<p>blqgirl: That sounds like a nice, gentle introduction to Princeton. I took LAT 101 last year, and it’s a fun class. There’s a lot of memorising in the beginning, because of the nature of Latin, but it’s worth it, and all the professors in the Classics department are very friendly. And it’s definitely not a large lecture, like someone else said in this thread. I think last year, the 12:30 section had about 13 people in it, and the 9:00 section had about 5, so if you can bear getting up early, it’s worth it for the interaction. You’ll have a quiz at the end of every week that counts towards the grade, but working for them makes the midterm and final easy to study for, so it’s not bad at all.</p>
<p>Also, very few advisors would allow you to take five classes first semester, especially if it was just to bulk up your schedule, so you’re looking good. It might be the easiest schedule you have at Princeton, but I don’t see why there’s anything wrong with that. Princeton is a challenging place, and people taking all challenging classes just because they think that’s what they should be doing are going to get burned. The number of people I saw drop down from Math 203 to 201 in their first semester, or dropping out of 215, was surprising. </p>
<p>opqpop: I can’t judge on the difficulty of your schedule for you, but I can tell you it’ll be time consuming. I’m taking JPN 101 next semester, and as well as 5 classes a week, you’re talking tests about twice weekly, have to go to the Japanese table in Mathey to eat and speak Japanese, and have one on one sessions. And grade deflation in that class is intense, because it’s taught so well. Unless you’re a computing genius, the programming for COS 217 will probably take up a day of your week. I would at least recommend taking MAT 201 instead of 203, because if you don’t need it for your major, there’s little point giving yourself that extra struggle when you already have a consuming schedule. Unless you really love math, of course, but even my math geek friend dropping down to 201 a few weeks in. And not taking it is no barrier to further math related classes, because the same friend took Linear Algebra and Differential Equations second semester.</p>
<p>opqpop: Can you skip COS 126 just because you’ve passed the AP test? Several years ago the CS department did not allow that… you had to get a permission, and they were quite reluctant to grant it. And you definitely can’t just skip PHY 103-104, you’ll have to take a test; very few people end up skipping to PHY 205.</p>
<p>hey, great thread looking for the same advice</p>
<p>how does this sound:
PHY 104 (received a 4 on AP Mechanics, would 103 or 104 be better?)
MAT 201 (got a 5 on BC Calc, but I hear 203 is too much if non-math major)
ECO ? (which one would you recommend with a five on both Micro and Macro?)
Writing Seminar</p>
<p>Also, tested out of spanish requirement.<br>
Thank you for the input</p>
<p>104 is only offered in the spring. I’d recommend taking 103 this fall even though you already know some of the material. Hardly any math majors take 203 (most start in 215), but 203 is a good bit tougher than 201. If you’re interested in being a physics major, take 203. Otherwise take 201. ECO 200 is a great course if you have double 5’s, but it’s not a required course to be an econ major. It’s usually team taught by some of the best professors in the department. You could take ECO 300, but if you’re interested in doing math track econ, ORFE, or getting a finance certificate, then you shouldn’t take this course. The more mathematical version of intermediate micro is ECO 310, but you aren’t qualified to take it since you don’t know multivariable calculus.</p>
<p>thank you for the informative reply weasel.
I was leaning towards ECO 200 and with the great professors you described I am excited for it. Also, I am definitely interested in ORFE and will wait to take my intermediate economics courses until I complete multivariable calc. Since you seem knowledgeable about the subject, how manageable is the ORFE major?</p>
<p>I’m not an engineer, so I can’t say how it compares to the other engineering majors at Princeton. But in general, engineering majors are harder than the average major at Princeton. I’m only a sophomore, so none of my friends doing ORFE have started taking departmentals yet. Sorry this was so uninformative. I can say that if you want to do finance after college, ORFE is excellent preparation.</p>
<p>boysenberry, do you mean that the ORFE workload is “average for an engineer at Princeton”, or that it’s average for a Princeton student in general? thanks for your help!</p>
<p>marmat: you can skip the phys 103-104 requirement through the AP credit and choose to not take physics anymore. However, if you want to take another physics class (such as 200-level ones), then they won’t let you unless you pass the test first. And yes, you can skip COS 126 if you got a 5 on AP Computer Science AB.</p>
<p>Aside from that, thanks for all the replies, I’m still debating about my courses though hehe.</p>