<p>They really discourage you from taking more than 4 credits your first semester - I don’t know anyone who did it, and it’s really not a good idea for most people. But if you can talk your advisor into it…</p>
<p>As for whether past-first-semester-classes taken pass/fail can be used for dist. requirements, it hasn’t been a problem for me - I’m pretty sure that it works. While it might be an issue for getting credit towards a major in a particular department with a pass/fail class (and that depends on the department), it shouldn’t be an issue to fulfill some of your 3 human/sci/soch classes pass/fail. It’s certainly what I’m doing. :]</p>