University of Florida Student Proposed Schedule for Career Goal

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The discussion revolves around a proposed academic schedule for a student at the University of Florida who aims to become the head researcher and CEO of a biotech company. Participants provide feedback on the schedule, share experiences with specific courses, and discuss the challenges of course selection and academic advice.

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Main Points Raised

  • The original poster shares their academic background and proposed schedule, inviting feedback on it.
  • One participant comments on the workload of a specific course (cgs2425), mentioning a personal experience of dropping it due to its demanding nature.
  • Another participant praises a different course (maa4402) and recommends a specific instructor (Dr. Boyland) as beneficial.
  • Concerns are raised about the availability of a biophysics class and its perceived quality under a certain instructor (Dr. Meisel).
  • There is a discussion about the appropriateness of seeking academic advice from the forum, referencing differing opinions on the reliability of such advice.
  • One participant suggests that the original poster should be cautious about overloading their schedule.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the reliability of academic advice from the forum, with some advocating for caution and others sharing personal experiences that may contradict this caution. The discussion does not reach a consensus on the best approach to course selection.

Contextual Notes

Participants note that university courses can vary significantly in teaching style and workload, which may affect course selection and academic planning.

Who May Find This Useful

Students considering course selection in chemical engineering, biochemistry, or related fields, as well as those interested in academic planning and advice from peers.

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I am currently a student at the University of Florida studying chemical engineering and biochemistry with a minor in mathematics and possibly material sciences and sales engineering.

I made a mock up of my schedule my career goal is to be the head researcher and CEO of a biotech company and I am curious what anyone thinks of my schedule. I am obviously going to pursure graduate work. If you want a course description let me know.

Thanks in advance.
 

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omagdon7 said:
I am currently a student at the University of Florida studying chemical engineering and biochemistry with a minor in mathematics and possibly material sciences and sales engineering.

I made a mock up of my schedule my career goal is to be the head researcher and CEO of a biotech company and I am curious what anyone thinks of my schedule. I am obviously going to pursure graduate work. If you want a course description let me know.

Thanks in advance.


wow, that's fancy. lol. mine is just this rinky-dink word doc. :redface:

cgs2425, I've heard, is a LOAD of work towards the end. i signed up for that during summer a (six weeks! ), and dropped it the next day--the last two projects were something like 1000 lines of code.


maa4402 is an awesome class. :cool: especially if you get dr. boyland.


the biophys class isn't offered all the time, so be on the lookout for that class. (and i heard that it wasn't that great when dr. meisel was teaching it.)



cool that you're entering school with your first two semesters of calc and chem out of the way, though! :cool:


and... i don't know what's going on in those last few semesters, but six courses seems like quite a lot.
 
omagdon7 said:
If you want a course description let me know.

Thanks in advance.


i believe that nusc is saying, "yes, we would like them. we would like them all."
 
Actually no, it was in response to Matt grime's thread regarding academic advice. He insists that students should not gain such advice from this forum because no one on these forums is entitled to ensure course selection due do to the fact that all university courses are taught differently. Although that should be obvious to everyone, in contrast, mathwonk says otherwise since he had bad experience with advisors in the past.

So it's really upto omagdon7, but don't overload yourself.
 
Nusc said:
Actually no, it was in response to Matt grime's thread regarding academic advice. He insists that students should not gain such advice from this forum because no one on these forums is entitled to ensure course selection due do to the fact that all university courses are taught differently. Although that should be obvious to everyone, in contrast, mathwonk says otherwise since he had bad experience with advisors in the past.

So it's really upto omagdon7, but don't overload yourself.

oh. well, i got your intent wrong then! :redface:


i happen to go to that school and gave input on classes i know about.
 

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