<p>@Fiona: Lol, I’m actually not '12. My post was assuming new core.</p>
<p>@warrior: I’d recommend not taking P-Chem as a freshman if you intend to be a chem major.</p>
<p>First, the thermo portion of PChem assumes multivariable calculus. You really just need to understand the concept of a partial derivative, how the chain rule works, and a couple partial derivative relationships. But this can be a bit overwhelming if you’re a freshman. Just imagine how sad you’ll be when the time other freshman spend on all their homework is equivalent to the time you’re spending on your PChem homework! (and Pchem redos, and 2nd redos…) </p>
<p>Second, you won’t have the same camaraderie with your fellow chem majors in your class unless you take all the sophomore chem classes at the same time they do. Chem majors can almost always fit in all the technical electives they want to take, unlike engineers, so no need to try to blitz ahead!</p>
<p>So what should you do Freshman year? I second Fiona’s recommendation to take an extra hum. I did that 1st semester, and it really helped me take more tech. electives sophomore year.</p>