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Old 07-26-2007, 10:44 AM   #36
shoebox10
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True, but with every class comes some outside work. I think you know as much as I do that engineering takes a LOT of outside study time. Why bog yourself down with an easy art class? I know people say "GPA booster!" but I think instead of wasting 3-4 hours a week on that class, use that time to either study for a more important class or use it to catch up on sleep/have a life. Or, drop the Galileo seminar because that will probably have a lot of fact-based tests which can be a bit more time consuming than practice-based tests (ie calculus problems)

Franky, 19 credit hours is do-able. But doing is first semester is a set-up for failure, either academically or personally (ie, no social life, no sleep ever, etc). I think it's best to take 14-16 first semester and get adjusted to college, not take the max load. Then take 19 if you think you can handle it, but just work your way up to it.
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