<p>Would it be alright for me to take 3 classes Summer? I'm looking get some of my requirements met since my coursework will be pretty busy in the next couple of years (ChemEngin, yikes). And while I'm sure it is possible, I'm wondeing if this will seriously cut into my free time? I've heard Summer is relatively laid back in general, but still I'm scared of overloading myself. I consider myself a fairly competent student, lots of APs, good SATs, the works. Anyway this is what I'm planning to take</p>
<p>Cultural Anthropology
Engineering Statistics
Professional Communications</p>
<p>Recommendations/Advice would be appreciated! Thank you</p>
<p>I asked my faculty advisor at preview if he had ever known any student that took 9 credits in summer B - he said no. Take from that what you want.</p>
<p>Having taken Summer A, B, and C classes I can personally tell you that taking more than 2 classes at a time during the summer will keep you plenty busy. Its plenty possible and there are a number of people who take 9 credits during Summer B but it all depends. To make my advice blunt, you really need to evaluate the rigor/difficulty of these classes because they will condense what is normally taught in 15 weeks into 6 weeks. Are you taking all hard classes? If so then you are in for an overwhelming 6 weeks. But if you took, say, General Psych, Stat 1, and like Micro or Astronomy or something over Summer B you will stay pretty busy but it wont be overwhelming. The only one of those classes that really sounds difficulty is that engineering stat class but I have never taken that and cant say for sure. Thats a decision you will have to make on the first two days of class during drop/add. I highly advise to only take three classes if they are all easy (like you just have to read the book and pay attention some and take the exams). This will be even harder for you as a first year student because you will not know what an easy class even is. </p>
<p>And I mean, just think about it. Even, disregarding perceived difficulty, you would theoretically be doing more work than in a regular semester by taking 3 classes over a 6 week semester. Here is how:</p>
<p>Imagine the rigor of all UF classes were the same. All were given a value of, say 100.
A normal rate of “doing college” (studying, going to class, etc) would be 5 of these classes over 16 weeks… so 100 times 5, 500, divided by 15, or 31.25. So say 33.33 is your rate.</p>
<p>You want to take 3 classes over Summer B. So that is 3 times 100, 300, divided by 6, or 50. So that is a higher rate. Some people will argue against this and say Summer classes tend to be “easier” and “more lax” and I have no idea where they get that from. I have had to speed through the textbook in each summer class I took… they each go at a much quicker pace.</p>
<p>So take that for what its worth. Consider how well you want to do and then how much work you will realistically need to do to do that well and how much work you will realistically do during a 6 week period which is your first college level experience ever.</p>
<p>Doable, but just remember that all 3 classes will probably have their exams around the same time (or day). Usually every 2 weeks for most classes. I think that’s what makes taking 9> credits harder (or at least more time consuming) than 6. ProCom seems easy enough. Keep up with the reading for cul antro.</p>