<p>hey guys! quick question: what's the process for going over the semester limit and registering for those classes? someone told me ISIS won't let you sign up for more than the 17.</p>
<p>and p.s. i'm only going to 19, not some crazy number like 23. (i'll save that for second semester. ;))</p>
<p>Why do you want to take so many credits? w-t-f. You don't even know what college courses are like or what you want to study.</p>
<p>And no, there's no penalty, but sometimes you need to get a particularly heavy courseload approved by an advisor.</p>
<p>DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN 15-16 CREDITS YOUR FIRST SEMESTER, geez.</p>
<p>have a social life instead. this is college.</p>
<p>if you're dying to take more than 17, you have to get it approved by your advisor/dean, and i really hope no first year advisor/dean would approve such a request. (other than that crazy TJ kid who graduated in 1 year).</p>
<p>Well. Some people can't afford paying for 4 years (not everyone gets financial aid), so accelerating in hope of graduating in 3 years is really necessary for them. I am just saying about a possible scenario that you guys might have overlooked, since many people here seem to detest first-years who are trying to get a more-rigorous-than-the-norm schedule.</p>
<p>Also, some people come from a very competitive/rigorous schools overseas so they really may be used to all the studying necessary for those rigorous schedule.</p>
<p>So let's not be so hostile. :D</p>
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<p>To be honest you and I receive this information differently. These folks are giving us the benefit of their experience and perspective. They are saying there is a lot for a first semester first year to absorb, more than in high school.</p>
<p>I don't get the impression current students are being hostile. Pragmatic, protective and candid, but not hostile IMO.</p>
<p>You could come from the best, most rigorous and intense high school on the face of the planet and not be prepared for college courses, much less UVA. I agree: don't take more than 15 or 16. You can still graduate early, despite one semester of a normal course load. You're screwed if you take 18 first semester and fail a class and have to retake it. And 23 course hours is suicide.</p>
<p>^^^I agree with vistany.</p>
<p>if anyone is actually considering overloading for financial reasons, pm me and i will share with you a lovely story that might change your mind. for everyone else... don't overload your first semester.</p>
<p>I very strongly suggest taking less than 17 credits during your first semester. No matter how competitive or rigorous your hs is, this is UVA - you're competing with students that are just as brilliant and driven. Do yourself a kind favor and adjust well into the university first.</p>
<p>And I'm sure that many of you here will be receiving credits anyway, so don't try to cram your schedule. But if you like having 5 midterms in a week, then go ahead and overload yourself.</p>
<p>Well, in some schools in South Korea and China (no I'm not from there) there are schools that run from 7 am and ends at 11 pm. I know this for sure since some of my friends were there themselves. Now I don't know how rigorous American high schools can be, but in GENERAL I'm sure that they can't be as rigorous as that. To these people, going to the States is like a holiday (real statement from a senior who went to a top university). </p>
<p>We appreciate your inputs and all, but I am just saying that there's a different perspective of why some people choose to go over the credit limit so please don't scream at someone when he/she just tried to ask the procedure for going over the credit limit. </p>
<p>I don't think "w-t-f" is candid, but the "hostile" remark was supposed to be taken in a light-hearted, joking manner, if you see the " :D " I put there.</p>
<p>Again, before you all think we don't like you giving advice to us: We do. We appreciate it. It gives us something to think about. But not everyone's the same and I'm sure there are nicer ways than saying "w-t-f" and writing in caps. Thanks. That's all I want to say. :)</p>
<p>I'M NOT TAKING 23 CREDITS. i was joking. and i don't plan on doing so in the future unless half my classes involve P.E. and coloring. </p>
<p>this is my course schedule for the fall:
BIO 203 Lab (3)
CHEM 181 (3)
+ Lab (2)
HIND 101 (hindi) (4)
PLCP 212 (3)
PSYC 220 (3)</p>
<p>that totals to 18. (not the 19 i had originally thought of.) i'm going 1 over the limit. not 5. not 15. 1. i wanted to take ART 161 (3) (yes, it's drawing I) as well, but I thought it would be a bit much so I'm going to take it spring sem.</p>
<p>Also, I'm not trying to graduate early. Why rush some of the best years of your life? It doesn't make sense and for all the interesting classes I saw, I don't think I could graduate in 3 years; there's too much to do. Even for financial purposes, it would be better to graduate in 4 years and enjoy those 4 years instead of graduating in 3 and being miserable the whole time.</p>
<p>So yes, I do understand everyone's concerns (and I thank you for the warnings :)) but since I'm not going majorly over the limit, (just 1) I'm not overtly worried. For the most part, I do agree that overloading=no,no/future hell. If someone was taking 23, then I would question it as well but since I'm not, I don't think it's a problem. If, during the first two weeks, I feel like I'm overloaded, I'll drop the class. I'm not ashamed to admit if I can't handle something.</p>
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<p>(I thought i would break up the post a little bit to make it easier on the eyes. (esp shoebox. :) i saw your post about small font. haha)
Also, each class I'm taking has it's purpose. After I signed up, I spend at least 2 weeks rethinking and tweaking my schedule. </p>
<p>For Bio, I need to take that class before I can take the other prereqs required for neuro. Also, it's required for the more advanced sci classes so I would prefer to get that done now and be able to have more choices second year. As long as the class doesn't focus on plants, I'll be fine. I'm heard the professor isn't the greatest but my teacher in high school sucked as well but I still love bio.</p>
