Incoming freshman schedule help!!!!

agriffith
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:15:31 +0000

I think you’ll be fine. As someone who struggled with AP Chem in high school and didn’t do well on the national exam, Chem 130 is not that hard. Many students are required to take it at some point or another (many, many LSA majors, engineers need science credits, kines students have to take it) and it’s not quite a weeder class like BIO 171/172 are for pre-med or Calc 1 is for Ross and Calc 2 is for engineering. It’s a passable class and if you’re comfortable in chemistry you’ll do fine. Just put in the effort.

As for bio 172, I passed with a C with no background in biology and poor studying habits. I wanted to take it to cover my basics because I wasn’t quite set in a major yet, and I took it first semester of my freshman year, when I was still learning what it meant to REALLY pay attention in class and how to REALLY study material. I came from an tiny high school with two AP classes and no IB program, and I was used to getting A’s with flying colors and little effort, and that carried over into college for a while. There was a lot I could’ve done to do well in that class. If you have a background in biology, especially IB, and you know what “studying” in college really means, then I think you’ll be okay with that and Chem 130.

Women’s health will be fairly easy, maybe just time-consuming with papers or something and you’ll find time for activities. You’ll be fine with this schedule. If you change your mind, 124 is closed but 125 (they’re not all that different), still has scattered spots here and there, but I would recommend taking that second semester with your current schedule. It’s an easy A class as long as you put in the effort, but it’s a lot lot lot of time to write those dang 12 page papers.