<p>What are the hardest courses at Carolina that a freshman should try to avoid or substitute with other alternatives?</p>
<p>anything with Chemistry in the name. I felt that astronomy was easier.</p>
<p>Also avoid Sport Psychology, its a EXSS course taught by Dr. Silva. Silva is an amazing professor and great lecturer, but his tests are very tricky and test more your test taking skills and not as much your mastery of the material.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a literature course. I highly recommend Contemporary Literature, especially if Jennifer Ho is teaching it. This is an easy and fun course.</p>
<p>ahhh are you serious?! sport psychology–i was thinking of taking that for the sport administration track under EXSS. thanks for telling me haha, im gonna choose a diff course for the requirements lol</p>
<p>bio 101 with desaix, she’s a great teacher but really tough. Not for the faint of heart.</p>
<p>I’ve heard organic chem is really, really hard. Ick.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything about taking Biology during the summer with stegnata?</p>
<p>Organic chemistry at most schools is a very difficult course and is the main weed-out course for those thinking about pre-med. At UNC it is actually taught over three semesters with Analytic Chem being the first part of the sequence. Analytic chem and the first orgo class are usually 8AM M-W-F classes as well, so in addition to being tough they make it an early riser class as well. If you do well enough in Analytic Chem you can get into Honors Orgo classes which are MUCH smaller classes taught by an awesome professor that makes the class interesting and enjoyable.</p>
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<p>don’t get me wrong, sport psych was a great class, just avoid taking it if Silva is teach it.</p>
<p>I found a lot of my intro courses were difficult. Not the subject matter, necessarily, but by the times they were taught (8 and 9 am, for the most part) and the tests. Especially Chem 11 (now Chem 101, I believe) which I think is the hardest class I have taken at Carolina.</p>
<p>Thanks, eadad! I have a few friends taking organic chem this summer- do you think that would make it a little better? I’ve got a lot of chemistry ahead of me- ick.</p>
<p>I don’t get why people complain about 8 and 9 am classes when I’m pretty sure almost every high school in the country has had you in classes at least this early for the last four years. If you’re going to be tired… don’t stay up so late… Though I guess not everyone understands that right off the bat when they get to college (damn boarding school for teaching me when to sleep) Honestly though… What makes it so much different from highschool class times?</p>
<p>i think its because now we actually have the option or chance to NOT get up so early lol, but i see where you’re coming from</p>
<p>Both MATH 231 and 232 tend to have very brutal curves. Also, ECON 101 with Turchi is almost universally viewed as one of the toughest courses for freshmen. He is an excellent teacher though, just hard to receive an A from.</p>
<p>cat</p>
<p>If you’re thinking about med school I would save the orgo classes for UNC or else they (med school admissions) might interpret taking them elsewhere over the summer as an opportunity to take an easier course/easier grade. Additionally I wouldn’t want to take a class with that much information in a compressed time period like summer school. just my opinion though.</p>
<p>Oops, I forgot to mention that my friends are taking organic chem in summer school at UNC- they are rising sophomores there. Sorry about that. : )</p>
<p>RLAJen-</p>
<p>I’ll give you a semester at UNC, probably living on South Campus (where you’ll have a 15 minute walk to campus) and then see how much you enjoy your MWF 8am. My high school started classes at 7:20, so yes, I certainly remember being up that early. You will quickly find out that your college schedule varies a bit from your high school schedule, and you’ll find that staying up later is par for the course. Don’t worry, as a freshman, you’ll have your pick of the litter for 8 ams, since they will (most likely) be open.</p>
<p>RLA - </p>
<p>That’s what I thought when I was going into my junior year and started taking college classes. I took 8:30 classes and was fine.</p>
<p>Then the next semester it turned out that my earliest class was at 10:00.</p>
<p>I will never be the same. Never. My advice is to never venture outside of the 8-10 time zone, because once you do, you never want to go back. :(</p>
<p>OK, so, I’ve been to a boarding school for two years where you didn’t always have to be up by 8 am for classes and I know how it sucks to vary around that schedule (My first class on Tuesdays for a while was at 12:55 and it was pretty nice)I know it’s not pleasant to walk to classes more than ten minutes away from your dorm but honestly time management shouldn’t be brain surgery for people who can get in to UNC. Oh, I won’t be living on south either, I’ll be living with a sophomore friend of mine in Parker and none of my classes start before 10 am my first semester ( I went to the first CTOPS ) I know how a shedule can vary since I went to a school where the class order was never the same any two days in a row. People that came from Science and Math are often quoted as saying their first year of college was easier than their senior year at S&M. I’m not that worried. I don’t want to be snobby, it’s not in my nature but I’d also not like to be told I have no idea what I’m talking about when I have some experience as well as plenty of firsthand accounts from UNC students about the classes you’re talking about.</p>
<p>RLAJen, my son will be a junior transfer at Chapel Hill this fall. So far at his present school, he has deliberately taken all 8am and 9am classes (when he could) and did fine with them. He found the days he had later classes, he felt he just wasted the morning–he really likes to get classes in early and have the rest of the day to either get studying done, work out or do something fun. Guess it’s all in how you look at it and how much sleep one needs.</p>
<p>Sounds about right. My last trimester at school I had all 8 am classes but was done with classes by 1 everyday so I used the time to do homework for the next day which left my night free. And if you have evenings free it’s probably a lot easier to get a job with reasonable hours. <em>just a thought</em> Anyways, I’m going to be gone the next few days so I won’t be responding to anyone. Adios</p>