<p>to get over a 3.6 gpa with the following schedule for fall? :
*note–i mean for that semester alone, not cumulative
Orgo1
Anatomy and Physiology1
Physics 1
calculus 1 (retaking it for a higher grade)</p>
<p>That is a ****ing KILLER semester…I’m assuming you are pre-med and I’d push the physics back to next year. You are going to have absolutely no time for anything. Anatomy and Phys - unless you are trying to get a TA position I’d personally push back to 1st semester senior year. But then again I don’t know your major so it’s possible you need to take this schedule to graduate on a reasonable schedule.</p>
<p>It’s possible, anything is possible, but I’d put the odds against it.</p>
<p>im a pharmacy major, and our curriculum is pretty much made for us. that schedule (except for the calc, which i am retaking by choice) is what every pharm student at my school does in their 3rd semester.</p>
<p>well my first trimester in college I took 18 credits with 25 hours of class a week and got a 3.75, so I don’t think that it’s impossible for you to get a 3.6. Plus I had a bunch of EC’s, so you should be good.</p>
<p>I think it’s a reasonable schedule. Organic chem requires a bit of work, but it’s doable. How many of your classes have labs? I wouldn’t schedule more than two classes with labs.</p>
<p>All of them except calculus have labs. but i heard from other pharm students that the physics lab is really easy and rarely takes more than an hour each session. It’s a physics for pharmacy class by the way, not regular physics, some have likened it to “baby physics” lol</p>
<p>bump^^^^^^</p>
<p>Dear God. But you can do it! I hope you manage your time really well, that you REALLY like science, and that you’re willing to sacrifice a lot.</p>
<p>What do you think of my schedule… Im required to take at least 15 hours and 1 hour speech my first semester in college so i tried to go light…</p>
<p>Applied Calculus I
Humanities
Microeconomics
Age of Dinosaurs
Intro to accounting and Information systems
Speech (2 hours a week till november, 1 hour credit)</p>
<p>It looks like a fair amount of work but very managable.</p>
<p>If you’re taking all those courses, you’ll probably wind up dropping one or more.</p>
<p>I’m taking two psychs, history, basic chemistry (which is like high school chem), and ed foundations next semester. Psychs aside, I am optimistic about it being easy. As long as the assignments are mostly papers I should be fine.</p>
<p>gemstar66:</p>
<p>I would say it probably depends on the professors you get…</p>
<p>Many said my third semester schedule was killer…</p>
<p>Chem 1
Calc 3
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (All I had prior was Rocks for jocks and the intro lab…big mistake!)
Physics 1 (pseudo-retake…they changed course sequence on me)</p>
<p>I ended up with a 2.5 that semester, my lowest semester GPA throughout college (I graduated over 3.5)…</p>
<p>However, I could have done much better if I knew the reputations of my professors for Chem and Calc. </p>
<p>My Chem professor taught it like a flunk out course for freshman pre-meds and treated everyone like dirt and even though I had a C+ by his formula, he gave me a C…I personally called him to ask him why and he said ‘it worked out that way’. I asked him how many points I had needed to get a C+, he said ‘I don’t know’…he was full of it…I took the C and ran and got a much higher grade for Chem 2.</p>
<p>My Calc professor couldn’t speak english well and couldn’t understand how to answer simple questions. The first day I asked a question and he started writing on a trashcan with chalk! I went to class religiously until after the second exam and then realized I could learn the material better on my own…after stopping going to class, my grade rose a full letter grade!</p>
<p>If it weren’t for professors incompatible with my learning style, I would have been looking at at least a 3.0…not the 3.6 your looking for…but everyone has one lousy semester during their undergraduate career…</p>
<p>You can most definitely get a 3.6</p>
<p>The only thing that will stop you is if you give up and decide that you don’t really want the grade that bad. Sacrifice some TV, sacrifice those thirsty thursday parties, sacrifice those miserably addicting 8-10 TV shows everynight. You CAN do it but it’s more a matter of if you really want to.</p>
<p>Rolen,</p>
<p>Your schedule will likely keep you somewhat busy, but as long as you enjoy those subjects, it shouldn’t be particularly difficult.
What are you majoring in? Your classes seem to branch out in terms of subject quite a bit.</p>
<p>Business adm. -Its going to be my first semester so Im getting a lot of the core courses out of the way, in fact all my classes are core except for Intro to accounting which is a major prepatory core class</p>
<p>PS no they dont make you take age of dinosaur, I just choose it because it satisfies some of my science reqs</p>
<p>gemstar=If you have had a&p in high school or taken enough bio courses already, it might be more manageable for you. And I know the physics you’re talking about, it will be easy. If you can handle ochem and feel confident about retaking calc, study alot and you will pull it off.</p>
<p>rolen=I think those classes will be fine, especially if you’re had some type of calculus before. Humanities is usually pretty easy, and speech won’t be hard.</p>
<p>thanks… I heard you have to read a ton of books for humanties though, and I’ve only had pre ap pre cal before :(</p>