Freshman 2010-2011

Every Sixth College student must fulfill 4 sets of GE course requirements.

1. Freshman Core Sequence: Culture, Art, and Technology (CAT) requirement

Students must complete the core sequence (CAT 1, 2, and 3) in order. You should complete the sequence during your freshman year or as soon as you've completed the Entry Level Writing Requirement(My 4 in AP Eng Lang + whatever I get in AP Lit = 8 units elective credit and clears Entry Level Writing requirement). The sequence cannot be replaced with college courses taken at any other institution.

• CAT 1 (4 units) (Our introductory course examines from multiple angles how cultural assumptions are embedded in art and technology, thus reflecting and shaping the choices humans make. We prepare students for the writing-intensive CAT 2 and 3 by emphasizing questions and argumentation as the key to learning.)
• CAT 2 (6 units) (Here we analyze specific technological and artistic developments during a given historical period and consider how their intended -- and unintended -- consequences affect our lives today. Our writing discussions focus particularly on how to form thesis statements and arguments.)
• CAT 3 (6 units) (In the third quarter we examine how potential solutions to today's problems fit into cultural systems of values and assumptions. Students concentrate on voice and the details of writing effective sentences, and they complete projects applying course concepts to real-world issues.)

^ CATs are unavoidable.

2. Information Technology Fluency requirement

Students satisfy this requirement by taking Computer Science and Engineering 3 (CSE 3) during Fall or Winter of their Freshman year or by taking another computing course required by their major department. For more information, please refer to the complete GE lists below.

^ I might have already satisfied this with my joint Robotics and Engineering course.

3. Breadth requirement

Students must take 12 courses encompassing a variety of disciplines.

• Analytical and Scientific Methods (2 science courses)(1 course, 3 in AP Biology counts)
  
• Art Making (PDF) (2 courses) (My B in Drawing 101 might satisfy a course; maybe not though)
  
• Exploring Data (1 statistics course) (Not sure what I have to score, but AP Statistics satisfies Exploring Data)
  
• Narrative, Aesthetic, and Historical Reasoning (2 humanities courses)(1 course, A in Art History at ELAC, might count the same as AP Art; 4 in AP US History counts)
  
• Social Analysis (2 social science courses) (If I get a 4 or 5 in AP Econ, I satisfy 1 course, if I get a 3 it's elective credit)
  
• Societal Context (2 courses)
• Structured Reasoning (1 math/ logic course) (Done, 5 in AP Calculus satisfies Structured Reasoning.)
  

Note: AP or IB credit may be used to satisfy only 1 course in each area.

So basically, I've satisfied most of my lower division courses, and according to the 2009-2010 course list, I might have junior standing. But I don't know anything about college so probably not :P

4. Upper-division Practicum requirement

These courses must be taken in order:

1. Practicum course or project
2. CAT 125 (Practicum writing course)

^ So basically like a senior seminar, only on service. Cool.



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College Honors Program

http://sixth.ucsd.edu/academics/college-honors-program.html

Participants in the Honors Program include:

• New freshmen who have distinguished themselves academically in their high schools
• New freshmen who complete at least 12 graded units with a 3.7 cumulative GPA during their first quarter at UCSD
• Second-year honors students who maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5

^ I definitely don't qualify for the first one, however, I have 3.7 and 20 units completed at ELAC, and if you take away my PE credits, I still satisfy the second bullet so I'll look into the Honors Program. I definitely aim to satisfy the third bullet point.

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I will be majoring in Management Science and I might choose a minor that will fit with my major. I plan to take Chinese, and study abroad for two quarters in my junior or senior year. I plan to graduate, work for two to three years, get a good GMAT score and then apply to a good Management School (Cal, UCLA, USC, Stanford) and fulfill my dream of becoming a Management Consultant.

:) crossing fingers!