How "easy" should the freshman course load be?

eh1234
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:02:08 +0000

The academic advisor will answer these questions for her and let her know how essential it is to follow the course roadmap and how feasible it is to double major. I don’t think any college hangs entering freshman out to dry in terms of first semester class selection!

My D is in a biological sciences major that lists 5 lab sciences on the roadmap for the first two semesters. She mentioned that her advisor strongly advised against following that roadmap exactly from their very first meeting - it seems that very few students actually attempt to take three lab sciences at once. (At least at her school in her particular major - these aren’t kids who are planning on PhDs or MDs or working in labs etc. - the 10 credits of physics is probably overkill!).