Is this a rigorous, but doable college schedule?

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<p>This is what my freshman schedule will look like from fall to winter.</p>

<p>Fall quarter (10 weeks) at my university

  • Freshman Required class on business and crime (we write about 7-10 papers for this class from what I have heard)
  • Writing and Rhetoric I
  • Calculus 1<br>
  • American Foreign Policy (200-level) </p>

<p>Winter Quater (10 Weeks) at my university

  • Writing and Rhetoric II (honors)
  • Calculus II (honors)
  • Freshman Seminar (Honors and freshman requirement)
  • intro to money and banking (300-level) </p>

<p>CC in the fall (on the semester [16 week] system)

  • History of US since 1877</p>

<p>On top of that I plan to have a job and an internship and I might do XC.</p>

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<p>It seems like you’ll have to do a lot of writing in the fall. Personally I wouldn’t like that (essays take up more time than you think). You don’t have AP Calculus credit?</p>

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<p>I didnt take AP calc and my school doesn’t offer a calc placement test</p>

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<p>Why are you taking classes at both your university and a community college?</p>

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<p>My university charges me $1,600 to add a fifth class to my schedule. Since, I doubt the work load for the CC course would be heavy and it’s a graduation requirement course that will transfer to my university, I thought that I might as well get it out of the way at a cheaper place.</p>

<p>Also, I just spoke with a general advisor from my university about the opportunity to take the calculus I final, so that I could start out in Calc II, and she said that she would clarify that turmoil by the end of this week.</p>

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<p>College level history courses require a lot more time than high school level history courses. For starters, the amount of reading required between class meetings can easily be 120-200 pages. In addition to this, exams are generally essay-based as well, so you will need to give more thought and effort into them. Combine this class with your freshman seminar, writing class, and class on American foreign policy, and you have a schedule full of intensive writing classes. It will certainly be do-able, but with a job and internship you run the risk of burning out. </p>

<p>Also, how far away is your community college from your traditional college? That commute could get old after a while and cause problems when the weather isn’t so good.</p>

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<p>I am actually a commuter. My university is ~ a 20 train ride and a 5 minute walk; my community college is about five minutes from my house; And, my job is a 10 minute drive.</p>