one. However, I’m concerned as to how much time 10B will leave for other electives (I’m a big language person and hope to continue two languages through and beyond college). In addition, will I have time between class and p-sets for the dozens of ECs/student organizations I intend to join?! Help!</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore in 10B. She has been taking five classes each semester, is also trying to minor in management, has had a UROP since January of her freshman year, took German last year so she can go to Germany this summer with MISTI, was on Cross Country and Track last year, but now only runs to keep herself sane, helped with one of the workshops for the MIT Energy Conference, started a spinning club, LARPs on many weekends, is in APO (a service fraternity) and actually gets some sleep. She is ULTRA organized. If you want to contact her, send me a private message and I’ll put you in touch.</p>
<p>There is only so much time and she will be the first to tell you that she has given up some things to do all of this. Her social time is basically the time she spends doing the above with others.</p>
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Dozens? Dear lord, probably not. But that’s not a 10B thing. </p>
<p>You can do a couple of groups/ECs, particularly if they’re not concurrent. But dozens of activities is not really within the normal realm of possibility.</p>
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<p>It’s probably a bad idea to join “dozens of ECs/student organizations.” In fact, for course 10 I would think twice about committing to anything until the third year unless you have complete control over your schedule. For instance, if you choose to not do it for 3 weeks, it would be no big deal. Go ahead and do intramurals, but I’d think twice about joining a varsity team that’ll leave you exhausted after practice and which you have to go every day or your off the team.</p>
<p>Chem E requires a lot of time to sit with the material and let it settle in. This is especially true for the thermo classes and heat and mass transfer. The most successful guy I know in course 10 told me that all he did the first two years was study. He joined a fraternity and I’m sure had fun in his downtime, but the first two years in chem E are like taking care of the baby. You have to be able to drop everything to attend to it. Once you get past the core classes, it’s easier to do other things.</p>
<p>The advantage of 10B is that it give you back your senior year. You don’t have to take the year-long capstone class. But most people use this to take biology classes–hence the B in 10B.</p>
<p>Thank you both! AMWMIT, the news about your daughter is both encouraging and daunting. 
I think I will ask around at CPW to get more information.</p>
<p>Perhaps dozens was an exaggeration, but that’s how many is on my mental list so far! I will most likely explore and, realistically, cut down to a few to dedicate to.</p>
<p>Haha, all the college excitement has got to my head. The warning and advice is duly noted. I think I’ll end up spending most of my time absorbing material anyway when it comes down to it (:</p>