<p>Do any of you that currently go to Rice have any tips for incoming freshman; especially for those that are premed?</p>
<p>Don’t be premed. Zing!</p>
<p>Really, though, don’t overload yourself. I’d go into more detail, but that’s what O-Week is for. As long as you consider the advice of your faculty and peer advisors, you should be in good shape.</p>
<p>You’ll be getting a big, thick O-Week book sometime in July that will let you know everything you’ll need to know before coming to Rice. After you get your college assignments, you can bombard your O-Week coordinators and advisors with all sorts of obnoxious questions (Dorian and I will both be at Lovett for O-Week, so we may be the people you’re asking). For the moment, just sit back, relax, and enjoy your summer. Hang out with your friends from high school a lot now. That’s really the best advice I can give you now. Other than that, just brace yourself for O-Week, because it’s the most intense, awesome, and exciting week of your life!</p>
<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>I’m a premed student, too, and trying to figure out a few things. I’m currently taking Single Variable Calculus I. According to the Pre-Medical Requirements Checklist that I received on Owl Days, it says that Single Variable Calculus I and Calculus II OR Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Caluculs and its Applications is required. I want to retake Single Variable Calculus I over the summer at UCI (University of California Irvine) and take Calculus II during the summer before my sophomore year (assuming that I will be in California during the summers), again at UCI. In other words, I will complete my math requirements at UCI over two summers. Would Rice give me credit for courses taken at another school? What do you recommend?</p>
<p>I would imagine that Rice would give you credits for those courses. Math and science courses generally translate well from one school to another.</p>
<p>Don’t think that you need to take summer courses before O-week. You should really enjoy yourself before O-week. You can still fulfill all of your pre-med requirements without additional summer work. Besides, you might decide to change your field once you begin school. A lot of people do and it’s normal. A friend of mine scratched out pre-med during his second semester of freshman year. He is now majoring in economics.</p>
<p>I also recommend that you do not overwork yourself during your first year. I decided to have two jobs, participate in lots of extracurricular activities and balance homework in the mix. Let me just tell you that I am extremely burned out and I wish I took this advice seriously at the beginning. X_X</p>