<p>I'm currently signed up to take:</p>
<p>Chem, with lab
Bio, with lab
Calc
Intro to Psych
Behavioral Neuro at NU
Enhancing Honors</p>
<p>The only two I'm kind of worried about taking together are Bio and Chem. I want to keep my grades as high as possible for Med Schools and I just worry that as new college student, this is going to be a big load to carry. What are your opinions? Has anyone done this and how difficult is it to do while also having a life at the same time?</p>
<p>No, you are not carrying a very heavy load. I am currently a biochem major, besides your intro to BNS class, I took the exact same classes. The professors for both bio and chem teach straight out of your text book so you will be fine! Like you, going into my freshman year i thought it would be a big load to carry, but in a month as classes start, I got used to pace of the classes. Don’t stress over it, you will be fine!</p>
<p>That sounds manageable. I’ve heard psych is really easy so you won’t need to spend much time on that. I took AP Bio and honestly it was an easy class. Not difficult to understand at all. Read the textbook and you’ll be fine. Chem will be somewhat difficult but I think you’ll be able to spend more time on it. That looks like a pretty standard schedule for freshman science majors so I’m sure it’s not too bad. Someone with experience in these classes should probably say so for sure though. I’ll be taking:</p>
<p>Chem 1
Physics 2
Calc 3
Foundations of Psych
(maybe) Inquiries in Cell and Molecular Biology</p>
<p>like trf1021 said, psych is a very easy class. Chem, depending on your professor is very simple and the recitations for the class are extremely helpful as well (also depending on the TA for the section). Bio as i said is taught straight out of the textbook.</p>
<p>Okey dokey thank you all for the reassurance! I’ve always been able to just teach myself out of a book anyway. Thanks again! </p>
<p>trf1021, are you going into your freshman year too?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m gonna be a freshman too. I took AP Chem, Bio, and Calc though, so I figured I could give a little bit of advice.</p>
<p>Oooo, I took AP Chem, Bio, and Calc A/B and B/C, I just never wanted to take the exams because I wanted to start out with first level classes in college so I could learn it all again.</p>
<p>^I don’t think you’re required to skip first level classes if you’ve taken the AP exam. Although you are saving the $80 or however much it costs these days to take them. I liked having the college credit, because at the end of my first year, I already have junior status (which is quite useful during course registration).</p>
<p>@trf1021: Are you thinking about adding that Inquiries class as your 5th course?</p>
<p>Yeah I really want to add that as my 5th course. My advisor still hasn’t gotten back to me about it, but I really hope I can do it. I can’t imagine it being that difficult since it doesn’t sound like it has a set curriculum, but it’s only for people with AP Bio credit so it should be interesting. And I definitely agree, the AP credit is going to be extremely helpful. I’ll have junior status by the end of my first year too. You don’t have to use it if you don’t want to either, I’m not using my physics E&M credit because I self-studied and I want to actually take the class and they have no problem with that.</p>
<p>I’m just not sure if you’re allowed to overload on courses your first semester (you do have to pay the extra $5000 or however much courses cost these days and it isn’t covered by scholarships). But of course your advisor will know better than I do!</p>
<p>And yes, having advanced standing is pretty awesome. I managed to snag the last spot in a course I really wanted to take this fall because of it!</p>
<p>I’m nearly certain you can’t overload your first semester, maybe even your first year. Your advisor has to approve it, and every time I’ve talked to one they are fiercely against overload for freshmen. And yeah, it costs around 4850 per 4 credit course.</p>
<p>oh if you took ap chem then gen chem is going to be extremely easy. I actually thought gen chem was much easier than ap chem</p>
<p>I have a similar schedule and was wondering generally the same thing, except I’ll be taking Bio 1, Chem 1, Biopsychology, and Cognition? not sure about the last one. Too difficult for first semester?</p>
<p>Do you have the Enhancing Honors class on your schedule already?? Because I dont and I feel like I should email/talk to someone.</p>
<p>YahKeep, I can’t really say much about those classes but they do seem really interesting. What major are you in? </p>
<p>Well, here’s the thing. Before July, I was enrolled as a Philosophy major Pre-med, then I decided to switch. So before, on my schedule as a philosophy major, I had enhancing honors. However, after the switch I do not have it on my schedule. I wouldn’t worry about it at all though. The lady who switched my major said she emailed the honors counselor to add that class to my schedule. It will happen I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Okay, sweet. Behavioral Neuroscience.
I think I’m just gonna stick with what I have, and change out if it seems like too much.</p>
<p>Yea my mom’s been worried about me not keeping my grades up with 20 credits on my back. Same here, I’ll just have to decide within the first two weeks.</p>
<p>I would be taking the same schedule as you if it wasn’t for transfer credit I had. My understanding is that the Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar and Enhancing Honors have very little work associated with them. I’ll admit that I’ve never taken two sciences at once before, but its pretty common to do at a college level regardless of where you go to school.</p>
<p>Yea most science majors take this kind of two-science schedule. Intro to Psych I’ve heard is really easy as well. Calc will be no problem at all because I’ve already done three levels of calc in high school and I don’t think bio will be too bad but we shall see!</p>
<p>n01an10, if you are pre-med student, get used to taking 2 science w/ lab courses each semester until your last few semesters. there are a bunch of science courses to get through, plus the science courses for your major, plus any additional science courses you will want to take in preparation for MCATs/elective credit</p>
<p>just make sure not to leave things to the last minute and plan ahead and you will do wonderfully.</p>
<p>Yeah I agree with above. It sounds a little harsh, but if you’re pre-med you should be able to take that schedule if not more. Med schools want to see if you can handle the load and the pressure, so if your gpa drops a bunch when you only take two sciences, you probably won’t be able to handle med school. </p>
<p>Often a student’s first semester can be their worst gpa (obviously depends on the student though) in relation to the toughness of their classes because of all the new changes and distractions and friends of college. If you stay focused and don’t get wasted and skip class every week, you’ll do fine. </p>
<p>The most important thing to remember about gpas in my opinion are that they are the opposite of high school. In high school, they mainly cared about your total grade by the time you apply to colleges plus looking at what kinds of courses you took. In college, your freshmen/second-year courses and grades are a major factor in determining your first co-op or your first on-campus research, which helps with clinicals, future co-ops, summer internships, etc. Most of my friends my first year (one was pre-med) slacked off in really stupid ways and then excused their really low gpas as “well it was just my first year, it’ll get better”, but then were surprised when they didn’t get the co-ops they wanted or the research they applied for. So just stay focused and don’t be stupid, and you’ll do fine.</p>