<p>Actually, that raises another question. Should the electives be taken for credit, pass/fail, or audited? Will anybody frown on auditing a course that is not in the major?</p>
<p>also, I guess if the school is on the quarter system, one could claim to take "several" classes...which would be twice as many as you could take on a semester system.</p>
<p>I would actually suggest taking the liberal arts courses for graded credit - it'll help your GPA.</p>
<p>I took some 14 courses outside of my requirements - which ended up being about six classes per semester. AP credit did help out - as did two summer classes (two). Still, one extra course per semester will get you there. </p>
<p>My school didn't limit the number of courses you took - you just had to get permission to take more than 6 credits (generally, one class = 1 credit).</p>
<p>OK, I went back and looked because just from looking at my transcript and evaluating my sanity, I honestly have no idea how I did it.</p>
<p>Fall 00
Ballroom dance (0 hrs)
Engineering Requirements (including mathy and sciency stuff, 6 hrs)
Music (2 hrs)
Psych (3 hrs)
Acting (3 hrs)
14 hrs total</p>
<p>Spring 01
Engineering Requirements (6 hrs)
Linguistics (3 hrs)
Self Defense (0 hrs)
Music (3 hrs)
12 hrs total</p>
<p>Fall 01
Engineering Requirements (6 hrs)
Linguistics (3 hrs)
Music (6 hrs)
15 hrs total</p>
<p>Spring 02
Engineering Requirements (14 hrs)
Music (5 hrs)
19 hrs total</p>
<p>Fall 02
Engineering Requirements (7 hrs)
Drawing (3 hrs)
Music (3 hrs)
Accounting (3 hrs)
16 hrs total</p>
<p>Spring 03
Engineering Requirements (10 hrs)
Architecture (3 hrs)
Choir (1 hr)
14 hrs total</p>
<p>Fall 03
Engineering Requirements (13 hrs)
Planetary Science (3 hrs)
Music (3 hrs)
+DM of the band
19 hrs total, plus band angst</p>
<p>Spring 04
Engineering Requirements (12 hrs)
12 hrs total</p>
<p>And I went to Rice, in case anyone's curious. No quarter-long courses. No summer school. 29 hours of AP credit, though, since Rice is exceedingly generous with allowing AP credits to count. That <em>definitely</em> facilitated my being able to take so many classes, though 11 hours of that were non-engineering APs.</p>
<p>WOW! What a really ambitious schedule! I'm sure it was a great experience to sample so many departments.</p>