<p>Hello everyone,
I'm a science major student; I am going to apply for transfer the coming fall and now I'm kinda freaked out after talking to my classmates. So I had been working through out the last academic year (25 hrs/wk major related research experience, need to read lots of stuffs at home too) and had been taking around 18 units for every quarter since.(except for spring when my allergy got really bad :( ) I talked to my classmates last week and then I realized that some of them are actually taking 28 units/ quarter! ( and the combo is insane. 5 science classes) They told me that my workload is too light and I should have got all As in my classes with only 18 units (which I DID NOT !!! Got 2 Bs in physics and those were my only Bs so far :( ). And one more thing is that I wasn't taking all science classes, I was taking some other classes for fun because I planned to stay in CC for 3 years at the very beginning. ( which they again say is not cool.)
Now that I still have 1-2 quarters left before I apply to school, I am thinking if I should take more classes so as to make up for my light workload in the previous years ( and keep working 25 hrs/wk!) Can you guys give me some suggestions on appropriate workload for students working for 25hrs/wk? Any help will be appreciate! Thankyou in advance.</p>
<p>Oh by workload I mean courseload. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to your classmates. Listen to your own sense of what you can get done given the demands on your time. Not everyone can pull down straight As while carrying 20+ credits each term while simultaneously working a full-time job, managing a home, commuting in heavy traffic for hours, etc. etc.</p>
<p>You are your own best judge of what works in your own life. If you work 25 hours each week at a paying job, and you feel that 12 credits a term is all you can handle properly, well then take 12 credits.</p>
<p>One of the major benefits of community college is the flexibility. Take the courses that need to be taken at the rate which you feel the most comfortable. Some students may feel the need to get as many credits as humanly possible and transfer out earlier, but those students typically don’t work 25 hour weeks. You however, seem to admire a lighter load, which seems to be working for you.</p>
<p>Going for three years isn’t a bad thing either. In fact, a third year opens up the option of continuing current or pursuing other research/work opportunities to further enhance your transfer app…and more importantly, your resume!</p>