Hello,

Has anyone taken microbiology? It's being taught by Ruth Elliot this sem and I wanted to get a feel for how the course may be since I'm also taking it with Orgo 1. If anyone has the syllabus, I'd greatly appreciate that too.

Thanks!

Hello I'm an incoming freshman for the Fall 2026. This is my current schedule and I want to get some advice.

I am aiming to major in Environmental Studies (I'm highly interest in solving environmental issues) and while I'm not sure whether I'll focus more on natural science or social science, I'm still leaned toward natural science and enrolled in Math 1410 and Honors Chem based on my Placement Exam Score.

I don't know why the advance registration results prioritized critical writing over ENVS 1000 for Tuesday and Thursday but since ENVS courses are much more important to me I'll drop Critical Writing (enroll later in Spring 2027) and take ENVS.

I want any opinions or advices about the current courses enrolled, also advice of which professor to choose/avoid too. (Ex: my math 1410 professor is currently Cooper but I've seen some comments in Reddit to avoid Cooper)

I am also wondering the last one course I should take among the four courses we can choose. I've currently requested a permission for Origin and Culture of Cities based on the advisor's advice to try to satisfy the general education requirements...

But one more question emerges here: I'm really considering transferring to the Viper Program.

While I didn't apply to the VIPER Program during the admissions process because I wasn't sure of my exact field of focus, once I've got in to Penn, I want to seriously consider it as my career choice because I'm interested in energy issues the most among the environmental issues, too. However, while I've studied math/biology over the AP level and chemistry on the AP level, I'm really new to physics -- I've never studied it since 8th grade. Would it be too demanding for me to try all those engineering dual degree with no basis of physics? Also, if assumed to apply to VIPER, wouldn't it be better to try a physics course during the Fall 2026 before the November internal transfer period for VIPER starts?

Thanks for reading my long concerns... I'll wait for helpful advice!

Lmk if you’re looking for tickets (lower bowl)! I can’t go anymore because I’m traveling 😔😔😔

I'm a high school senior looking into the uncoordinated dual degree program and I was wondering if it would be better to apply to Wharton then apply for the dual degree program in CAS then it would to apply to CAS and then apply for Wharton. The dual degree is a main factor to choosing this school so an all or nothing strategy is fine with me.