PLEASE HELP me plan my schedule so I don't overload/kill myself (engineering major)

neonseri
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:35:05 +0000

why not take math 54 over the summer instead?
the professors for math 53 this fall 2011 are so much better
we have auroux, a professor from MIT… he is on leave from MIT thus teaching at Cal because of some personal reasons. but he is awesome. and his french accent is a +
also, frenkel is teaching the other math 53 lecture and he takes his time in lecture to explain everything. he even reviews basic techniques from math 1b to make sure the students are getting everything conceptually.

math 54 this fall, holtz and granbaum are teaching. i heard holtz is a bit tough… but granbaum is a bit easy! so overall i believe, math 53 will be “easier” because of the professors teaching it.

but your schedule for fall aint bad at all. chem 3a with pedersen should not difficult provided you do the assigned problems. physics 7a will depend on who will be teaching it. plus mastering physics will annoy the ***** out of you!

but your spring schedule will be the tough one though. bio 1a/1al will be tough primarily due to the lab. labs are so time consuming, the expectations and quizzes are tough but i guess they normalize or “curve” the lab grade towards the end. but still, bio 1al will be the one to watch out for!