17 credits too much for incoming freshman?

maryversity
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 04:40:25 +0000

@MarylandBro FYI, here is where you can see all the options that are available for Fall 2014 (every semester does give a few diff options) that meet the oral comm requirement https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/gen-ed/201408/FSOC All oral comm classes are going to have similar elements but just different approaches, some more interesting than others.

Comm107 is a crap shoot - son’s friend had it and was an easy A with no work. Son took following semester and had grad student that gave a LOT of work and he had to work hard for A…

As @terpmom7 said, 17 credits should theoretically not be a prob for honors college students but it really depends on the individual, the classes they sign up for , and how “distracted” they get in getting adjusted to college life. Son was heavily advised to not take the courseload he did (all engineering, science and math courses) the first semester (also 17) because “too intense” but that’s his wheelhouse so it was easy for him to do well in those classes that would have meant disaster for a different student. So, it really depends on what your areas of strength/interest are and how easily you are distracted. If you just make it a habit to get your work done before going out (very easy to put it off or skip entirely since no one checks it in college the way they do in high school), you should be fine.

And if you you decide to drop a class, I wouldn’t recommend dropping the I-series as they tend to be more interesting.

As for when you need books, well that’s a personal preference. As a first-timer, you will likely want to reserve used books at bookholders.com kinda thing ahead of time (but wait because most people haven’t turned in books for trade from spring, so selection will be limited now). You reserve ahead of time and pick up at location in College Park which is literally across Route 1, so very convenient. However, you can wait til you get to school. After your first semester, you will be more comfortable with the idea of waiting til first day of class to see what prof recommends and possibly sharing books(and therefore splitting expense) with friends. Son bought books in advance at my insistence for first semester but hasn’t since…