<p>Keep the 5-course schedule for now, but make note of the drop deadline. If the workload is too high, or one of the courses is uninteresting, you can drop one course to have a 4-course schedule (assuming that the 4 courses make up enough credits to remain a full time student – how many credits is each course?).</p>
<p>Does your intended major have any prerequisite sequences that you need to start early?</p>