18 credit hours for freshman

chaz_0426
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:15:47 +0000

@showard2009, that schedule looks pretty good. I assume your an accounting major?

For engineering majors I recommend not to start at more than 15 at least for the first semester to get a feel for what they can handle. Everyone is different. Like me I had to reduce my load while I knew people who could take 18 with no problem. I guess some people have better study habits than others or just cope with stress better (I’m working on mine). As for other majors it all depends too. 15 credit hours is pretty much the norm for most college students of all majors though, at least I’ve been told.

I’d be concerned with Chemistry and college algebra since those look like the hardest out of your schedule. Engineers take a different version of Chemistry so I would say your chem is easier but I am not sure. Same with college algebra. For people good at math, it’s like taking algebra I/II in High School again, maybe more advanced but for people not good at math it can be hard. College algebra is the typical math course that all other majors (non technical) and liberal arts majors take and then they are done with math for life. If you did well in algebra or math in general in middle and high school it should be easy. However if your an accounting major I would think you would have more math to take or at least a statistics course.

General Bio could be hard but I am not sure. I’ve heard some people complain about Biology but I think that might be another Biology course (the ones pre-med or Biology majors take) I am not sure if that is general Bio or not though. If it is not then general Bio is probably the easier one. I have not taken Bio so I am not sure.

Either way though your at 18 and in my opinion the schedule looks doable and the classes seem pretty easy/basic but for you it could be hard or easy as well. Just make sure you are on top of everything from day 1. Start doing your readings and homework the first evening you get back. If you stay disciplined you won’t have to cram/review/study as much for exams which is a nice.

Look at it this way, 18 is the most you can take until you require special permission to take more (19+). At 18 your getting the most out of your tuition money and the best deal (if you can still get good grades). I wish I could do that.