Enrollment is in about an hour. Are two pre-business courses too much for first sem. of college?

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I’m an incoming freshman at Emory who wants to pursue business school in the future. So far, I’ve enrolled in 8 credits worth of courses:

  1. NBB 190 (freshman seminar: neuroscience) - 3 credits
  2. HLTH 100 (required health class) - 1 credit
  3. PACE 101 (pre-major advising) - 1 credit
  4. ENG 181 (first-year writing) - 3 credits

In about an hour, I’m gonna sign up for the following classes:

  1. ISOM 350 (Data and Decision Analytics, a stats course) - 3 credits
  2. PHIL 116 (Intro to Bioethics) - 4 credits

In addition to the 15 credits above, would it be too much for me to enroll in ECON 101 (microeconomics) for another 3 credits? Otherwise, there is also a general sociology class (SOC 101) that seems really interesting.

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Didn’t they make you meet with an advisor before choosing your courses?

18 credits seems like a lot for a first semester freshman, but go with what your advisor suggested, over what a bunch of strangers here recommend.

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At my daughter’s public university, she has to meet with three advisors before registering each semester – one in her department, one for her major, and one for the honors program. I agree that someone at the university should be guiding you in your selection.

I don’t know your background in math and economics and statistics. If you are very confident of your quantitative abilities, the classes might be manageable. A lot of freshmen struggle not because of classes, but because it is their first time living away from home, and the adjustment can be huge. Consider how getting settled into campus life may impact your studies before taking on a huge class load.

You likely can also easily drop a class. At least, at my daughter’s university, there is a drop/add period at the beginning of each semester, where it is no big deal to drop a class. If that is the case at Emory, you could start with all your planned classes, and then after attending class and getting a feel for the expected work load, you could drop one if needed.

My daughter says what is hard isn’t the number of classes she takes each semester, but the nature of the classes. For example, if a class has a lab associated with it, then it takes more time and is more difficult. Take that into consideration as well.