<p>Relatively quick 'yes or no' question:</p>
<p>I understand that NU does charge you for course overloads if u graduate early, but do you still get charged if you have course overloads and plan on graduating in 4 years (12 quarters)?</p>
<p>Nope. Did it every quarter took 2 more per quarter average. Common myth for sure.</p>
<p>According to the Registrar, you only get charged the last quarter if you actually do use it to graduate early.</p>
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<p>NUraider,</p>
<p>You graduated with over 70 courses?</p>
<p>You took 6 classes per quarter at NU instead of the usual 4? I don’t believe it.</p>
<p>Yup I did. Why the disbelief?</p>
<p>Depending on which courses you take, overloading is hell. I think it was the 3 French classes in the Spring that killed me, though, not the 5 classes total.</p>
<p>People overload all the time. The deans office is usually pretty busy with kids. It’s not a ton but I’d say in the hundreds.</p>
<p>I know people who’ve taken 7. >.<</p>
<p>Personally though, 5 was manageable. I tried taking a 6th but ehh… it was SO boring. I guess if you’re interested in most of the classes and motivated enough [or brown] it’s possible.</p>
<p>The disbelief is bc I’ve never known anyone to take more than 5 at a time, and when they did, it was a one-shot deal for special reasons, not an ongoing 5-at-a-time plan. I don’t know how one would have any time for an outside life or to enjoy all the nice things about NU and Evanston. Life isn’t just about hitting the books.</p>
<p>Believe me there was time for more. I took more than 6 not telling how many more though haha. It’s whatever you make of it.</p>
<p>Wow Nuraider, that’s really impressive!</p>
<p>Pizzagirl: I’ll admit, I had no life when I took orgo, but then again, who really does? But afterwards, I found a decent balance between school, being social, and being involved. It’s all possible, and people that overload aren’t always in the library! </p>
<p>And true, it is about balance. I took orgo, physics, and thermodynamics one quarter and it absolutely killed me. You have to make sure that you don’t have 6 midterms in a week, but you know that from day 1. </p>
<p>Overloading is one of the best kept secrets I’d say at NU</p>