Brobdignagian Excess

So, my idea of a recursive acronym for the NERD club was axed. We talked with Culpepper and came up with "Noble Experts of Recursive Discovery". So far there seems to be a tremendous deal of interest in the club, which will focus on math and science.

My plans for math and physics next year are beginning to solidify. I have two options. I can take Calculus III in the fall and Discrete Math or possibly Differential Equations in the spring at Lewis and Clark, along with Physics 100 or possibly Physics 200 at Reed all year long. Or, I could take Multivariate Calculus I and II all year long at Reed, and Physics III: Electromagnetism in the fall and Physics II: Waves and Matter in the spring at Lewis and Clark (the order may seem backward, but it actually works out quite nicely). Aside from the content, there are a few more trade-offs. Firstly, physics at Reed is a huge pain because it takes about 7 hours of class, conference, and lab time per week. Furthermore, Reed is a 15 minute drive away at the very best, while it takes about 10 minutes to walk leisurely to Lewis and Clark from my house. The E&M class at Lewis and Clark actually doesn't have a lab component, it's just three hours of lecture per week. The waves class takes up about the same amount of time as the physics courses at Reed, but the scheduling is much nicer (there are four lab sections instead of one). The math classes at Reed go into much more depth than those at Lewis and Clark (notice the 2 semesters for multivariate calculus instead of 1), but they don't cover as much material. I wouldn't get to do differential equations or discrete math, although Reed's mathematics program is heavily focused around proofs like the discrete math course. Finally, E&M is ridiculously interesting, so I would prefer to take that class. First, however, I need to wait to receive some replies for a bunch of emails, and I must meet with a professor or two.