<p>I'm trying to come up with my fall semester schedule, and I've realized it's possible to have all my classes on just two days of the week. That would leave me with plenty of time and flexibility for getting a part-time job, yet I'm afraid it might be exhausting. Does anyone here have experience with having all of his/her classes on the same day? I should mention that most of mine are core classes and so the workload won't be unbearable.</p>
<p>Depends on how long the classes and are if you have any labs and such. </p>
<p>I had one semester where every Tuesday I was essentially going from 9:30am to 9:30 pm pretty much straight through with an afternoon lab and a night class. It wasn't a very fun day ever, but once I was done with that day, it was like the rest of the week was downhill and I could coast through it. The only real problem was if I had a Wednesday quiz, assignment or exam...</p>
<p>i know some people that have that schedule...the 2 days are long but they like it</p>
<p>If they're 1 hour 15 min classes, I'd avoid it. This semester, I have three of those on Tues Thurs, and it's killer, I can't imagine making that 5.</p>
<p>I did exactly what you want to do last semester. I am also a freshman. I recommend it whole-heartedly. I regret not being able to do it again this semester due to course constraints in regards to when particular courses are offered. My roommate is doing it now. He is also a freshman and loves it.</p>
<p>My academic advisers recommended against it, and continue to do so. Nonetheless, I do not think it is a problem if you can manage your time well and are responsible.</p>
<p>Below is a short list of the advantages and disadvantages.</p>
<p>Disadvantages:</p>
<p>Classes get boring in lectures that are very long, and thus, you begin to take less notes.</p>
<p>Long lectures mean you don't pay attention as much, and thus, remember less.</p>
<p>Long weekend between classes (Friday - Monday) means you hardly remember what last class was about unless you review.</p>
<p>It is tough to schedule in classes you might want to take because of when they are offered. However, as a freshman, you are probably fulfilling generic required courses, and thus, this should probably not be an issue.</p>
<p>Advantages:</p>
<p>Four day weekends (Friday - Monday) to do with what you please (work, extracurricular activities, study, bug friends as they try to finish work on Sunday night that they procrastinated to do all weekend, etc.). Enough said.</p>
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<p>Last semester, I had classes from 9:00 until 5:00, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with very short breaks. The breaks were just enough time to walk from class to class, so I usually packed a snack that I could eat. It isn't bad at all. When you think about it, this is about as much time as you spent in school your entire life, especially in middle and high school. Nonetheless, the courses are obviously tougher in college.</p>
<p>I would go to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and take a break in the evening when I got to my dorm because I would be exhausted from taking notes. I would simply review my notes on both Tuesday and Thursday evenings, but would do all of my reading and homework on Wednesday. This would leave me Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to do other things. For me, that was an extracurricular activity I was involved in to a great degree. On Monday night, I would review my notes so that I would be prepared for the lectures on Tuesday. It worked out well and getting high grades was not a problem.</p>
<p>In the end, I recommend it.</p>
<p>I think whether or not you can take 5 classes in a day is somewhat dependent on your major. My friends an engineer major and he has 5 classes spread out over m/w/f and then labs on tues/th. For him, an engineer major, he's mentioned how he often feels completely overwhelmed with work and how next semester he's gonna spread out his classes like he did the previous 3 semesters. I'd say 5 classes in a day probably works best for social sciences and humanities majors, but not so good for math or hard science majors.</p>
<p>Also if any of them are physical classes I would warn against it. This semester I have T/Th with 5 classes and 4 of them are physical and i definitely regret it. I have class 10:30AM-7:30PM with one 1 hour break. It's two modern classes, a ballet, a literature, and then contact improv. not my smartest scheduling move.</p>
<p>What is contact improv?</p>
<p>I have eight classes each day...wait this is a college thread, not high school. NVM</p>
