<p>Madbean: My D has received a lot of info from a present student regarding TO.
Apparently, at orientation, the TO kids are taken separately, not with whatever major group they would normally go to for the GEs selection and major courses.
Their advisers for TO at the same time know what they need for their majors etc. so they advise on that too. Students actually get individualized attention rather than group attention also. They are given a catalogue and list of TO courses and allowed to study what interests them on that afternoon and evening, then they register the next day with their choices. (GE kids get the info on the second day whilst registering and with the help of advisers.)</p>
<p>All along we’ve wondered, what are the TO courses offered (there are only 2 or 3 class samples on websites for each core, but evidently some cores offer up to 15 classes). I also believe that TO kids generally take the Core 102 (with the first writing requirement) in the fall. </p>
<p>It seems classes are not published onsite, maybe because they change each year. D was also told that given the choices, it’s sure one would find a class that interests one, since there’s such a variety of student types (sciency versus history/philo/lit versus artistically bent etc). This info has actually caused my D to reconsider TO and try it.</p>
<p>What I don’t know is whether AP waiving (like in GE Cat history and science, Cat 1 and 3 I think) is possible with TO at all. I think they have to take all cores regardless. (can spread out over years). Also not sure if the Diversity somehow can count in a TO class.</p>
<p>Will certainly let you all know how things go this week.</p>