<p>What you think of this schedule? (Community College)</p>
<p>English: M/W 8-10:05 AM
Political Science: T/Th 8-9:25 AM
Macroeconomic: T/Th 9:35-11:00 AM
Calculus 1: M-Th 11:10 AM - 12:35 PM
General Chemistry: M/W 5-6:25 PM, 6:45-9:55 PM
Cross Country: M-F 1:00 PM-3:05 PM</p>
<p>Total: 20 Credit Hours</p>
<p>I wish I could find Chemistry lot earlier, but most of the class was full and I'm a freshmen so I got the last priorty to register. So, What you think and any advice could work?</p>
<p>let me just say.... uggggggh.</p>
<p>Chem until 10 PM and then Poli sci the next morning? You must be a hell of a student, if this is your first time taking such a load... I suggest you drop Chem and pick it up the next semester, when you could get an earlier spot.</p>
<p>When are you going to study? lol. I suggest you drop Chem. You can drop cross country and study between classes... but I don't know, I still say drop Chem.</p>
<p>You've got time.</p>
<p>Here the problem, I want to get out in two years, but if i don't take chem then I had to take more workload the next three semester. I want to something in science field maybe but not sure.</p>
<p>You're loading yourself up with a lot of stuff you can't cram for. English, poli sci, econ -- there's going to be a lot of reading, and human eyeballs can move only so fast. Calc & chem likewise -- you have to learn the material, do the problems, write it all out -- that takes time. If you don't have to work, have human relationships, or do anything else outside of school this will be more manageable.</p>
<p>It's a question of priorities -- take more classes and have a lower GPA? Keep a higher GPA but hate life and never see sunlight? It's one thing to make a big push at the end of your school career to get out, but I think you're setting yourself up to burn out pretty early on. It may be a false economy to load up so heavily at the beginning if you wind up having to retake a class because you got a bad grade or had to drop it.</p>
<p>Why not see how you do with a little lighter load, then if you do well, you can add more later.</p>
<p>Yeah, jumping into 20 units the first semester is not a good idea. It may be community college, but those sciences are tough anywhere. :/</p>
<p>Don't worry too much about G.E.
My advice is take 2 science classes each sememster and some G.E. if u want, but definitely 2 science classes... I miss this part when I go to CC, end up taking like 3 science classes and calculus in the last sem. Transferred in 2 yrs though.
Maybe... you can take chem, calc, physics in the first sememster (if u sure what ur major is)</p>
<p>chem at night?...not fun. are you sure your cc will even let you enroll in 20 units in your first semester? at mine, you had to petition to be allowed more than 18 and you had to prove you could handle the load.</p>
<p>I think your schedule is fine. The heavy courses will be Chem and Calc1. Don't fall too far behind there.</p>
<p>If I was you I would drop cross-country though. It takes up too much time (10h/week!?). Is it transferable and do you really need it? I don't think so. If you drop it your schedule will become much easier.</p>
<p>It depends on what kind of student you are and what your background is. If you've already taken AP Calculus, or are very good at math, and took rigiorous chemistry in high school and were good at it, that schedule probably wouldn't be that bad. However, if those things aren't the case (if you aren't great at math or aren't great at chemistry or whatever) I think it is self-destructive.</p>
<p>If you want to transfer to your dream UC, the key is good grades. That is the first and last goal. Nothing else matters. You can't compromise your grades.</p>
<p>You don't have to load up your units next fall or spring either. Just make sure to take advantage of the summer and winter sessions and you should be able to transfer out in two years. What are you planning to major in?</p>
<p>And btw, it looks like cross country is a 1 unit course, lol. Are you sure you meet 10 hrs/wk?</p>
<p>Well cross country is two units course it turn out. Our cross country team is pretty competitive and love the competition. It's too bad that practice had to be middle of everything so I have a hard time putting it around that time. Beside I like to run and I want to open up to social life in CC. </p>
<p>I have second thoughts of taking chemistry in night so I find another option and took a bad teacher that can't teach in the morning. I figure if i could teach myself then I would feel like I accomplish a lot and plus learn something for once. So i readjust the schedule and took out macroeconomic, I figure I would take in the winter anyways. Here my plan B schedule:</p>
<p>Calculus I: M-Th 8:10-9:25 PM
Political Science Honors: T/Th 9:35-11 AM
Chemistry: T/Th 11:10-12:35 PM
Chemistry Lab: M/W 9:30-12:40 PM<br>
English: T/Th 3:30 PM- 5:35 PM
Cross Country: M-F 1-3:05 PM</p>
<p>Total: 17 Credit Hours</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the previous one and hopefully you guys can help me this one. (Plan B) Any advice is great.</p>
<p>That seems a lot more feasible. Just make sure you give yourself enough time on weekends to study, even with a social life.</p>
<p>I was like you before because I just thought of what classes I'd take and expected a 4.0. Now I'm crying about Philosophy 101 in Summer and that's one class...I said I'd study and not even worry about cramming (and believe me I was motivated) things did not go as planned. I just hope im over-reacting.</p>
<p>Ben, I guess I was sort of like you as well. I was really motivated (still am) to do whatever possible to achieve a 4.0, but I'm figuring out that's it a lot easier said than done. I'm taking an art history course right now and it's not necessarily hard, but it does require a fair amount of studying to get that A.</p>
<p>CC is not high school, taking 5 or 6 courses is not normal. Start with like 3 -4 and chill out. It is better to graduate in 3 years with a 4.0 than in 2 with a 3.5</p>
<p>Malishka, does this sound like a tough freshman schedule for someone who took CC classes throughout senior year and summer school? (granted, at a different CC) I should note that I will be working and participating in ECs (clubs mostly, with a little volunteering on the side). </p>
<p>Calculus 1
Accounting 1
English 1
Music 1</p>
<p>Total: 16 units</p>
<p>I'm kind of worried about the English class because of its intensive reading and papers that might be due on day of exams for other classes. Am I just over exaggerating the rigor of an English class? It is, after all, only a 3 unit class.</p>
<p>what kind of teachers do you have? did you look them up on rate my professors?</p>
<p>A bad teacher in accounting and calc can make those two hell. A bad english teacher or one that is a tough grader can do the same. </p>
<p>Otherwise that schedule is fine- Music should be the easy class there, atleast it was always in my CC.</p>
<p>jk_91: If you know which teacher to take you'll be fine. English 101 is not so bad. I agree with Malishka31, ratemyprofessors should be a lot of help.</p>
<p>The Plan B schedule looks a lot more feasible. Definitely think about Summer and Winter sessions -- if you've ever had trouble with a class because the pace was too slow, or you felt like you'd forgotten things by the time the exam came around because you learned them too long before, the faster pace can be quite helpful. It's not a great time to take something that requires memorizing a lot of terms cold (like botany or something) but if it's mostly concepts, or an easy elective, it's a great way to get something ticked off your list quickly.</p>