<p>for an undecided? or possibly CS?</p>
<p>This will be the beginning of an incredible opportunity to explore and stretch yourself. During the summer you will learn about the First Year Seminars which you should definitely consider. Also, there are other classes especially designed for first year students. You will have plenty of time for courses in your concentration, and there is a good chance that you will change your mind about what you will concentrate in at least once before you graduate. Keep an open mind and know that high school is fine, but it is high school. There is a huge world out here about which you know little. Look over the Banner course selection and start to be curious and start to wonder. I am not really sure there is a “typical 1st year schedule.”</p>
<p>Four classes in the fall, four classes in the spring.</p>
<p>What they said.</p>
<p>And because there are no distribution requirements, those eight classes can be anything your heart desires.</p>
<p>Thank you all! What a nice community!</p>
<p>If you’re being sarcastic you’re missing the point-- one of the essential elements of the Brown curriculum is there is no typical schedule, period.</p>
<p>Saying undecided, maybe CS only cues me into the fact that you’d probably want to take one of the two opening CS sequences. It’s your interests that drive every single course. There is no “take 1 freshman writing, take 1 unit of science, take 1 unit of world history” thing at Brown so the answer truly is, “What do you want to take?” That’s the first year schedule</p>
<p>There is no typical thing… if you are interested in cs try:
[Brown</a> CS: Undergraduate Concentration Information](<a href=“http://cs.brown.edu/ugrad/concentrations/]Brown”>Brown CS: Concentrating In Computer Science)</p>
<p>If you are sure you are doing cs… definitely try to take CS19, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the people who take the cs17/cs15 -> cs18/cs16 path. Also, you won’t have to take two courses. Meaning you can use this extra class to explore…</p>
<p>But beware, CS19 is HARD. Which is one of the reasons the students end up doing better than CS17/18 students. If you don’t have a very strong background in programming, I’d be leery of CS19. And you’ll be expected to know Java in the future, so if you aren’t confident in your abilities there, you may want to take one of the sequences instead. The people who take CS19 are already leaps and bounds ahead of the other incoming CS students, so 19 is a way to keep that momentum going.</p>
<p>@modestmelody:
umm wow no, I’m so sorry it came off that way. I was actually being totally sincere… I’ve learned so much from CC and this board that it’s amazing. Again, thank you everyone for your tips and course suggestions @arapollo and @chsowlflax17 and Franglish for the First Year Seminars and, of course, fireandrain. </p>
<p>So much freedom to choose your own path…I have to get used to this…if I get accepted, that is!</p>