<p>Sophmores-Seniors, could you please give any advices? When is better to take classes so then ou have time for work (around 15 hours aweek), social life and clubs</p>
<p>Well...mornings starting between 8 and 9 will give you the best yield in terms of extra time without asking you to get up before it's light out!
If you're a morning person, I'd suggest 8 to 9am classes and trying to be out by noon since most jobs and clubs will meet in the afternoon and evening. If you're not really a morning person, try bumping that forward an hour or 2 (start by 10...11 at the absolute latest, so you're out by 1 or 2 if at all possible). Once a week classes (3 hr long usually) can be nice if you can focus your time, however many people find it quite difficult to really learn this way as 3 hrs can be a long time to sit listening to a lecture that never seems to end!
Depending on your ability in high school, you'll want to limit your freshmen first semester units. Here's an approximation of what you might be capable of based on GPA (and it's really just an opinion, not a rule by any means!):
3.75-4.0 (i.e., honor student): 15-17
3.5-3.75 (i.e., good student): 14-16
3.0-3.5 (i.e., average student): 13-15
2.5-3.0 (i.e., just barely made it into college): 12-14</p>
<p>Also, beware that, as a rule, each unit is equal to 1 hr of class time and 2 hrs of homework time. Exceptions to this rule include music classes (often VERY disproportionate with a 1-unit class sometimes taking up 2 hrs of class time and 5-10 hrs of practice/preparation time), nursing (i.e., labs, practicums), and other science courses (usually due to labs).
If possible, you might want to keep Mondays and/or Fridays light and strategically place classes for longer weekends.</p>
<p>Mike</p>
<p>Junior, Azusa Pacific University</p>
<p>Thanks man. So if I take 15-17 units per semester it means I'll spend 15-17 hours per week in actual class + 30-35 hours doing hw, right?</p>
<p>Not a chance, that's way too much homework time.</p>
<p>Don't take 6 classes (18 hours) if you can avoid it - it sucks bad. I'm currently taking a schedule wherein my classes run from 150PM to 615PM and I love it.</p>
<p>That isn't a rule everywhere, more of a general guideline. It depends completely on the class, some have a lot of work, others have very little. It's not like there are specific nightly assignments anyways (usually not).</p>
<p>This really depends from college to college, and definitely matters in terms of the courses you're taking. Post a specific question to a specific college forum and I think you'll get a better response.</p>
<p>I have all my classes MWF and I love it. I start at 9am and have classes with only 15min breaks in between til about 4.</p>
<p>I much prefer to have long gaps in between classes--an hour or even two. It gives me chance to finish homework, finish any personal business, eat, run errands on campus, etc.</p>
<p>I have two methods of scheduling: (note that my college has same classes M/R, T/F, and W)</p>
<ol>
<li>I'm using this one this semester
--one class in the morning, either 8AM or 9:30
--one class in the afternoon at 2PM</li>
</ol>
<p>This allows me to work on something between classes, or if I have no work, I go to the gym or to the hardware store or to the mall or something. The afternoon class means I have time immediately after it to get work done if I know I will be doing something that evening. Wednesdays I have no afternoon class so I usually use Wednesdays as my "off days".</p>
<ol>
<li>I'm using this one next semester
--first class at 9:30
--second class at 11:00
--Wednesdays only: 8AM class</li>
</ol>
<p>This one allows me to get everything done and out of the way as far as going to class is concerned. I have time before and after class to work, with the entire afternoon free to get work done (or use it for my free time and work in the evening).</p>
<p>Avoid 8am unless you're a morning person. Same for 9am, but they're not too bad if you can't avoid it. Generally I prefer having several classes back to back, as it allows me to get done with them faster (plus if you have say an hour between classes, there is not too many things you can do in that hour).</p>
<p>If I think back and remember that I took a 7:25AM class in high school for four years, an 8AM sounds pretty good--plus I'm a morning person anyway (mornings are my best times, evenings are my worst).</p>
<p>7:25 classes weren't that bad anyway, nor was taking 8 classes each day...God, I miss high school.</p>
<p>If you party . . . morning classes really suck - I don't know how I'm going to survive 8AM science classes Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Spring, the biggest partying semester.</p>
<p>I'd actually suggest classes at 9am if possible because it will 1) get you out earlier, and 2) get you ready for the "real world" (where most jobs require, at minimum, 9-5 hours anyway)</p>
<p>I can handle a 9AM class - I do my best work at night, but I think a later class (6pm & later) would be torture...especially thursday and friday nights...</p>
<p>In high school my classes started at 7:30 so I left my house at 6:40 and woke up at 5:30... it was fine because I was sleeping by 11. NOW... in college an 8am class is brutal because I don't go to sleep til like 2-3 am each morning. 9am is good because it isn't too early and you don't waste half your morning sleeping.</p>
<p>My first semester classes all began at 8am, and it just didn't work for me. This semester, I start at 12pm and it's just so much better for me.</p>
<p>I'd rather do the grinder of my school's 625P-905P than deal with classes before 10AM ever. 10AM is still too early, and as such, I weeded them all out for this sem.</p>
<p>If you absolutely hate going to class in the mornings, but don't mind being up then, you could take classes in the afternoons and work in the mornings. Something mindless while you're half-asleep isn't so bad</p>