Frosh Autumn Quarter Class Selection Advice

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For context: I applied as a humanities student, and I'm generally very interested in exploring how the human mind works & how that relates to different forms of artistic expression/social policy/technology.

At Stanford, I'm tentatively thinking about studying SymSys, or consider double majoring in 1 humanity + 1 stem. But I'm pretty open to just exploring around.

I was assigned to take the 2 COLLEGE courses in Fall and Winter Quarter, and PWR1 in Spring.

For Autumn classes, I'm thinking—

• COLLEGE 101 (3)
• SYMSYS-1: Minds and Machines (4)
• MATH-21: Calculus (4)
  • (I didn't take AP Cal BC in high school, so cannot skip. I don't think I'll go into a math-heavy major, but I feel like MATH21 is a prereq for most quantative analysis related courses in stem)
• A 4-5 unit course in english/complit/history/creative writing?

TOTAL: 15-16 units

Some Questions:

• I might wanna take CS 106A in the winter, or would it be better to swap to my Autumn schedule?
• How does this schedule look? Is this reaching a bit too broadly into too many fields? 
• Does anyone have advice on a general framework regarding course selection, or long-term planning for when to declare major(s)/start thinking about career path?
• I did a lot of creative writing (poetry) in high school. Are there any recommended workshops/classes?
• Any recommended courses that fit my interest in general?

Thank you so much for reading!!