Do You Guys End Up Teaching Yourself Everything?

zenkoan
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:31:34 +0000

^NJDS, the difference in our experience may be based on the fact that, other than that one lecture class I mentioned (IHUM), I haven’t taken any intro-level classes. Another thing I love about Stanford is that you can enroll in just about any class you feel prepared for, even those with stated prerequisites. In a couple of cases I just contacted the professors of the classes I was interested in, explained my prior exposure to the material, and they were fine with that. The advisors are also good at explaining which prerequisites are more like recommendations rather than strict requirements. OTOH, I’m not pre-med, so for those that are, it will probably be more important to follow a particular course sequence and to take intro courses.