Stanford Course for freshman

NothinButTheBest
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:43:19 +0000

That’s a really tough schedule. I know that you are trying to double major in two engineering majors and that is the type of schedule you will need but from personal experience and the experiences of some of my friends you will be very stressed. It’s not just the amount of work, but it’s also how the classes/sections/tests/labs sometimes overlap.

I would suggest taking two techie series (math & chem, math & physics, or chem & physics) your frosh year. In all reality I think you should drop chem31x.

I’m considering MatSci as a major too and I would suggest taking Engr31 instead of Chem31X. Engr31 is very similar to 31x but taught by a MatSci prof. Just kind of curious, what do you want to do with MatSci?

I would suggest not retaking physics 41 since you got a 5 on the exam. You’ve showed that you understand the material.

I haven’t taken math yet at Stanford, but I will be starting the CME series next year. I finally decided on CME because I think the material will be easier for me to understand if it is applied. Math series is math including theory. CME uses matlab but is math for engineers. It is more applied.

I don’t really know that much about research. I would suggest getting to know your prof’s is the best bet. I really don’t know of any frosh that have done research during the year that are techie, but I guess its possible. Usually the profs want people with more experience.

I was able to get my pwr 1 changed very easily. My advise is to go to the pwr office and talk to the people there. They did it right then and their for me and a friend. Our only reasons we felt pwr would be overwhelming that quarter because of the difficulty of out course loads.

Hope this helps.