<p>Hey guys I'm new to the forum and was wondering if some upperclassman or people who have taken a similar course load could give some advice. I am a sophomore standing freshman right now and and am looking to get more ahead. I will be taking 19 credit hours but only 5 classes. I also attend the University of Oklahoma for Petroleum Engineering. What did you guys do to manage time and succeed in getting good grades with this type of load? I'm looking to make only one or two B's at the most. I have a 3.5 GPA right now through 36 hours. The courses I will be taking is</p>
<p>CHEM 1415- General Chemistry II
MATH 1914- Differential & Integrated Calculus I (At a community college)
ECON 1123- Economics Micro
GEOL 1114- Phys Geology- Sci & Engr
HIST 39430- Muslim Societies in Africa ( Non-Western Upper Division)</p>
<p>I feel like the Chem couse will be alright since they barely give hw/quizzes, I heard that my math professor is one of the best and very fair, I have no clue about the Economics class but I am minoring in business so I will need to take it, Geology is very interesting to me so I hope that will be very beneficial in learning, and the History class is a toss up because I have not heard much about it at all. Thanks guys.</p>
<p>My advice would be to just keep up with the work. Read each syllabus carefully so that you are aware of all exams and assignments, so that you know what days or weeks are going to be busiest for you. If you have all of your exams over a couple of days or in one week, then plan ahead so that you don’t end up running out of time.</p>
<p>Even if there aren’t a lot of homework or assignments in your classes that you have to turn in, still keep working on problems or doing the reading so that you don’t have to cram it all for all of your classes at the last minute.</p>
<p>If you need help understanding something, ask earlier, rather than later. Don’t let anything sneak up on you.</p>
<p>This last semester I had 21 credits. General Physics I, Calculus I, General Chemistry I, Intro to Anthropology, and Beginning Spanish I. I was also in honors sections of both physics and calculus. I managed to hang on to my 4.0 GPA. I don’t know that I really did anything special to keep my grades up, I just did the work. I just kept up with the classes. Just make sure you do the readings ahead of time, don’t procrastinate your homework/papers, and if you start to feel like you need help with something, don’t hesitate to get it.</p>
<p>Next semester is going to be similar. I’ll have 21 credits again, with University Physics I, Calculus II, General Chemistry, II, General Cultural Anthropology, and Beginning Spanish II. I’ll have honors sections of physics and calculus again, and possibly chemistry as well.</p>
<p>As a side note, you mentioned not having homework or quizzes in chemistry. This can either be a good thing or a bad thing. Not having homework and quizzes means that most of your grade will be based on the exams. You won’t have much of a buffer. We had daily quizzes in my chemistry class this last semester, and by the end of the semester, the quizzes added up to roughly the equivalent of an entire test grade. I got 5/5 points on all of the quizzes, so that made for a nice buffer.</p>