<p>Chem: same reason. The classes I want to take require either CHEM 141 or 181. I also took AP Chem in high school and got a 4 (i know that gets me credit) but I wasn't too comfortable with it so I would prefer to take it over and have a solid foundation for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>What's next, Hindi? I'm not at all worried about this class because I speak a little bit of Hindi but not enough for the accelerated class. (Hindi is spoken more in Northern India; I'm from the South so I'm fluent in another Indian language.) Dr. Chaussee is the professor and he was the advisor I had at Orientation; I liked him a lot, so again, I'm not worried about this class. </p>
<p>PLCP 212 is politics of developing areas. My intended majors at this point are neuro and foreign affairs. I want to see what foreign affairs is like at UVa before I devote more time to this. I was head of Model UN club for 3 years and I found my interest was more with developing areas. Now, I don't expect this class to be a cakewalk. Most likely it'll have it's share of papers, reading, and homework. However, it's something I'm interested in and I'm willing to work at it. And P.S. Even if this class doesn't go well, I'm going to take another Foreign Affairs class to see if it's truly not for me or if I had a bad experience. And just to make sure that I wasn't making a huge mistake, I bought 2 of the books for the class already and read them. loved em.</p>
<p>and last, psyc 220. The student advisor I was talking to said that would be a great neuro class to take that doesn't require BIO 201. He was a physics/music major and he had taken it in the spring. I also talked to a few more students and they said that it was a great class. So, based on the fact that I want to major in neuro (and it also fulfills a prereq) and the good things I heard about it, I decided I wanted to take it. Also, I wanted to start doing neuro research and the work that the professor does is quite interesting. I realize that the class has about 300 people and it may be hard to talk to the professor face to face and have him remember my name but I'm sure as hell going to try.</p>
<p>And that's it. That's my schedule. The 5 classes I'm taking are all classes I'm interested in. All I wanted to know was how you sign up for past the 17 and who you needed to talk to. And now, I think I know what to do. Do you know if you can talk to your advisor before move in day? I have something in c-ville once I get back to the states, so I was hoping to do it then. So again, thank you to everyone and I know your concern is well placed and you mean well. If you have any comments about my schedule, I would love to hear them.</p>
<p>Drop one of those. Between Bio and Chem you'll already have your hands full. I would recommend putting off psych220 until a later point in time.</p>
<p>You need to consider a science lab class as a class of its own, as multiple people have said on this forum already. So really you're taking 6 classes which is too much for your first semester.</p>
<p>You have EIGHT semesters to fit all of this stuff in, PLUS summers if you need it. You will have time for all of the classes you want.</p>
<p>But if I take 17 credits, I'll just have enough to get 60 credits by the end of first semester! Those 1-credit courses (first-year seminars, and light things like PE, "coloring" [introductory light art courses, or things in that genre] and whatnot) can't be that difficult, can they? Or should I not treat them as recreation?</p>
<p>(I spoke to a professor at Orientation, and he says the advanced credit -> advanced-year-standing-thing kicks in at the end of semesters? So I'm kind of confused -- will I get priority registration or not?) </p>
<p>Also db123, did you get into Chem181 already? Is it difficult to get placed into that class, since ISIS right now says it's on an online waitlist? I would rather take Chem 181 than Chem 141. I'm still really confused about which introductory courses to take in order to start a sequence.</p>
<p>Regardless of one's extreme confidence in his/her ability, intellect, and superior secondary school system relative to other UVa and/or American students, time is the limiting factor. </p>
<p>Labs and especially group projects take up a lot of time. You may think the work is extremely easy, but time still matters. It would be a shame to miss the entire UVa experience.</p>
<p>I do not doubt the rigour and time required for the "hard courses," including labs. Actually, I still don't know what a lab entails in college, because it worries me when a lab has one less credit than the lecture but seems to consume 50% more hours. </p>
<p>But, can you treat the 1-credit courses as "recreation"? (Not that you'd blow them off, but rather treat them as classes that will add to your energy rather than detract from it.)</p>
<p>Most 1 credit classes are not a huge drain of energy... But introductory art courses ARE. My roommate is an art major and she has to spend more time doing art than studying (she's also an English major... Aren't her parents thrilled). And she only has to take 1-2 classes per semester. Unless you're really committed to art don't take a 3-4 credit art course, it will consume your life.</p>
<p>Also, the difference between 57 and 60 credits is, like, 10 minutes earlier in registration aka not worth taking the extra credits... But it's up to you.... Do to your GPA what you will, or save it with your lack of social life, whatever.</p>
<p>Well it's really more like a difference between 59 and 60. I mean, the difference between 16 and 17 credits for the first semester can't be that suicidal... right?</p>
<p>No. As long as your other classes aren't hard. You'll probably be more annoyed than anything, I took a 1cr class that had these opinion papers (...very easy credit) but at the same time, that hour I spent typing a stupid paper that didn't count for much, I could have been sleeping/working on something else/etc.</p>
<p>Realistically, I think most of us would prefer to receive one less credit, and be able to attend a football game/basketball game/insert your favorite sport or event worry free.</p>
<p>If not, loosen up, a good portion of college should be the out of class experience.</p>
<p>canuck, you're a breath of fresh air. lol.
i remember you saying you're from canada...? are you a canucks fan?</p>