<p>Its tough if you’re a science major. For example, I had to take classes such as biology, botany, zoology, chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, calculus plus all my GE classes. </p>
<p>However, I managed to pull off a 3.6 (3.5 science) :)</p>
<p>As other users have said, it depends on too many factors to give a simple answer, especially since one of the factors is the student’s ability.</p>
<p>It will be harder for most students to achieve the same GPA taking 18 units in a semester than 12 units in a semester. But as alexajam pointed out, some students thrive under pressure and would actually do better with 18 units than with 12.</p>
<p>It will be harder for many students to take all science and math coursework than to take all arts and humanities coursework. But there are also students for which the opposite rule applies. The courses can be very different; in the former you’re doing more problem solving, using procedural methods to arrive at “the” answer. In the latter you’re doing more interpretation and essay-writing. Neither of these things is easier or harder for everyone.</p>
<p>If your goal is a 3.5 average, I would say you can achieve that goal at a CCC if you take care to manage your studies carefully. If you thrive under pressure, try to avoid a schedule that’s too light. If not, try to avoid a schedule that’s too heavy. Don’t take too many classes at once that you find particularly hard; i.e., if you’re a great essay-writer but a poor mathematician, don’t take too many math and science classes in the same semester. Treat your professors and your classmates as resources and take advantage of them for advice and assistance whenever it might be helpful, not just in an emergency, and you can succeed at a CCC.</p>
<p>3.5 is a joke</p>
<p>bio series, ochem series, physics series, calc, english, all too easy. If you’re pulling less than a 3.5 at a CC, you’re probably going to fail when you transfer to a UC or study 24/7 just to pass (lolwat).</p>
<p>If you’re getting less than a 3.5 at your CC and planning to go to med school, you should probably start thinking about DO and the Caribbean…</p>
<p>Come at me bros…</p>
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<p>u jelly?</p>
<p>^ was that even english?</p>
<p>I study 24/7.</p>
<p>Problem?</p>
<p>I honestly have to agree with you on this one.</p>
<p>I have a 4.0, and I most weeks I was totally lazy, and would intermittently actually study. Many classes are obscenely easy. So generally you only have a few classes per semester you really have to work hard for. </p>
<p>The only people who a 3.5 might be hard for are those taking 15 or more units of hard sciences per semester. But if you plan well, and spread out your sciences and GE courses, you should never have to do this…</p>
<p>
It’s a Jersey thing…Well in this case a wanna-be Jersey thing</p>
<p>
My course load last semester:
Physics - Mechanics (4 units)
Physics - Thermo/Modern (4 units)
Calculus III (5 units)
Biology 1 (4 units)
General Chem 1 (5 units)</p>
<p>My course load this semester:
Physics - Electromagnetism (4 units)
Ordinary Differential Equations (3 units)
Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 units)
General Chem 2 (5 units)
Programming 1 (3 units)
Engineering Statics (3 units)</p>
<p>And you know what? Even if my homework load is insane this semester, I’m so happy to not have to write any term papers. We had a research term paper assigned last semester in Bio. The class itself was not a very heavy load, but the paper made everything ten times harder than it had to be in the weeks leading up to finals. At least with the math and science courses, if I need to do some triage near the end of the semester, drop some homeworks in one class where I have a high average to focus on another class where I’m borderline, I can do that. But if you took out any of my science/math courses and replaced them with humanities courses that require term papers, my GPA would definitely suffer.</p>
<p>It’s all about where your strengths are.</p>
<p>Are you only taking math/science classes, bakemaster? I wish I could do that, and you have 21 units each semester, are you graduating early, since 2 years is 4 semesters and you would have 84 units which is beyond 60.</p>
<p>Any science major usually has 70+ units by the time they finish all their reqs.</p>
<p>1jupiter99tang2: Hmm, it’s kind of a long story. This year has been nothing but math and science classes, but last year I had some non-math, non-science classes. I was only studying part-time in fall '09 (while working full-time) and took 13 units total in spring '10.</p>
<p>I would not recommend this course load for most students. If I could have spread it out a bit more between this year and last year, that would have been better.</p>
<p>Hmm, it depends on your major. Start with very easy classes, no more then one science or language or math per semester( my 3 classes now since im insane).</p>
<p>Like many people have said, it really depends on a lot of factors, including how easy your CC is. It is difficult to get A’s in science classes at my CC. I have a friend who graduated from Berkeley and I friend who graduated from Davis. Both of them decided to go to grad school in a science field they did not study in college, so they both decided to take some undergraduate science classes they didn’t take at my CC. Both of them had a hard time with Physics for Scientists and Engineers I: Mechanics at my CC (I believe both got B’s), while the person who went to Berkeley found the math classes much easier at my CC than Berkeley.</p>
<p>Other factors that will influence how well you do are: your course load relative to your strengths (like many have pointed out), your time management skills, and doing the things your instructor asks of you so you get on their good side.</p>
<p>I know that a lot of my professors were also teaching at the local universities. So pretty much the same curriculum (for those particular classes).</p>