<p>I'm thinking about taking these two sciences with lab courses this semester. I know physics will be A Lot of work, but do you think it will be too much to have it with a gen chem class during the semester? What do you think? I don't want my gpa to get screwed up so much.</p>
<p>It's definitely a tough course load, but it's something you'll have to get used to as an engineering major.</p>
<p>Well I'm gonna take 15 credits this semester. How did it go for anyone of you that had to take two sciences at the same time? especially physics</p>
<p>Doesn't sound that difficult honestly. Chem I and Physics I are fairly easy courses compared to what is down the road. I haven't taken Chem II but I heard its a bit harder than Chem I which I found to be very easy. Physics II was a lot more difficult than Physics I.</p>
<p>Yea I took e&m with general chem 1, which sucked because the chem class actually had two labs. I also took it with multivar. calc that quarter and did well. Definitely doable. Like other people have said, if you can't handle that term you will be miserable farther down the road.</p>
<p>If you have the time to study, it should be a breeze. Chem I isnt bad at all, its Chem II that usually throws kids off because its more equations about crap that will never affect you in the future. I have always liked physics and like how it applies to everything, so that class is pretty easy to me.</p>
<p>It depends on who's teaching I guess? So far it sound doable...</p>
<p>Gen chem and physics I are both not that hard. I'd say its not bad to actually throw in an another technical class.</p>
<p>lol I'm taking Chem II, physics I, Bio I and Cal II all in one semester :/ So , if that's hard....</p>
<p>that's how I took them, and thats how most students, at least at my school, end up taking them.</p>
<p>You should be fine.</p>
<p>It may seem hard, and it actually may BE hard at first, but you'll get used to it. You'll be taking a lot of technical classes alongside each other every semester as an upperclassman in engineering.</p>
<p>Shouldn't be bad at all. It's a nice transition into future engineering schedules where your 4 or 5 classes will be engineering related. Last semester I had E&M, statics, stats, and calc 3. The first few weeks I thought it was a lot of work with multiple assignments and quizzes each week. I got used to after awhile and had lots of free time after I got a routine down. It got kind of hairy the week where I had 3 tests and a quiz.</p>
<p>Ok guys, thanks for the encouragement =)
Any tips to survive the transition?</p>
<p>Study notes right away and spread out homework as much as you can. You can't afford to procrastinate and leave everything to the last minute. At times, you may find yourself to be overwhelmed from all of the work, so I'd suggest taking walks or going to the gym so you can get some fresh air once in a while : )</p>
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<p>Couldn't have said it better myself.</p>
<p>Unfortunatley the difficuilty of these into classes often depends on the individual instructor. Some definatley make them more painful than they need to be.</p>
<p>A basic premed student takes General Chem, Physics 1, Calculus 1 and Evolutionary Biology in there first term of college, im sure you can handle this.</p>
<p>In there second term they take Chem 2, Physics 2, Calculus 2 and Cell Biology,</p>
<p>then they need to take Organic chemistry, and other chem and bio classes depending on school in the 3rd term.</p>
<p>it is not that bad, just manage your time.</p>
<p>Wait, hold on a second, the physics a pre med student takes, and the physics an engineering major takes a two way totally different classes. It might be different for some schools, but it can make a hell of a difference.</p>
<p>Not at My U, we have college physics which has no calc and general physics which is calc based for engineers and scientists. Pre-Med majors are science majors and thus they take calc based physics.
We also have two different series of calc 1 and 2. The first set being easier than the second and the second being for engineering and science students. Again the pre-med students take the harder one for science and engineering.</p>