<p>How difficult is it to have a 17 credit hour semester for your first semester (16 + 1 credit seminar) to be more specific my schedule most likely will look like for the first semester:</p>
<p>BIOL-103 (4 Cr)
Chem- 01/09 (5 Cr)
Calculus I (4 Cr)
Humanities and Writing 009 (3 Cr. It says 6 Cr on the site but I was told it is equivalent to a 3 credits class but you get 6 credits for being in a summer program that I plan to attend)
Seminar: BIOL-101 (1 Cr)</p>
<p>If it matters, I will be attending Georgetown. Also I’m pretty good at time management and since I am from DC I will not really be wasting time “exploring” the sites I’ve seen my whole life.</p>
<p>That’s probably doable. Of course the real question is how much work each of your classes assigns (and how much extra time you need to digest the material), which we cannot judge remotely.</p>
<p>I understand, I’m just looking for a general idea if I should switch up or not. I’m trying to go Neurobiology with Pre Med, here is an outline of my 4 years in college without adding in what I will do for summer to shorten each semester credit hour
<p>It’s definitely doable. But do not overestimate the powers of college to distract you (I’m sure you know Georgetown is more than just the city), especially since college is generally nothing like high school. You will have infinitely more free time, but at the same time, there are a ton more distractions (being the first semester, these distractions could include sports, parties, academic/social clubs, work, or relationships/the opposite sex among others).</p>
<p>I’m taking 17 credits right now and I cant say I like it. I’m pretty much getting A and ABs in all of my classes but still… Dont go more than 15+ credits.</p>
<p>Eh, it depends on the course load. I’m a music ed major and my first semester - which was last semester - I took 18 credits. It was stressful at times but manageable. This semester I’m taking only 15 credits (I say “only” because on the music ed course sequence every semester has you taking at least 17.5 credits, and some of my fellow freshmen are taking 20-24 credits this semester). And lemme tell you…those 15 credits translate into NO FREE TIME and the worst 15 weeks of my life. So if possible, find out what kind of a work load those all involve. Personally, I wouldn’t do well because I’m not a math/science type, but 17 credits is generally doable. And unlike me, you don’t have to spend 2+ hours a day practicing an instrument.</p>
<p>Okay everyone is saying it’s doable. But on a scale from one to ten how difficult will it be to pull off all A’s and manage my time well?(10 being the most difficult)</p>
<p>Credit hours differ by school and aren’t very accurate at predicting workload, so everyone evaluated his course load by looking at the courses themselves.
2 intro science classes, 1 intro math, 1 writing class, 1 seminar…
this is ridiculously light. I’m not sure about the credit system at your school, but at mine, this would translate into the absolute minimum you can take.
How difficult to pull off A’s, guesstimate : 5
How difficult to pull off A’s, realistically : can’t say… we don’t know anything about you, your school, the courses, your motivation. It could be anywhere from 1 to 10.
Manage your time well? ahha… that’s the hardest part of college. 10.</p>
<p>Like everyone else said it is doable but you also have to realize that certain classes like Calculus, Chemistry, and Biology are going to require a lot of individual study time. Personally, I would maybe do 14-15 to see how it feels the first semester and then plan accordingly for the next semester. Plus the first semester of college is the time to meet you friends and experience new things. It’s all up to what you think you are capable of though</p>
<p>I just finished a quarter with 17 units. It was not my first, my first was 15.5. I did get straight As, but it was a good bit of work, at least by my standards. I managed my time well. If you have a job, don’t do it. Though at least at my college, we can drop with no grade within the first few weeks. Maybe you can test it out?</p>
<p>I know at my school they tell freshmen not to take more than 15 credit hours their first semester. I know here at CC everyone’s saying it will be easy but just think - you need to learn how to live on your own. You also have to develop a completely new social circle, which takes time - time you’ll need to be studying if you’re taking 17 credits. I took 14 credits my first semester and liked it because I had a lot of time to really build relationships and get used to college. There will always be more time to take more credits later. I mean, you will survive, but your social life may suffer or you may not be as well adjusted or involved as you might like to be.</p>
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