is 18 credit hours too much for a freshman

chesterton
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:26:13 +0000

Are you depending upon a scholarship with GPA requirements to fund your college experience? If so, you might consider reducing your course load to 15 and go into the semester with the goal to get straight As and bank that GPA.

Your schedule is very demanding, particularly taking both Biology and Chemistry, given that you will be in lectures for both classes 2-3 times a week plus weekly labs for both and will have plenty of homework. Yes, I am sure you are a talented student, but that first freshman semester can be a challenge for even the most brilliant, independent student.

Have you taken Latin before? If not, then perhaps consider postponing that class. If you have taken Latin, then consider not taking the Intro to Public Health (or US History) until later.

You should take 15 units, however, in case something happens and you have to drop a class (you have to maintain 12 units to remain a full-time student.)

Of course, you can always sign up for all of these classes, and then attend the first week, read the syllabi, learn how intense the classes will be. If you decide at that point that 18 is just too much, then go drop a class (just make sure to do so before the deadline.)