Freshman: AM I SETTING MYSELF UP FOR FAILURE?

<p>To current/graduated Davis students: I need your help. I am majoring in Economics and need to get all As this quarter or else my parents won’t pay the tutition. This is my schedule:</p>

<p>Asian American Studies - Wendy Ho
Principles of Microeconomics - L Helms
Physiology of Aging - Erwin Bauista
Elementary Statistics - Jennifer Esp</p>

<p>My questions are (1) Is this a good load of work? (2) Is it possible to get all As with this schedule? (3) If not, which classes should I drop/add? (4) Is Phys. of Aging a relatively interesting/easy science class? (5) If you have taken ANY of these classes or know anyone that did, can you write a brief description about your/his or her experience?</p>

<p>If this helps, I am terrible at science, but very good at writing. I have a terrible memory, but I am an extremely hard-worker. I would like to have some time to settle down and adjust, but at the same I don’t want to have TOO much free time. My goal is to have a challenging yet not overwhelming courseload. (I want to get at least 7 hours of sleep a night…)</p>

<p>THANKS!!! :)</p>

<p>Why all A’s, your parents are interesting people. Did they go to college? </p>

<p>well the bottom line is, its up to you. We don’t know how bright your are, or how good you are when it comes to school. Are you a freshmen? </p>

<p>And I take it you chose a UC because you believe you can handle the work of one of the top universities, right? If you are there because you want the challenge you should do fine.</p>

<p>If you are there simply based off a name then… enjoy the UC davis shirt.</p>

<p>I just want to make sure everything goes well in my freshman year. Has nothing to do with names.</p>

<p>if you have good study habits, and have your priorities straight you will be fine.</p>

<p>Maybe you should talk to your parents about the % of students who get a 4.0 their first quarter of college. It is not much, I can tell you that. This is an incredibly unreasonable demand of your parents. </p>

<p>To answer your question, none of those classes seem very hard. I think someone who worked hard could pull off b+'s and A’s in all of those classes. Just a warning… you might not have much of a life if you are always worried about acing all of your exams.</p>