<p>I'm starting as a freshman at a school at which I will be in at least the top 15% of the freshman class. I also completed 20 hours of concurrent enrollment classes with a 4.0 at a local CC (spread out over multiple semesters). As such, I feel fairly confident in taking 17 hours my first semester, but want to hear it from someone else. Does this seem like a doable schedule while still having some free time? </p>
<p>Calculus 1 - 4 hours
Economics 101, MicroEcon - 3 hours
Spanish 1 - 4 hours<br>
English 101 English Comp - 3 hours<br>
Art History - 3 hours</p>
<p>Well I don’t know how your school is when it comes to average credits (I’m assuming 15 is average and 18 is max)… or how the classes are. But I’ll pretend you go to my school and give you advice </p>
<p>Calc 1- Weedout for the premeds/business school kids. Problem sets are rough. Assuming its a pre-req.
Economics 1, Micro- Big intro class, all of the IR/Business school kids prereq it. Very typical freshman class. but lots of studying before tests. Not hard until test time.
Spanish 1- Langauge is every day at my school but usually not too rough. Do-able.
English Comp- If its a writing class, could be rough. If its the “intro freshman college writing class” expect a lot of not too hard papers and more emphasis on style/citation. Do-able
Art History- Deceptively difficult. LOTS of memorization. </p>
<p>If you were an incoming freshman at my school, I’d say drop something and start off with 15…
I took it easy first semester (13 credits) and hard second semester (18 credits, all 300+ level or very outside of my comfort range academically (SCIENCE)). I was well above the middle 50 percent in my school, and I felt confident.
I’ll tell you that when you take that many credits (16+) you do take a hit on your social life. I had a lot of “I can’t go out on thursdays I have homework” or “I can only go for an hour and I can’t drink” weekends this semester, and I’m taking it easy from here on out (no more than 15 excluding music). I learned my lesson… cramming it all in is tough. </p>
<p>Even if the classes aren’t too hard the sheer quantity of work can make it very difficult.</p>
<p>17 is starting a little high. Try to take a class off, so you have breathing room</p>