<p>I need opinions/advice on how many credit hours I should take next semester:</p>
<p>I have completed 2 years of community college taking 12-13 credit hours a semester while also working part time about 25 hours a week. </p>
<p>Im transfering this fall to a 4-year engineering school majoring in BioChem Engineering</p>
<p>Im not planning on working while attending my new school, but I was wondering because of that reason should I take more credit hours? Im a little hesitant to take more than my usual 12-13 because the new classes I'll be taking are tougher and also what if I find it difficult to function at the new school. </p>
<p>Im a good student all my grades have been B's or higher, but I can't make up my mind.
Im currently signed up for 13 credit hours next fall, but I can add more. Here is what my schedule looks like right now:</p>
<p>Cellular Biology
ChemE Material Balances
ChemE Thermo I
Organic Chem II</p>
<p>Should I take more?</p>
<p>In most schools, you will have to average 15 credits per semester or quarter to graduate on schedule. If cost or financial aid is an issue, consider how much extra semesters or quarter will cost, and whether any financial aid you get will continue. Some schools also do not like students taking additional semesters or quarters to graduate.</p>
<p>There may be courses which are relatively more or less time consuming than their credit value indicates. For example, courses with labs or term projects are often more time consuming than non-lab courses with the same credit value. If that is the case at your school, you may want to try to arrange your schedule so that you do not have all of your more time consuming lab and term project courses in the same semester (though this may be difficult as a transfer student if you have to “catch up” on courses normally taken in sophomore year).</p>
<p>You may want to ask others attending your school which courses are more or less time consuming than others. Also, if you need any humanities or social studies courses, you may want to ask others attending your school for suggestions on such courses that are not too time consuming.</p>