How many college classes are appropriate?

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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 (I live close by) 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). </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.</p>

<p>Right now I’m looking at either two courses (7 units total) or three (11 units). Each unit is supposed to require 3 hours of studying outside class per week, but I have no idea how realistic that figure is.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>It probably depends on what the class choices are and how the rest of your schedule works around those classes. 3 hours of outside work per week does not sound realistic. That sounds really low. I would probably suggest two so that there is still some time in your schedule to have time to do other things before getting to college.</p>