Results of my new student conference (or "Orientation")
Well, I finally got done with my registration stuff (I had to make it so late thanks to, first, snail mail, and second, our Savannah River trip).
It turns out that, thanks to AP tests, I exempted almost my entire freshman year. I was talking this over with Dr. wolraM, the nuclear department academic advisor, also Synnove's dad, and he suggested that I do a double major in Physics and Nuclear Engineering. I counterproposed Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, so he worked out a schedule for the first year that would fit with that and said it looked like I could do it.
After taking it home and mulling the two majors over, it looked like I would have to take an average of 18.125 hours per semester, which is crazy. I mean, how can I take .125 hours in a semester? Also, that's just way too much. I was wondering if he really knew what he was talking about.
The next day, I go back to him and ask for some clarification on the future year plans. He said that figuring out the years after this one were my own job. Well, whatever. I decided to keep the semester schedule he suggested (it is NUEN/ENGR with the exception of having one CHEM class, organic chemistry, and its corresponding lab) because there is a possibility that I may switch to Chemical Engineering.
Here's the schedule that I had planned:
NUEN 101 (Principles of Nuclear Engineering)
ENGR 111 honors (Foundations of Engineering I)
MATH 251 (Engineering Math III)
ENGR 211 (Conservation Principles in Engineering Mechanics)
NUEN 201 (Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I)
CHEM 227 (Organic Chemistry I)
CHEM 237 (Lab for Organic Chemistry I)
So, when 1:30, the registration start time rolled around, I managed to get myself to the proper place that I was supposed to be (I had been misinformed and was in the wrong place). So, I barely got into several of the courses, and didn't make it into CHEM 237. Since the nuclear engineering people couldn't force me into the class, I had to walk over from Zachry to the big Chemistry building to wait around for someone who was supposed to help me but ended up only basically saying that I was stuck. So I had to walk back to Zachry to give my Advisor a status report. Next, I needed to have my Student ID made, so I walk out of the building... into pouring rain. Whatever! Just a couple of minutes ago, it was rainless! Well, I walked across campus to the MSC, which I thought was close to the place where IDs were made. By this time, Every single article of clothing on me was absolutely soaked. But I was enjoying the rain. So it was fun. Then I found out that I had walked too far, so I went to the right place to get a student ID. So that's the end of that. So, in retrospect, how many times did I say "so" in that last paragraph?
Now, I heard that MATH 253 (basically MATH 251 with Maple, the computer math system) is better than MATH 251. It has 15 people as opposed to 70 in 251, and it is also taught by Dr. nikssaY. So, I'm trying to see if I can get in there instead.
In conclusion,
THE END.
It turns out that, thanks to AP tests, I exempted almost my entire freshman year. I was talking this over with Dr. wolraM, the nuclear department academic advisor, also Synnove's dad, and he suggested that I do a double major in Physics and Nuclear Engineering. I counterproposed Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, so he worked out a schedule for the first year that would fit with that and said it looked like I could do it.
After taking it home and mulling the two majors over, it looked like I would have to take an average of 18.125 hours per semester, which is crazy. I mean, how can I take .125 hours in a semester? Also, that's just way too much. I was wondering if he really knew what he was talking about.
The next day, I go back to him and ask for some clarification on the future year plans. He said that figuring out the years after this one were my own job. Well, whatever. I decided to keep the semester schedule he suggested (it is NUEN/ENGR with the exception of having one CHEM class, organic chemistry, and its corresponding lab) because there is a possibility that I may switch to Chemical Engineering.
Here's the schedule that I had planned:
NUEN 101 (Principles of Nuclear Engineering)
ENGR 111 honors (Foundations of Engineering I)
MATH 251 (Engineering Math III)
ENGR 211 (Conservation Principles in Engineering Mechanics)
NUEN 201 (Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I)
CHEM 227 (Organic Chemistry I)
CHEM 237 (Lab for Organic Chemistry I)
So, when 1:30, the registration start time rolled around, I managed to get myself to the proper place that I was supposed to be (I had been misinformed and was in the wrong place). So, I barely got into several of the courses, and didn't make it into CHEM 237. Since the nuclear engineering people couldn't force me into the class, I had to walk over from Zachry to the big Chemistry building to wait around for someone who was supposed to help me but ended up only basically saying that I was stuck. So I had to walk back to Zachry to give my Advisor a status report. Next, I needed to have my Student ID made, so I walk out of the building... into pouring rain. Whatever! Just a couple of minutes ago, it was rainless! Well, I walked across campus to the MSC, which I thought was close to the place where IDs were made. By this time, Every single article of clothing on me was absolutely soaked. But I was enjoying the rain. So it was fun. Then I found out that I had walked too far, so I went to the right place to get a student ID. So that's the end of that. So, in retrospect, how many times did I say "so" in that last paragraph?
Now, I heard that MATH 253 (basically MATH 251 with Maple, the computer math system) is better than MATH 251. It has 15 people as opposed to 70 in 251, and it is also taught by Dr. nikssaY. So, I'm trying to see if I can get in there instead.
In conclusion,
THE END.
posted by Seth at 7/10/2003 11:10:00 PM
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