My classes are as follows:

Intro to Computation (MW 14:00-14:55)
General Chem (MTR 11:00-11:55)
Calculus and Linear Algebra (MWF 10:00-10:55, R 9:00-9:55)
Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism (WF 11:00-11:55, MR 13:00-13:55)
Knowledge and Reality (TR 14:30-15:55)
Frontiers in Physics (F 14:00-15:55)

That’s 45 of Caltech’s funny units (a normal class is like 9 or so), 18 hours a week.

My dad said “It’s just like high school,” which caused me to get defensive and make a list of reasons why it is NOT like high school AT ALL:

  • No class starts before 9am! Yay! Since they pretty much design the freshman schedules for you, I had nothing to do with this, but God, do I approve.
  • There is a whole hour for lunch or more every day, which while unimpressive perhaps to others is quite the thing when you’ve been dealing with 30 or 40 minutes.
  • Look mum, no history! No English either, which I can’t quite bring myself to be sad about. If I want it later I can find it. Just lovely science computer science math science science all day long with a little metaphysics for a rest. :D :D
  • Tuesday and Friday I have only two classes! (I’m not counting the Frontiers, which isn’t a class but just sitting there and listening to interesting things: recreation, haha.) Helloooo homework days!
  • I suspect that there will be way more homework than high school.

Though I do have to agree, there are reasons why it is like high school:

  • Most classes follow one right after the other, with about 5 minutes between. I hope there’s some leeway there because though it is a small campus I don’t want to have to hotfoot it to get to class every day.
  • Class seems to pretty much go on intermittently in the 10am-4pm period. This is good because it leaves homework time, but I did kind of want to try night classes to see how that would work out. Oh well.
  • Several of the classes were pretty much set for me, which I knew. I’m just so happy I didn’t flunk the placement tests! I could do a jig. And looking at all the syllabi, they may not kick my butt too hard! That’s wishful thinking, but oh well. I think maybe I can handle a class called General Chem.

All in all I proclaim it a good schedule. Now I just wanna go.