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<p>That schedule isn’t necessarily overly difficult. The thing about taking two lab sciences in one semester is that it takes up A LOT of class time. 3 hours of lectures, plus a lab, plus the recitation/discussion. So taking two of them could be a lot. If your son is used to taking AP courses (especially science ones) it could possibly be doable but there’s no way to know until he tries it for a bit. </p>
<p>If it appears to be too much I would recommend he drop chem and not bio, since chem has to be taken in the 107/108 fall/spring sequence, whereas the bio can be done in any order, spring or fall. So he could take CHEM 108 and BIOL 117 in the spring after he’s gotten used to the college-level work.</p>
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Unfortunately not, he would have to wail until the add/drop period starts which I believe goes from 8/22 until 9/16. Tell him to basically stalk the gen-eds he is interested in on the BU BRAIN so he can register when/if someone drops out of it.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that if you drop something, you need to have at least 12 credits to be considered a full-time student, so I would make sure he has at least a 4 credit buffer (so 16 credits) so that if he has to drop one of the sciences after the add deadline (9/16), he doesn’t fall below the 12 credit line.</p>