5 courses/quarter?

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<p>Sorry if you saw my other thread... this particular thread is quite different than my post in the general forum. Just sniffing around the possibilities, so to speak.</p>

<p>I'm wondering if this proposition is suicidal:
2 economics courses
1 english course
1 history course
1 music course</p>

<p>That's per/quarter. Probably double major in mathematical economics and either history or english. Am I dangerously underestimating the Dartmouth load and the difficulty of music courses (mostly will be taking theory and composition, maybe some performance) in general? I do realize that the regular load is 3/quarter and that a regular stretch is 4/quarter.</p>

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<p>Without some serious special petitioning that course load is not only suicidal, but simply not able to be taken, especially without additional tuition payments. The registrar will let you sign up for 4 courses at most, and even then only will allow you to do a 4 course term 3 times during your D career. To take a 5 course schedule you would literally have no time for social interaction, and probably little for sleep. (we’re talking your class time + another upper double digits (say 80) hours/week on homework) However, it is very possible to double major in math and econ on a regular 3-course term schedule and still fit in a lot of classes that interest you. So while 3 courses/term may seem like an extremely laid back schedule (compared to high school where you probably had 7+) the pace and workload of Dartmouth courses is extreme since we cover in 9-10 weeks what other schools do in 16-17.</p>

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<p>I think for the extra hearty, you can take 4 classes more than 3 times but you pay for the extra courses. Still, 3 seems to keep most quite busy and a social life is a huge part of the experience.</p>

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<p>It would just be stupid to take 5 classes.</p>

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<p>There’s probably no way you’d be able to fit it in. You can do four at max and at that point schedules start to get quite tight. Because some courses use the X-hour often, the chances of no overlap for 5 different classes is extremely low. There’s also no way the registrar will let you do it. And yes, I do believe you are underestimating Dartmouth coursework.
This is the timetable of class meetings:
<a href=“http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetabl.diagram[/url]”>http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetabl.diagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Alright, thank you all for the reality check.</p>