UCI Survival Guide: 2020-2021 (Online) (6/19/2021)
I am a first year chemical engineering major. I went to a pretty good high school (Lynbrook High School, ranked 109 in the nation according to niche.com and 131 according to usnews.com), so what I experienced is probably pretty biased. In all honestly, UCI was less academically difficult then what I expected, but I don't think that that was necessarily a bad thing, as it made me more confident to take more credits. This first year at UCI was a little bit disappointing for me, however, because I felt that some of the classes were just repeats of what I had already learned in high school. Most people will tell you to only take 12 credits in the first fall quarter, but I really regretted doing that because I definitely could've taken more. APs taken (All 5s except CS, Stats, and Chem, which I got 4s - I took them all online): Calculus BC, Chemistry, Chinese, Comp Sci A, English Lang, Physics 1, Physics 7C: Mech, Stats Community College: Intro to engineering (5 credits, didn't ...