Will college let me take 23 credits? (Special)

College Life
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<p>I need to take 23 credits in order to have everything workout with the prerequisites etc. </p>

<p>These are the classes I want:
Calc-Physics I (5)
Organic Chemistry I (5)
Physical Chemistry I (3)
Computer Science I (4)
Operations Research (3)
Random Honors Course (3)</p>

<p>This is my second year of college. I’m a resident assistant so I have a lot of mandated study time <em>lol</em></p>

<p>I also know calc-physics I and Organic Chemistry I fully and I could hypothetically take the final right now and test out, but the accreditation won’t allow that. I plan to tell the dean this.</p>

<p>Do you think this will be allowed? How hard do you honestly think it would be? I’ve taken 18 credits in the past (Bio I, Honors Chem I, Honors English, Honors Speech, Psychology, Marching Band) and didn’t have a problem.</p>

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<p>Depending on your GPA, they might let you take more than the standard load. But 23 credits of tough classes like this sounds like a bad idea to me.</p>

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<p>My GPA is 3.8</p>

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<p>That looks like a tough schedule, substantially harder than your 18 credit experience. Do you have any programming experience? Is there a reason you need to take the random honors class?</p>

<p>As for whether your school will let you do it, there is only one way to find out. You don’t lose anything by trying.</p>

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<p>I’ve known students at my school who appealed to take higher than the upper limit of credits, but it’ll probably depend on the student. If you can show a need for it and you are in good standing, I would imagine they would allow it. You never know until you ask though.</p>

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<p>Is the “Random Honors Course” a necessary prerequisite? If you don’t even know what class you would use in that slot, I’m going to hazard a guess that it is not. </p>

<p>That said, that sounds like a rough schedule, but colleges will let you overload if you’ve proven to be a good student, and you have a compelling reason to overload. I’ve been approved to take 21 credits this fall. Calculus I, General Physics I, General Chemistry I, Intro to Anthropology, and Beginning Spanish I. I also have a 4.0, and I’m very active around campus, as well as working in the schools tutoring center, primarily tutoring english and algebra.</p>

<p>It’s certainly possible, but I’d consider dropping the “random honors course.”</p>

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<p>Well the credit maximum is usually 20. I’ve had to appeal to take 21 before but I think 23 is rare.
Although you say you have already learned a lot of this content, keep in mind that the homework component is still there and will take up a lot of time for so many classes.</p>

<p>If the honors class isn’t needed, just drop it and take 20 credits. If it is needed, just talk to your counselor so you submit the petition to take the 23 credits…you seem confident enough to be able to do it.</p>

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<p>This is a really bad idea. I heard physical chemistry is extremely difficult, plus you’re taking and extra 4 science classes. Don’t do it.</p>

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<p>I’d think it was suicide if you weren’t already well versed in Physics and OChem. If you feel that confident, then why not?</p>

<p>Unfortunately, even having a great understanding of the material, you also need to do all the homework and stuff that is involved in getting an “A”. Especially lab reports.</p>

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<p>I think it’s too much. That Computer science class may take more time than a regular class plus you have all those labs. I’d drop something.</p>

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<p>I know there’s someone at my school who once took 30 credits, worked 2 part-time jobs, is the president of her sorority, was pre-med, and somehow still managed to get an A in all her classes and also still have some kind of social life. I overheard her friend talking to a classmate about her.</p>

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<p>People might be able to help you better if you specified your school, major, and academic goals (e.g. graduate in N semesters, prepare for some sort of graduate or professional study, etc.).</p>

<p>As far as school policies regarding number of courses or credits you can take, you may just want to ask the school.</p>

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<p>Don’t do it. 23 units of credit is suicidal.</p>

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<p>What are you majoring in? That seems to be a random spattering of classes that fall under no particular major. </p>

<p>I wouldn’t take a schedule like that, looks too time consuming, but it’s really got to be about how you feel about it. Some people could do that no problem.</p>

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<p>Most people would not be able to do this, do well, have a decent social life and remain healthy while doing so. I would advise against it.</p>

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<p>I would only overload if it’s necessary for you. Like if it’s not making a difference for you, or you could take these over summer and still graduate on time, overloading with 23 credits just sounds a bit excessive.</p>

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<p>“Random honors course” means a course that’s required for the Honors program for graduation that is on some random stupid history topic that no students have any interest in.</p>

<p>I am a math and chemistry double major. This would be the only semester I had to overload because my courses are prerequisites for other courses.</p>

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This is why honors programs are silly.</p>

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<p>Agreed. I rather doubt a future employer is going to say “oh, I see you took some random stupid history topic as part of an honors program. I wasn’t sure if I was going to hire you to work in this chemistry lab, but after seeing this random stupid history topic I have decided that I will.”</p>