Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Welcome to Weinberg College! We're eager to meet you and committed to making sure you have the information you need to jump confidently into your first quarter as a Wildcat! Be sure to use your summer checklist to keep track of the Weinberg-specific tasks.
Introduce yourself: Weinberg College's Online Dossier
All students in Weinberg College are required to compile an by August 15.
What is the Dossier?
- An opportunity for self-reflection. Your Dossier will prompt you to look back on your high school experience and look ahead to what you hope to learn in your first quarter and beyond.
- A powerful resource for planning ahead. As you compile the Dossier, it will suggest classes for your consideration. If you took an AP or IB exam, for example, your Dossier will indicate whether you can expect to earn credit in that subject area and which classes would be logical next steps.
- An online introduction. Your advisers and first-year seminar instructor will use the information in your Dossier to get a sense of your past accomplishments and your plans for the next four years.
Getting Started
Weinberg College offers an extraordinary range of majors and other academic opportunities. You’ll start to explore those opportunities this fall by taking just four classes.
- . The transition from high school to college can be challenging. That's why Weinberg students take a College Seminar in their very first quarter. College Seminars are small classes taught by faculty members from departments across the college. In addition to exploring a wide range of fascinating topics, they also foreground skills and resources essential to academic success such as time management, emotional intelligence, and goal setting. And here's the best part: the professor teaching your College Seminar will also be your first academic adviser. Starting in early September, your College Seminar instructor will check in regularly to be sure you have the information you need to assemble your fall-quarter schedule and dive into your first year with confidence. They will be the first faculty member you meet when you arrive on campus and will be there to answer questions or find assistance when you register for classes in September.
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- Depending on your plans, you have lots of options for your other two classes. Students whose long-term plans include one of the health professions will likely need to take both chemistry and calculus. Students with a possible in mind often choose to take a class in that area to see whether college-level work in that field actually appeals to them. Of course, most students won’t have decided on a major yet. If that’s you, our advice is to choose a class (or two!) in one of the six you need to explore in order to graduate.
Placement Exams and Assessments
Review the Placement Exams and Assessments page for information on placement exams and assessments in calculus, chemistry, and languages other than English. Although the deadline to complete any exams relevant to your plans is July 31, it may be to your advantage to take exams well before that date
Additional Placement Exams guidance for your school can be found in Purple Prep's June email.
Questions?
The is a terrific resource. If at some point you can’t find the answer to a question, though, write to your First-Year Dean, Lane Fenrich, at fenrich@northwestern.edu.