<p>Think of it like this</p>
<p>When all classes are spread out, 7 classes in a semester is BARELY doable for an average college student.</p>
<p>I'm getting hit hard with 5, and some people have it hard with just 3. Think about that.</p>
<p>I had it hard with 3, then I had it hard with 4. I am taking 3 this summer to put my credit count up at 31 and be a competitive candidate for NYU during Spring '08. I'd say no more than three or you'll feel it.</p>
<p>Seriously think about this. If you want to get the grades, overloading during a semester and bombing some classes is only going to completely backfire on you, then you're screwed for the rest of college.</p>
<p>yea ill prob take a few less. They might have some propents online, we will have to see.</p>
<p>Exactly, "there are only so many hours in a day"! Trust me I've done with 6 classes per semester. Summer classes usually require a lot more studying because they are much more fast paced, and are usually A LOT more homework. Which means that only being able to fit the lectures into your schedule is not enough! Unless you are plenning to do work over the nights and weekends for 4 week straight, I suggest you drop at least one Western class, but better two.</p>
<p>My experience with summer classes has been that for roughly every hour of lectures and recitation classes I had in a day, I could expect another hour of studying and homework just to keep up with what was going on for the next day. There's really no leeway to fall behind and make it all up on the weekend if you have frequent quizzes. So I had a 3 hour daily lecture for only one class, but I expected to study that much right afterwards just to be able to complete the homework due the next morning. The next day, another chapter or two begins, so you really have to be right on top of it. </p>
<p>Seriously though, if you somehow pulled this off, you could get in anywhere. Because it sounds impossible. To be fair, the class I am talking about was chem. Maybe you won't have weekly quizzes. Algebra isn't hard, I guess it's all relative--it depends on your propensity for learning and retaining math easily. If that's something that's going to send you to tutoring centers or something, you seriously should drop to 2 classes.</p>
<p>One class my son took last summer was W.Civ--I don't know how many hours he put in studying--but I do know he had a test/week and a paper/week.</p>