<p>What’s a typical freshman schedule? How long does it usually take to fulfill the gen ed requirements?</p>
<p>Pretty broad question, imdamoos. </p>
<p>The time it takes to complete the gened requirements depends on lots of things–including whether you have AP credit. Freshmen usually take 14 to 18 credits, but that will depend on your major and how much of a workload you want.</p>
<p>A mistake that first semester freshmen make is that they think that since they had to start high school at 7:30 a.m., they should take 8 a.m. classes, and most freshmen end up staying up a little later and enjoying the opportunity to sleep in a bit.</p>
<p>as a freshman here at pitt, my suggestion is to start off with 14 or 15 credits (you can always add second semester if you found it to be too easy and you also want more time at the beginning to figure out how active you want to be on campus). also, don’t only do gen eds. if you think you are interested in being a history major, take a history course or two. you will be fulfilling gen eds but also starting to figure out what your major might be. I came in with 20 credits, 9 in my major, and because i am double-majoring with a minor, i am going to spread out my gen eds all the way until senior year so that every semester i have at least one “easy” class.</p>