[AngieK]

lemme tell you something that i didn't learn until spring quarter freshman year:

it really doesn't matter who your professor is because the people who will know you and grade you are NOT your professors. they're actually TAs. you will be closer to your TA and your TA will know your name and not your professor. in SD, there are "discussions" at least once a week for your classes where you will meet with your TA in a small group of maybe 20? it doesn't matter if your "professor grades hard" or not in the class because they WON'T be doing any grading. your TAs will be.

and i think everything you learn in freshman year, you can pretty much learn by yourself
profs are same all the way imo

Having a good professor can really help though. If you have a good professors then you learn a lot more during lectures and you can spend less time trying to struggle through the material yourself. It really depends on what classes though. I rarely went to discussions because in most of the classes I had my TAs weren't very good. Office hours are a lot more helpful. So yes, your TAs do the grading but who decides what the TAs are supposed to grade you on? The professor. Having a good/bad professor probably won't make or break things, since you need to work hard on your own anyway, but it is ALWAYS better to choose a better professor if you have the option.

[m i s z CHEN]

^ I can't agree more with you. Having a good professor is definitely important. Some learn better with listening or seeing lectures, whereas others learn better just by reading on their own. I'm one of those who learn better when the professor's teaching is organized, clear, and it's even better when the professor is actually interesting. I had a few classes where I did not have such good professors, due to my late enrollment date, and believe me. I struggled through those classes.

[azn_chick91]

is anyone here an RA or an OL?

i'm really interested in applying for either one of these positions in a year or so
but i'm worried about the application and interview process cuz it seems like there's a lot to go through before they decide whether or not to choose you >.<

[AngieK]

is anyone here an RA or an OL?

i'm really interested in applying for either one of these positions in a year or so
but i'm worried about the application and interview process cuz it seems like there's a lot to go through before they decide whether or not to choose you >.<

I actually landed an RA job my freshman year. I worked my ass off for it though. Unfortunately, due to financial and personal reasons, I had to turn it down. I say go for it. The process is tough and it's extremely competitive but it's well worth it. Plus if you don't get it this year, learn from your mistakes and apply again next year. You've really got nothing to lose. I'll say this though. Don't be intimidating by the other applicants. Be confident in yourself. Best of luck!

[est.1991]

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a question about the math placement exam!?

How HARD is it? I didnt take it yet..

[l0vel0vek0rean]

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a question about the math placement exam!?

How HARD is it? I didnt take it yet..

Yay ERC!

About the math placement test, if you passed high school math, don't even worry about it, I'm serious lol
And this is coming from a person who can't do math for crap lol

[Kurisu]

Having a good/bad professor probably won't make or break things, since you need to work hard on your own anyway, but it is ALWAYS better to choose a better professor if you have the option.

Agreed. In addition, class structure is also related to the professor. Often times, professors may rotate to different TA's, but usually the class structure is consistent. Different professors may have different exam formats or different ways of teaching that maybe IMPLEMENTED within the class, and TAs are often instructed to grade accordingly. This does not apply for all classes, but it does apply for a significant number of them.

[azn_chick91]

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a question about the math placement exam!?

How HARD is it? I didnt take it yet..

you also don't need to take the math placement if you took AB/BC Calculus and passed the exam
or..at least get a two or something like that >.<

so it shouldn't be too hard

and i'm erc too wooo!!

[AngieK]

^ ERC's writing requirement scares the bageebers out of me. =( I barely survived my two warren writing classes, imagine taking six of them. T_T Though the ERC dorms are pretty nice.

[est.1991]

Yay ERC!

About the math placement test, if you passed high school math, don't even worry about it, I'm serious lol
And this is coming from a person who can't do math for crap lol

oh really? I looked at the sample questions and there were like trig+ questions. Maybe i saw the wrong sample questions? good good~ haha.

you also don't need to take the math placement if you took AB/BC Calculus and passed the exam
or..at least get a two or something like that >.<

so it shouldn't be too hard

and i'm erc too wooo!!

I didnt take AP Calculus & YAY ERC!

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ahh less than two months until we're off to UCSD
im getting nervous..

[qrace]

the math placement exam is quite easy, don't worry.

and yay erc

[ditzyazn]

just curious, is anyone attending the OASIS summer bridge program? It's tomorrow and I'm excited

[StarlessNight]

oh really? I looked at the sample questions and there were like trig+ questions. Maybe i saw the wrong sample questions? good good~ haha.


I didnt take AP Calculus & YAY ERC!

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ahh less than two months until we're off to UCSD
im getting nervous..

i didn't take ap calc either and i took the math placement and was placed into math 20. it was pretty easy but i had to review a bit beforehand because the last math class i took that was similar to the math questions was pre calc 2 years ago and i basically forgot everything >.< i'm in erc too! ^^

just curious, is anyone attending the OASIS summer bridge program? It's tomorrow and I'm excited

i am! i'm really excited too ^^

[est.1991]

i didn't take ap calc either and i took the math placement and was placed into math 20. it was pretty easy but i had to review a bit beforehand because the last math class i took that was similar to the math questions was pre calc 2 years ago and i basically forgot everything >.< i'm in erc too! ^^

oh wow! alot of people from soompi are in ERC!
yayyyyyyy!

[SurpriseSex]

...not going to lie, you'll probably never meet any of us.

[AzN_cHiC89]

^ that's not true. I'm pretty sure I've seen you/

I've met some people here on the thread already. But it would be nice if we could organized a UCSD Soompi meet.

[azn_chick91]

^ that'd be cool

anyways....for the ERC upperclassmen...

do you know if the MMW books are always the same from year to year?
because i don't want to buy the books and then find out that i can't even use them next year T.T
how often do they even change the editions for the mmw books? <.< >.>

and...if they ARE the same from year to year...
is there anyone who would be willing to sell me their books? (i might have a couple of friends interested as well...so the more upperclassmen selling..the merrier =))

thank you!

[xlemonpie]

^ that's not true. I'm pretty sure I've seen you/

I've met some people here on the thread already. But it would be nice if we could organized a UCSD Soompi meet.

yeaa!! lets organize a meet XD

[SurpriseSex]

^ that's not true. I'm pretty sure I've seen you/

I've met some people here on the thread already. But it would be nice if we could organized a UCSD Soompi meet.

You have? Where?

But yeah, I tried to organize a meet last year. It failed.

[Rozzy]

well...we could try again! haha. :]. is anyone else down here for sum session 2? we can do a meet up soon. . i want to meet everyone.

i'm taking psych 168 nd 172. anyone else taking those classes? lolz.