How intense would taking three Stanford summer courses be?

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<p>I’m a current high school senior headed towards the University of Chicago in the fall. I’m not trying to kill myself with courses (though, like my name suggests, I’m an overachiever), but I genuinely find a bunch of courses at Stanford interesting. As far as I know, Stanford doesn’t have any particularly unique class that I couldn’t take in Chicago, but it’d be nice to have a lighter courseload there (though I already have help from AP credits for that), and I live very close to Palo Alto.</p>

<p>Also, I’m trying to have a relatively light schedule, in that doing homework and studying for tests won’t take up so much time that I’m not able to spend significant (I know…vague) time goofing off, working out, volunteering, reading some “get ready for college” books, get my driver’s license, etc; basically things that I want to get done but as they’re unscheduled, I’m afraid they will be pushed aside by a demanding courseload, especially since I’d be aiming for an A in all three classes.</p>

<p>Right now I’m looking at either two courses (6 units total) or three courses (9 units total). Each unit is supposed to require 3 hours of studying outside class per week, but I have no idea how realistic that figure is. Residential students are supposed to have between eight and twelve units.</p>

<p>If anyone is interested, these are the specific courses (If someone wants to PM me the ratings/reviews for the courses on CourseRank, I’d really appreciate it!)</p>

<p>PHIL 20S: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (3 units)
PHIL 50S: Introductory Logic (3 units)
PHIL 63S: Bioethics (3 units)</p>

<p>All three courses have been recommended as “suitable for advanced high school students”.</p>

<p>I’m not necessarily a philosophy major, but I did like a very basic intro legal ethics class at another university.</p>

<p>So…thoughts?</p>

<p>P.S. If I took both 20S and 50S, I’d have class from 12:50-4:05PM, which would be pretty long, but would also be really convenient (no waiting around campus).</p>

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<p>the max is 12 credits, which many students take, so 9 unites would not be particularly heavy.</p>

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<p>^ How do you know that many students take the maximum? The website suggests limiting yourself to 10 credits. Also, I’m trying to not be a full-time student over the summer, leaving me sufficient time to play sports, etc.</p>

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<p>So take 2. It’s also your first time taking more than one college class at a time and you said your other class was basic so I’d play it safe.</p>

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<p>I can tell you that phil 50 is really really really easy, if you are comfortable with basic logic stuff.</p>

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<p>^^ I’m leaning towards that.</p>

<p>^ I’ve never taken any courses on logic though…I thought that was an intro course so we shouldn’t already be comfortable with basic logic stuff. Should we already know logic diagrams and stuff?</p>

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<p>Phil 20S, from when I glanced at the syllabus, seemed like a fair bit of reading. And I think you had to do 5 responses on the reading throughout the quarter. Courserank says it’s 5-10 hours of work per week.</p>

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<p>^ Thanks for the info! Any chance you can take a look at what Courserank says about the other classes? ;)</p>

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<p>There isn’t much info for the summer versions, and there isn’t a regular version for bioethics. Here is what I got for the phil50:</p>

<p>-Phil50: math-based, 5-10 hours/week, most grades are in A range, and a 3.5/5 rating (decent, although on the low end for a just-for-fun class)</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>I took PHIL 20S as a high school junior last summer, it had great discussions, but the essay grader was very subjective.</p>