Very Tentative First Semester Schedule

bernie12
Sat, 17 May 2014 23:18:42 +0000

@SadieLane12‌ Well, not really aigiqinf (remember, we’re talking main campus here, where the pre-meds and the whole pre-med system/advising is kind of “soft” in comparison to Oxford) biology 141(and its labs) is pretty easy to get because the stupid pre-health office (and biology to some extent with its tricks claiming that knowing chemistry is helpful for biology 141. It isn’t really relevant and all relevant chemistry is retaught. I get the feeling they say this to lower enrollment in the course and basically push all the freshmen to gen. chem) has all freshmen (yes, even good ones) running scared of doubling up in science (it’s so stupid) the first year. Also, psychology 110 is not particularly easy (I would take Edwards personally, but with caution. Be ready to study everyday or at least on days you have off from his class. You can probably handle it because the only full course you have is chem 141 w/lab and the 141 lab is kind of a joke. I suppose psyche 110 will just function as something to replace biology lecture as your second science course), so freshmen nor pre-meds will be rushing (or at least shouldn’t be. Unless I had at least 1 math or science AP credit, I wouldn’t go near psyche 110 as a freshman) for that one. I would take chem 141 with Mulford. It’s obvious he provides the best training and is not overly difficult like weaker freshmen make him out to be. However, because stupid freshmen all of the sudden fear him (this used to not be the case and he was always reasonably challenging. It makes me wonder about our most recent freshman classes), he’s pretty easy to get (he used to fill easily and now he doesn’t. Again, I think our freshmen have become weaker or at least less fearless).

I will say this for sure. They are looking for some noobs to teach the other 2 sections of 141 (the ones that are currently closed off). DO NOT TAKE THEM. ONLY TAKE MULFORD OR MCGILL. If you take the others and they end up being too easy, you may end up having your grade curved down (Mulford and McGill kind of control final distribution of grades and try to normalize across sections) or getting screwed in 142 if no such instructors return and you have to take Mulford or McGill. Pick your instructors very carefully. None of the intro. instructors are overly challenging, so I would just pick the best, most experienced ones, and do the work necessary to succeed. Normally you pay a price by choosing others, even if it isn’t immediately apparent. Also, as normal, I strongly recommend Dr. Eisen or Dr. lynn’s freshman seminars. These are two of the most innovative faculty members when it comes to teaching science (especially in an interdisciplinary context).