1st Year Summer Review

ENGL 110:
I took this course to fulfill my English requirement. This course only deals with few poems, couple short stories and 1 novel so it is pretty chill. I do hear that taking this during the winter session increases the workload. In general, I want to encourage taking English courses in the summer.  Especially if you are a keen student aiming for Pharmacology/Physiology or Microbiology. I went to see advisors for both PCTH and PHYL and they both told me that admission average is based on the winter term marks - this means that you can maintain high GPA during your winter session and take notorious courses in the summer. I was doing pretty well in this course, but I screwed up on the final exam... This course together with ENGL 112 are the lowest marks I have....haha..
+ If you are taking ENGL 110 course in the summer,never hesitate to take a science course at the same time as ENGL 110 doesn't need a lot of effort.

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