<p>These are my classes for Fall 2011:</p>
<p>Chemistry I
Chemistry I Lab
Intro to Stats
Science of Food Prep
Individual and Family Nutrition
The Foodservice System</p>
<p>Total hours: 16
Major: Nutrition</p>
<p>In community college, the most I have had is 13 hours. I have never taken 15+ hours before. </p>
<p>I was wondering, is that a hard schedule? Should I cut it back down to 13 hours? Is it normal for a university student to take 15+ hours every semester?</p>
<p>I would go with the schedule you have, and if you find it overwhelming in the first few weeks, you can drop the most difficult.</p>
<p>So I take it that schedule doesn’t sound too hard then? About dropping one if it’s too hard, yeah, that’s definitely something I will keep in mind.</p>
<p>It seems about right. And I would feel uncomfortable taking less than 16 credit hours in a semester. If I have 15 I’ll usually look for another 3 credit hour class that fits into the schedule.
Don’t hesitate to drop something if it’s beyond what you believe you can handle at that point, though.</p>
<p>No it doesn’t look that bad at all.</p>
<p>And the average credit hours a semester sometimes depends on major as well. But 15 isn’t bad.</p>
<p>Looks easy. Be prepared to bang your head on you keyboard in frustration for nutrition, it’s a busy work course…</p>
<p>Taking chemistry early is a really good idea, if you wait too long you will fall behind. My advice is to keep the schedule as is, get to know your professors and their syllabi and if a class seems like it will tank your GPA then just drop it the first week of school during add/drop week. If you’re able to, its also helpful to talk to the class TA or an older student who took the classes you have taken already and get their perspective on the professor and course loads. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hey I’m a Nutrition major too!
You should be fine unless you are totally not a science person. I personally hate chemistry, but having just that as my main science course for a semester allowed me to do just fine. 15+ is actually pretty normal for a lot of college kids. I don’t know many who take less than that. Good luck with your classes! I’m taking Science of Food also this coming semester, I wonder what it’ll be like…</p>
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Yes, if they want any chance of graduating in four years (w/o summer classes).</p>
<p>My lowest was 14 because I dropped a class 2 weeks in when I decided to drop one of my two majors. I usually take 17-18.</p>
<p>You go to Auburn?! Now that’s a good college, from what I’ve heard. Any way, good luck to you too. Are you going to graduate around the time I am, 2013 or 2014?</p>
<p>It’s an awesome uni! It’s no ivy league of course, but it offers great programs and has a wonderful college feel. Where do you go, if I may ask? And yes, I graduate 2014! Hopefully haha… Do you plan to become an RD or something else with your major?</p>
<p>I start at Mississippi State in the Fall. Yes, I plan on becoming a RD.</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound too bad, probably about average for a science major, I guess?? 15-16 hours is pretty normal. I don’t think I would try taking more than that with a science major. It’s probably a good idea to take more classes in a semester now so that if the junior and senior level classes get to be too much you could always go back to doing just 12-14 hours and not be too behind on credit hours.</p>
<p>Oh, I applied to MSU! I heard it has a good nutrition program. But I decided to go to Auburn instead. Good luck!</p>
<p>I came on with a lot of credits, so I can focus on just math, science and engineering without wasting my time on things like humanities</p>