15.0 credit hours over the summer?

b_r_um
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:49:09 +0000

We don’t know how summer classes work at your college and that’s why we are not in a good position to give you advice.

Here’s how I think about it. You say your summer classes last for two months. Let’s say that’s 9 weeks of classes, compared to 14 weeks in a regular semester. So 15 credits over the summer should be as much work as 23 credits during the semester. Can you handle 23 credits and a 20-hour part-time job in a regular semester? If not, your summer plans are probably a bit too ambitious.

My own college has 5-week summer sessions where classes meet from 9 hours (lectures) to 14 hours (lab classes) a week. Taking more than two of these would be impossible scheduling-wise and plain suicidal on top of that.