<p>Contact improv is a style of dance which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Improvisation involving contact with other people. It's a lot of rolling, lifts, falling, and weight-bearing type work. here's a basic outline : <a href="http://www.contactimprov.net/about.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.contactimprov.net/about.html</a></p>
<p>It was invented by Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark-Smith</p>
<p>I'm debating right now whether I want to take most of my classes on Tuesday/Thursday or not. I'd also have a lab on Wednesday mornings, but no class on Monday or Friday.</p>
<p>My schedule would look like this:
Tuesday/Thursday
8-9:15 Sports Injury Management
9:30-10:45 Economic Problems and Policies
11-12:15 Variety of Literature
12:30-1:45 Nutrition for Health
4-4:50 Chemistry in our World</p>
<p>Tuesday only:
6-8PM Practicum in Athletic Training</p>
<p>Wednesday
8-11AM Chemistry Lab</p>
<p>My Chemistry, Practicum, and Sports Injury Management are set in stone. The others I placed there specifically to give me Monday/Friday open. I am thinking about maybe eliminating either Economics or the Literature class and pushing it off until later, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>^I'd take out Literature so that you'd have time for lunch because you're probably gonna miss breakfast to get to an 8 am class</p>
<p>I've done it before.. this fall, in fact. Worked part-time at Blockbuster too. </p>
<p>It's certainly doable, but it can be difficult. I had my classes on MWF from 9am all the way til 5pm, without fail. Also had a 1 hr drive ahead of me coming and going.</p>
<p>So my class schedule went like this:</p>
<p>wake up 6am. Be out of the house by 7:30am. Get to school, park, and get to class by 9am. Classes all the way until 5pm, with one 20 minute break. Leave school at 5pm, get home at 6pm. Extremely exhausted, pass out after the day I'd have had, eat some dinner, etc. until 7pm. Fit in homework whenever I can.. often couldn't.</p>
<p>You'll find that even the best you try to organize your time, with a schedule like this, you WILL NOT be productive on the days you have class.. because they're simply aren't enough hours in the day. So you obviously won't have classes on the days you aren't scheduled to..... but you WILL be doing work for them! :)</p>
<p>Last term I had five classes on Mondays and Wednesdays and I'd have lab all afternoon on Tuesdays and every day when I'd get out of class I'd be super-exhausted...I don't recommend it one bit. Just going to class made me too tired to do homework and really cut into my academic performance.</p>
<p>How well do you take notes?</p>
<p>That schedule means you won't have much time or energy to go over your notes immediately after class to make sure they're complete while you still remember the lecture well.</p>
<p>Other than that I think the big question is how disciplined you are. If all your classes are on two days, that means that you're going to have to spend a significant amount of time studying on your own on other days.</p>
<p>I do it with 1:15 long classes. It sucks on those days but it's nice to be done early on Monday and Friday.</p>
<p>I plan on putting all of my classes on Tuesday and Thursday next semester. I've done it twice before, and both times I did pretty well. I plan to go from 9:30 to 6:15, with time for lunch in between. I think it really depends on what kind of student you are. For me, I'm a pretty bad listener in a classroom environment (I like to think of it as the NYC effect). Most of the time I'd sit there and not listen to a single word the professor says... It's gotten worse now because they gave us laptops to use in class. If I put all of my classes in two days I figure I can just get those 2 days over with and do other things, classroom related or not... on the 5 days off. </p>
<p>Also the way I see it is, if you happen to miss a day of school due to <em>ahem</em> a "cold" Then it's pretty much like a week vacation every time. Works for me.</p>
<p>I have 4 classes and a lab that spans from 9 to 6 every Monday and Wednesday with a 1/2 hour break for lunch. It is brutal, but the lunch specials on those days give me something to look forward to lol. </p>
<p>The only thing I would worry about is that you may run into trouble the two nights before these days in trying to get all your homework/studying done. I've had that problem for awhile, but I've been able to balance my time a little bit better lately. BTW, I still have two classes two of the other days, and three classes the fifth day.</p>
<p>I will have a T/R schedule next quarter as well, with classes on T from 10 am to 10 pm with only one significant break (1 hour for dinner) and R from 10 am to 6 pm. I doubt it's anything, we just get spoiled in college. in HS, I was there at 8 am and often didn't leave until 6 or 7 pm, and this is 4 days a week.</p>