<p>Personally, I wouldn’t worry about taking 3 + a fine art + an advising. That, to me, sounds like an acceptable course load during your first semester freshman year. Of course, if you want to take more classes during your first semester, you can do so and its reasonable to sign up for 4 + F.A. + Advising, with the option of dropping a class later on if you need to. </p>
<p>Remember the drop option. If you’ve chosen classes with some flexibility, and then it turns out you were crazy - just drop a class. Dropping is easy and penalty-less.</p>