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Tentative class schedule for the fall
Aug. 31st, 2009 03:31 pmFirst-year seminar: Romanticism & Enlightenment
Introduction to Japanese
Early Modern Europe
Introduction to Chemistry
...I know, right? CHEMISTRY??! WTFF??!
I am (hopefully) not totally crazy, and I do have some reasons:
- Parents would still like me to go to medical school (despite my history/English interests), and Chem is one of the required courses for premed.
- Freshmen are recommended to have balanced schedules.
- I don't know what I'm going to major in, and even if I did, that would probably change, so it's best to keep my options open.
- I might be able to help my sister with her upcoming killer Honors Chem class (which I was a victim of...).
- I was planning on taking Biology instead, which, although also not exactly my forte, I enjoyed more and performed better in during high school. BUT, there's no Intro to Biology during the fall. Curse my luck.
- ...I wanted to, sort of, confront my fears.
Well, at least I "padded" my schedule (so to speak) with classes I like/think I will enjoy (History, Japanese, reading/writing), so hopefully those will serve as enough of a buffer.
Besides, I can always change my classes around during the Add/Drop period, a.k.a. "shopping period."
I was considering taking math, since apparently I've been recommended for Multivariable Calculus due to my score on the AP Calc BC test, but...no math first semester of freshman year. Seriously. On top of all the stress of moving in/adjusting/everything else, I don't need a math class. (But I'm hoping I won't be wishing I took Multivariable Calc instead of Chem...)
So, my weekly schedule is rather...odd. I have all four courses on Monday and Wednesday (in a row, to boot), three courses on Friday (also in a row), but my Tuesdays and Thursdays are completely free. (Well, except for a Chem lab period on Tuesday late in the afternoon.)
Weird.
Looking ahead: I'm hoping second semester to take an English class (preferably a Shakespeare class), Biology, a Psychology class, and continuing Japanese. Sophomore year, hmm, maybe math? More history classes? Econ? Something I've never had any experience with before, like Geology, Astronomy, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy?? Geez, there are way too many choices...AND I'll have to declare a major second semester of sophomore year. Pressure pressure pressure...
On a slightly more relevant note, I now find myself with about two hours free of any activities. (Minus some, 'cause I'll have to go eat dinner.) I should probably be less antisocial and go out instead of, you know, holing up in my dorm room, but oh well.
Introduction to Japanese
Early Modern Europe
Introduction to Chemistry
...I know, right? CHEMISTRY??! WTFF??!
I am (hopefully) not totally crazy, and I do have some reasons:
- Parents would still like me to go to medical school (despite my history/English interests), and Chem is one of the required courses for premed.
- Freshmen are recommended to have balanced schedules.
- I don't know what I'm going to major in, and even if I did, that would probably change, so it's best to keep my options open.
- I might be able to help my sister with her upcoming killer Honors Chem class (which I was a victim of...).
- I was planning on taking Biology instead, which, although also not exactly my forte, I enjoyed more and performed better in during high school. BUT, there's no Intro to Biology during the fall. Curse my luck.
- ...I wanted to, sort of, confront my fears.
Well, at least I "padded" my schedule (so to speak) with classes I like/think I will enjoy (History, Japanese, reading/writing), so hopefully those will serve as enough of a buffer.
Besides, I can always change my classes around during the Add/Drop period, a.k.a. "shopping period."
I was considering taking math, since apparently I've been recommended for Multivariable Calculus due to my score on the AP Calc BC test, but...no math first semester of freshman year. Seriously. On top of all the stress of moving in/adjusting/everything else, I don't need a math class. (But I'm hoping I won't be wishing I took Multivariable Calc instead of Chem...)
So, my weekly schedule is rather...odd. I have all four courses on Monday and Wednesday (in a row, to boot), three courses on Friday (also in a row), but my Tuesdays and Thursdays are completely free. (Well, except for a Chem lab period on Tuesday late in the afternoon.)
Weird.
Looking ahead: I'm hoping second semester to take an English class (preferably a Shakespeare class), Biology, a Psychology class, and continuing Japanese. Sophomore year, hmm, maybe math? More history classes? Econ? Something I've never had any experience with before, like Geology, Astronomy, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy?? Geez, there are way too many choices...AND I'll have to declare a major second semester of sophomore year. Pressure pressure pressure...
On a slightly more relevant note, I now find myself with about two hours free of any activities. (Minus some, 'cause I'll have to go eat dinner.) I should probably be less antisocial and go out instead of, you know, holing up in my dorm room, but oh well.
