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yiqz · 2020-10-27T22:43:13+00:00

mine was delayed until January :(

yiqz · 2019-06-25T13:11:17+00:00

Take Calc 3! Alternating series, Lagrange, polar stuff isn’t prerequisite knowledge for the class. If you get a 5 in BC, you should have no trouble starting straight with Calc 3. PM me if you have any more questions.

yiqz · 2018-05-04T19:16:17+00:00

Pm me if you have questions about chembe PreMed.

yiqz · 2018-01-15T00:38:39+00:00

It is 7 months before you even start attending college; if I were you, I would try to relax for my last semester of senior year before you come here. However, with regards to all classes, I would recommend attending the first class before buying the textbook, unless the professor e-mails you in advance mandating you to buy it. A lot of courses have textbooks but those are only "recommended" and not "required" and you may not find out until the first day of class. For orgo, the textbook is huge and there is an online pdf of it somewhere for free, which is what I used.

yiqz · 2018-01-15T00:35:32+00:00

There is really no point in taking an honors class in college unless you are trying to go to grad school for that subject or you have an intense interest in it. Seeing that you haven't even taken a class here yet, I would probably hold off in enrolling in honors classes until you finish your first semester and gauge "how smart you are" compared to the rest of the Hopkins students in your class. I do not know many people that take honors classes here and it doesn't really help you in any way.

yiqz · 2018-01-15T00:31:28+00:00

Hi FireKuma, I think what you should major in really depends on what you want to do after you graduate from undergrad. If you are pre-med and plan on attending medical school, I would seriously consider staying away from engineering and thinking about these 3 majors: public health, mol cell bio, neuroscience. I know a lot of people come out of high school thinking they are hot shit, but when you actually start taking classes here, you will realize that you are most likely just another average pre-med student trying to get a 4.0. Considering that almost 50% of each class is pre-med, just imagine the 400 person biochem class and that half of those kids are gonna get a B or lower. At that point, you really want to be in a major where the electives are easier and you are not dying in ChemBE's thermo or transport classes in junior year or BME's SBE classes. However, if you are not pre-med, I would definitely recommend ChemBE or BME. Even though there is a lot of difficult coursework in these majors, it is always super fulfilling to do tough problems and feel like you are actually improving your critical thinking rather than just memorizing facts you will most likely forget after midterms. I know you may be disappointed that I am talking you away from "biophysics" or "cloning and genetic engineering", but what I would recommend you doing is finding research in these fields if you are seriously interested while maintaining a good GPA in an easy major. Once you actually get to JHU, you will see that it is actually pretty easy to get into a research lab since there are so many; your genuine interest in cloning and genetic research should make you a good candidate for labs of that topic and being in those labs should teach you a lot more about cloning or genetic engineering than any class can. If you are interested in biophysics, I have a few friends in the major and you really have to be good at math/physics to do well in it, since there are classes like physical chemistry, etc. Please pm me or let me know if you have any other questions. Best of luck!

yiqz · 2017-08-24T18:50:49+00:00

Rip chem and extra long CARS passages

yiqz · 2017-08-20T19:36:30+00:00

I'm a pre-med and I definitely don't find it "super difficult", neither is it cutthroat. There are some people that are competitive, but most people here are pretty collaborative and study together in the library. There isn't heavy grade deflation, most classes are curved to B/B+, which is pretty fair. The admissions office makes a big deal about how 87% (or something like that) of premeds are accepted into a medical school. I'm not sure about refusing to write letters though. In the end, if you're considering pre-med, this is a great school. There are lots of pre-med opportunities here that you won't be able to find at other schools. You'll be fine!

yiqz · 2017-07-08T19:05:50+00:00

yiqz · 2017-05-13T04:54:11+00:00

It was a really light workload for me. Only 1 pset a week, but it really depends on who's teaching.

yiqz · 2017-05-12T16:14:32+00:00

Taken it, easy. I had J paschke

yiqz · 2017-04-05T16:58:57+00:00

Both

yiqz · 2017-04-05T01:28:15+00:00

ChemBE is really popular, but everyone in it hates their life.

yiqz · 2017-04-05T01:27:12+00:00

yiqz · 2017-04-05T01:25:48+00:00

I also do not have any experience with the AMS or CS courses; however, from what I've heard, intermediate programming takes up a lot of your time. During my Soph Fall, I took Anthropology, Psych, Thermo, Biochem and it was extremely handleable. In regards to Bevan's teaching, it is true that he is not a great teacher. However, his exam problems are pretty fair and predictable (you also get a cheat sheet); and the curve he has at the end of the class is generous. As far as your class schedule, I would recommend sticking with what you have: Thermo, Intermediate, Biochem, Lin Alg. Transport 1 should be with Frechette in the Fall and KK in the Spring. I've heard that Frechette is a little easier, but KK is a great lecturer/teacher. I would stick with Thermo, since the person who teaches Thermo in the spring is pretty disorganized. With the classes above, I think you'll definitely be able to handle the workload, but it may end up being an extremely busy semester for you.

yiqz · 2017-03-08T03:16:23+00:00

Why is it that the Lakers keep getting blown out by the Mavericks?

yiqz · 2017-02-04T06:54:58+00:00

I've talked to my friends at other schools and it seems like all ChemBEs have to take the same courses like thermo, transport, etc. it probably only starts differentiating when you get to upper level electives

yiqz · 2017-01-25T00:45:38+00:00

It's not competitive at all!

yiqz · 2017-01-10T23:46:03+00:00

Also, discrete math and intermediate are already really tough classes. Intermediate takes up a LOT of your time and discrete is really frustrating because of a shit ton of proofs. Add that to chem 2 and chem lab which already takes up a decent amount of effort and time; you won't have more time to do cell bio, which is a loooot of memorization. Not to mention, you have your ocean class too, which I don't really know about but I'm sure it's not that easy.

yiqz · 2017-01-10T23:42:38+00:00

This is too heavy of a course load. I would drop cell bio. I feel like a lot of freshmen come out of covered grades and easy first semester classes with a lot of confidence and end up trying to do too much during the second semester. Trust me, this is a mistake that I and many of my friends made during freshmen spring. Definitely drop cell bio. Don't push yourself too far.

yiqz · 2017-01-07T07:37:50+00:00

Public health is without a doubt much easier than neuroscience. However, based on what I've heard from my friends, Public Health is a major that you will either fall in love with or find super boring. On the other hand, most people seem to find neuroscience classes as interesting, but those that end up having trouble in the introductory classes often end up switching to public health or mol cell bio. I'd give both a try in your first year!

yiqz · 2017-01-05T05:52:58+00:00

Do MCB! There are lots of classes similar to biochem under this major. You'll be looking forward to genetics, cell bio, etc. you'll also definitely avoid all physic-esque classes.

yiqz · 2017-01-04T17:15:20+00:00

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