<p>Gee I don’t know. They’re all core classes you’re taking. You’ll be needing some social science and such classes to complete your degree, but I guess you shoudl already know that.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about CS; my experience stem from my engineering background. And if those core classes were similar to regular engineering classes, I’d rather play Russian roulette with my d*ck in my hand… Like you, I came into college with a ton of AP credits, and could have finished way early. But It could be a lot harder than it looks, and not worthwhile. Each class might not seem like much, but together, they’ll kill you. Also, some of these classes differ from each other drastically in difficulty. Some 15 credit semesters might be way busier than a 18 or 20 credit semester. Lastly but most importantly, you’ll want to get involved, study abroad, and participate in the college experience that I never really took the time to do. I’ve been there, so this is the best opinion you can get, imho.</p>
<p>How do you get all of those courses in semester 0 (before entry), and do you know that they will let you use PHIL 110 to fulfill three different breadth requirements? Note that a summer session is typically about half the length of a semester, so one usually takes about half the number of courses (about 8 credits instead of 15 credits that one takes in a normal semester).</p>
<p>Semester 1 contains two lab courses and one CS course with programming. These are likely high workload.</p>
<p>Semester 2 adds up to 14 credits, not 15 credits.</p>
<p>Semester 5 contains three or four CS courses with programming. These are likely high workload.</p>
<p>Purdue and Minnesota are quite respectable schools; it may not be a good idea to go to a school at the very edge of affordability, since a slight miscalculation (e.g. increased tuition, or a need to take a lighter course load and therefore a seventh or eighth semester) can push it beyond your limit of affordability.</p>
<p>@spectastic: Oh… that bad? Ideally I would prefer to use all 4 years, but I can’t afford that at UIUC :/</p>
<p>@ucbalamnus: Well some of those are from AP (Math, History, and English 110), some of those are from dual enrollment (Political Science), and some of those would be from a community college (PHIL and ENG 116). I forgot to mark it but ENG 116 also satisfies the WCC requirement. I need 6 hours of SS, 6 hours of HUM, and at least 1 class of NW and WCC, so I can satisfy all those requirements in 12 hours. Does the summer session apply to community colleges as well?</p>
<p>Oh okay… do you think it would be more feasible to do this in 3.5 years?</p>
<p>Community colleges on the semester system typically have half-length summer sessions (normal full time course load 8 credits). Those on the quarter system will typically have the summer session as a full length quarter (normal full time course load 15 quarter credits, which is the same as 10 semester credits). This is the same as at four year schools.</p>
<p>Try making a schedule with no more than two (or whatever is recommended in the sample schedules) high workload courses (i.e. lab courses, CS courses with programming, or courses with term projects) in one semester.</p>
<p>If you plan to graduate in fewer than 8 semesters, it may be a good idea to be able to afford one more semester than you are planning, just in case. For example, if plan for 6, have the budget for 7.</p>