<p>i think a lot of kids are.</p>
<p>The workload is manageable, one has to stay organized and not fall behind. I recommend taking only 3 courses your first quarter, and carefully looking at number of papers, amount of reading lab hours etc. that will be required. Remember each course does not necessarily meet for the same number of hours per week. Of course, I gave this same advice to my S who totally ignored it and ended up with 4 courses and 21 course hours per week. He also chose a concentration where a 3.0 GPA qualifies one for honors consideration. I was somewhat surprised he did as well as he did given his total lack of organization and time management in HS. The culture kind of makes it easier to handle since everyone is in the same boat.</p>
<p>yeah im hoping that the same thing happens with me heheh... from what I remember in your posts your son really liked it there... he was an econ major, right?</p>
<p>No, he is not Econ, more a humanities guy with a boat load of science and math thrown in.</p>
<p>wow then I def. confused him with another parent posting on this thread heheh... especially since the kid im thinking about already graduated. At any rate, im super excited about chicago, and I want to personally thank you for all your posts which helped me in deciding to apply, and later attend, the University of Chicago.</p>
<p>I think you are thinking about ohio mom, maybe-</p>
<p>I would reccomend taking 4 courses. Many many people take 4 and are just fine and its a good time to be taking 4 (when you arent in highly specialized difficult courses).</p>
<p>The other benefit of taking 4 is that if you decide that 4 is too much, you just drop one and there are no problems. That option isnt there when taking 3.</p>