MAPness

Panic.

Epic-ly packed schedule for the next coupla weeks.

July
28th Maybe rockclimbing?
29th Buy stuff. And frisbee.
30th Party!

August
1st Kuantan Trip
2nd Kuantan Trip
3rd Kuantan Trip, BBQ dinner thingy?
4th Recovery
5th Rock-climbing
6th Canadian Visa
7th Movie/Dinner/MOS?
8th Singapore
9th Singapore
10th Singapore
11th Shopping
12th Frisbee/Pool
13th Mines with dad
14th USA

Gotta pack and fill forms and register for crap and this and that and blaaaah. Damn leceh. ROCKCLIMBIIING.

Dear All,

I would like to direct your attention to the following blogpost:
http://everythingmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-like-ah-cannot-ah-diu.html

Cheers,
Bryan

Oh.. SHIT.

I just figured out how Cornell has set up the schedule for my major (Physics).

There's easy physics (1112) and hard physics (1116).
There's easy maths (1120) and hard, honors math (1220).

Hard physics clashes with Psychology.
Hard maths clashes with Economics.

So I can either be DAMN DAMN good at physics (and maths) OR be happy and all-rounded in everything.

This is unfair.

XKCD

Another great one by Randall Munroe of XKCD comics

Courses

Edit: This is my current schedule! So much geekdom. Skating wth. Couldn't find anything else not too pricey or whatnot lol.



Started enrolling in courses! Put it off for a few days already, BIG MISTAKE!

Courses that are out of space:
French 1210, introductory French. Have to take next sem :(
Astronomy 1195, observational astronomy. Next sem!! :(:(

Courses I've signed up for:
Maths 1110, Calculus I, prerequisite for many things.
Astronomy 1103, The Nature of the Universe,

Courses not offered this semester:
Summer, Astronomy 1107, An Introduction to the Universe

Big problem:
Physics courses usually have two paths:
1112 - 2213 - 2214 or
1116 - 2217 - 2218, the latter one being harder. The problem is... 1116 clashes with Psychology 1101! The most popular course in Cornell! And I can't take it NEXT semester cause then it'll clash with Physics 2217! Dammit!
So.. take 1112 and psycho or take 1116 and forget it. Damn.

Another thing. Music.. bah blog about it later.

Course Enrollment

So yeah, soon I'll start enrolling for courses at Cornell. Let me begin by saying that the whole procedure is pretty damn complicated, and it takes quite some time just to know what the hell you're doing. Then you look through all the subjects you want, then pick the courses. There are over 4600 courses to choose from. Holy mother shit. Gotta piece them together so that it fits nicely in your schedule too! Whoop-dee-doo!

The requirements to graduate from Cornell.

1. Two first-year writing seminars
2. Foreign language requirement
3. Distribution requirements
Four courses in Physical & Biological Sciences, and in Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
Five courses of 3 or more credits in the following social sciences, humanities, and arts categories:
Cultural Analysis
Historical Analysis
Knowledge, Cognition, & Moral Reasoning
Literature & the Arts
Social & Behavioral Analysis
4. Breadth requirements:
Geographic breadth requirement: One course that focuses on an area or a people other than those of the United States, Canada, or Europe.
Historic breadth requirements: One course that focuses on an historic period before the twentieth century.
5. Major (this one's a reaaaal hassle.)
6. Electives: Four or five courses (sorta like stuff that's not related to your major)
7. Residence: Eight full-time semesters
8. 34 courses.
9. 120 credits, 100 of which must be from the College of Arts and Sciences.
10. 100 credits at Cornell at "C" (not C-) or above.
11. Passing a swimming test and two courses in physical education
12. Application to graduate.

And I've cut out about 85% of the details in that.

There are SO MANY courses to choose from, I'm seriously at a loss as to what to do. Every subject has a few 'paths' you can take. Like for physics, there are various paths for non-majors and for majors (as in, if your major is physics or not), and they depend on stuff like how fast you want to go, what you want to do in physics, how fast you *can* go, which itself is dependent on what prerequisites you have (A-levels, previous courses at Cornell). It's like.. an extremely complicated skill tree in an MMO =.=

One of particular interest at this time - Physical Education. I have to take at least two PE courses, which contribute no credits. The subjects available include the expected stuff like swimming, basketball, soccer etc, but also tons of other interesting, odd stuff.

Take swimming. Swimming-related courses include: Beginning Swimming, Advanced Swimming, Swimming Conditioning (.....), Introduction to Springboard Diving, Lifeguarding. And that's not even including stuff like diving and sailing and whatever water-related stuff.

Other oddities:
Ballroom Dancing, Intensive Ballroom Dancing.
Every dance imaginable and a few courses on dance techniques alone.
Bootcamp (?!)
Pilates Mat Work
Cardio Kickboxing
Every Martial Art there is, and advanced/expert level courses for some of them.
Introduction to Jogging
Walking Meditation
Introduction to Freshwater Angling
Juggling
Introduction to Swedish Massage, Swedish Massage II (ROFL gotta try this?)
Yoga, Intermediate Yoga and... Extreme Yoga
Introduction, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Figure Skating
Caving
Rock-climbing (YEAH!!!!)
Tree Climbing, Costa Rica Tree Climbing (one wasn't enough I guess)
Whitewater Kayaking
A bunch of military stuff
Varsity-level sports courses