<p>For everyone's freshman year, what were your courseloads like? How many credit hours did you take a semester? Were you involved in any clubs and did you work?</p>
<p>This is what my year should look like:
Fall: Trigonometry, Public Speaking, Psychology, English Composition, Biology and lab. It is 16 credit hours (we are allowed 19...)</p>
<p>Spring: Precalculus, English Composition 2, Chemistry and lab, Zoology and lab, and U.S. History. That will be 17 credit hours.</p>
<p>Summer: Analytical Geometry and Calculus, and Chemistry 2. 8 credit hours.</p>
<p>Do these schedules look doable? I will not have a job (I may in the summer). I want to join Biology Club and BCM.</p>
<p>I think 16 credit hours is normal. I don't quite understand how yours works, because every full course at my college is worth 4 semester credits... so 4 classes, not 5 would mean 16 credits. </p>
<p>For fall I'm going to take
Great Conversations (english/history/philosophy course)
Norwegian I
Calculus 1
Bio II
Scuba Diving
Flute Lessons</p>
<p>And Spring I'm going to take
Great Conversations (english/history/philosophy course)
Norwegian II
Chem II
Philosophy
Swim Fitness
Flute Lessons</p>
<p>That adds up to 18 credits/semester. I think it's reasonable.</p>
<p>Fall of freshman year I took 16 credits, and I took 15 in the spring. Was a very active member of the Ski/Snowboard Club (attended all bi-weekly meetings, helped arrange two of our trips, attended all race team practices for 3-4 hours/week during the winter, helped organize and run our biggest fundraiser which is also a popular campus event), semi-active in Collegiate FFA (tried to attend meetings, helped out with statewide events for HS students), started a 15 hour/week job in the spring.</p>
<p>It's not out of the question to do 16 hours.</p>
<p>If you are planning on 16-17 credit hours in the fall and spring, you won't need to take 8 during the summer. You will be on track to graduating in four years. Taking 2-3 classes over the summer is much easier said than done. Taking 8 in the summer will be the course load equivalent to roughly 16-18 during the fall/spring. Add on a possible summer job and friends being home wanting to catch up and hang out. Trust me, you will be in for a long, miserable summer. </p>
<p>The only reason for taking that many credit hours is if you are aspiring to graduate in 3 years, which I would heavily advise against. Enjoy college! After being burnout from speeding through undergrad you may not even want to attempt a masters. Then you will be the 20-21 looking for a career while your former classmates are heading into their illustrious senior years. </p>
<p>If you absolutely are determined to take a course or two over the summer, lighten your course load in the fall of your freshman year to 12-14 credit hours while you get accustomed to college.</p>
For everyone's freshman year, what were your courseloads like? How many credit hours did you take a semester? Were you involved in any clubs and did you work?
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<p>I took 13 hours my first semester and 15 my second semester. I was involved in one club all year and did not work. Whether it’s because the classes were harder or simply had more work, I definitely felt that second semester was tougher than the first semester. I don’t recall feeling high levels of stress during finals week in Fall 2007, but I had minor sleep problems and reduced appetite during finals week of Spring 2008.</p>
<p>If you plan to go to graduate school, then graduating in three years isn’t “rushing it.” You figure a Masters program is at least one year and often two years of study. 3+1 = 4 and 3+2 = 5. What rush? The total amount of time you spend is school is the same as your peers who graduate in four-years. In my case, I want to earn a Ph.D., so graduating in three years is definitely not rushing it as I’ll be in school for 7 or 8 years.</p>
<p>Should I drop a class to go to 13 credit hours or will I be fine with 5? I have Trig, Biology, Public Speaking, English, and Psychology making 16 credit hours.</p>
<p>Would the 3 credits cost money (or does that not matter...?) I know at some schools it costs more money but at many like mine anything past 12 up to the max costs the same.</p>
<p>Anyway, 16 really is fine they all seem like pretty fundamental classes so you'll be off to a good start whatever way you look at it. If you're motivated to do well that's great just relax for now and save that energy to doing your best this fall. Trust me, work hard play hard be yourself everything will come together and you'll learn so much about college just in that first year more than you can learn on any forum. It is important to get a good idea about scheduling classes I would strongly recommend you to look through the course catalog to familiarize yourself with future options but even then, you can talk to upperclassmen and your adviser when you get there; your current freshman schedule is fine don't sweat the details right now</p>