<p>Having a bike is pretty convenient but it’s not entirely necessary.</p>
<p>It takes about 10-15 minutes to walk from the dorms to the engineering buildings. I used a bike last year but now I just walk. Maintaining the bike became a burden.</p>
<p>Green Hall (the newest engineering building) and the south western dorms on the 40 is a long distance. Hell, it can take almost five minutes to just cross the engineering school now. </p>
<p>If you’re only going back and forth to the dorms once a day (before class, after class) you can just leave earlier before class, and it doesn’t matter what you do after class.</p>
<p>If you have to go back and forth multiple times a day (i.e. you have 2 hour gaps between classes and don’t like the library) I’d recommend a bike for sure.</p>
<p>If you’re only going to Sever/Lopata and not Green/Whitaker then it’s more doable but still a hassle.</p>
<p>As people have mentioned, most people don’t end up being close friends with the people they meet on their Pre-O. BUT, I think it’s still incredibly helpful, because it means more time to get settled before classes start. Also, I felt much more confident during orientation because I already knew people from my pre-O, and it was wonderful to see a few familiar faces around campus. I would highly recommend it: a few extra days at home are worth missing in order to get to campus and start preparing for your new life at college. </p>
<p>As for bikes: I have had one every year, and looooove it. I will say that walking to class with people is a great way to reinforce and deepen friendships, so don’t depend upon it too much to get to/from classes (at least during the first semester) if possible.</p>
<p>My Pre-O was definitely helpful in letting me get moved in earlier. That meant it was loads of fun to watch everyone else go crazy moving in their stuff later when I was pretty much already set up, and it also allowed me to really spend some last quality time with my family in and around St. Louis and the school rather than them spending the entire time they were with me helping me unpack. Also, I would say my closest friend at school right now is a girl I met in my pre-o, and we’re even talking about living together next year. So you never know.</p>
<p>As for bikes, the art school is in the same general area as the new engineering complex (as in, about as far away from the dorms as you can get), and I either walk or take the circ. The walk really isn’t that bad, it’s about 10-15 minutes depending on where your dorm is and how fast you walk (add on another minute or so for the engineering school because you’ll have to cross brookings drive and the parking lots). Especially when the day is nice, the walk is really beautiful and if I don’t have friends with me it’s a good time to plug in my headphones and take a mental break. That being said, the circ is a great resource if you don’t feel like biking or walking. You just have to remember to wait at the Dardick stop versus the clocktower stop during peak hours and when it’s cold, otherwise you might not get a seat.</p>
<p>Does the engineering school require a certain type of laptop?</p>
<p>No. 10char</p>
<p>Hi,
I wanted to do pre-medicine at WashU. Would you reccomend using AP scores to get credit for premed courses? I wanted to skip part of chemistry and biology.</p>
<p>Which school would you be in, ArtSci or Engineering?</p>
<p>ArtSci with biochemistry major</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure ArtSci premeds can’t place out of gen chem or bio:</p>
<p><a href=“http://college.artsci.wustl.edu/files/college/AP_Policy_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://college.artsci.wustl.edu/files/college/AP_Policy_2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>what about an engineering premed?</p>
<p>Engineers can use AP scores to opt out of chemistry, but I wouldn’t recommend it, because Chem 111 is so different than a high school chem class.</p>
<p>my AP chem class was through UConn’s Early College Experience program
I don’t know if anyone knows anything about ECE programs, but would it still be a bad idea to skip chem 111?</p>
<p>Did you study quantum mechanics? That’s basically most of chem 111…</p>
<p>^Exactly. If you feel you completely understand all the quantum physics behind the current model of the atom, then I guess it would be fine to skip chem 111.</p>
<p>Would you consider WASH U’s admissions holistic or do they concentrate on SATs and GPAs?</p>
<p>I’d assume they’re holistic, otherwise I don’t think I would have gotten in :P</p>
<p>How’s the Physics department like? How rigorous are the classes? How are the research opportunities?</p>
<p>Yes, how easy is it to do undergraduate research?</p>
<p>It’s pretty easy to do undergraduate research. Most of the professors are looking for students to help, and if you ask, you can usually find an open space somewhere.</p>