<p>Summer: Eng 1A, Calculus 1, and General Chem I (13 units total)
fall: Calculus II, General Chem II, Introduction to molecular and cellular bio (Bio 11), and Mechanics (PHY- 4A) (18 units total)
winter: Organic chem I at RCC, Electricity and Magnetism (Phy-4B), and Eng 1B (13 units total)
spring: Calculus III, Music appreciation (MUS-19), Organic Chem 1B at RCC, Heat, Light and Waves (PHY- 4C), and Bio 12. (21 units total)</p>
<p>Background: I'm taking ap chem and ap bio right now so that should help a bit... I want to retake them because med school won't accept it. If I follow this schedule, I can leave CC and finish all the major req. + IGETC in one year. I'm really good at math and science... but is it a reasonable or doable load?</p>
<p>btw, other than Organic chem, all other classes are going to be taken at Norco College</p>
<p>Your major?</p>
<p>15 units per quarter or semester is a nominal full time course load. However, most semester system schools’ summer sessions are set up so that 8 units is a nominal full time course load in the summer. Quarter system schools’ summer sessions are normal length quarters.</p>
<p>my major is biochemistry.</p>
<p>Looks like a schedule of a masochist. If you really hate yourself, then go ahead but you will not be able to get a 3.5-4.0 gpa unless you trade in all of your human characteristics to become a robot.</p>
<p>lol thought this post would create a new thread #fail</p>
<p>Is it reasonable? No, not really. 13 semester units is what some people take during a normal 15 week semester and you’re assuming you’re going to be able to squeeze that into a 5-8 week summer/winter session? The CC I went to didn’t even allow you to enroll in more than 8 units over summer without special approval so you can see how 13 would definitely be pushing it. I’m also convinced that you’re probably underestimating the difficulty of college courses because you’re doing well now in AP courses. It depends on what CC you attend and what professors you have, but college courses can be much more difficult than AP high school courses. I’ve had some classes in CC which were more difficult than some courses I’ve had at UCSD or UCLA. The material is condensed in a much shorter amount of time than high school and you’re talking about material that’s getting increasingly and increasingly more advanced. A subject like organic chemistry is completely incomparable to AP Chem. There’s very little overlap and conceptually it’s on a different level. It’s like trying to compare algebra to calculus. Furthermore, you’re planning on compressing your most difficult/most advanced classes into your last semester. In terms of practicality, it would make more sense if you had 21 units earlier on when the material is more basic than when you’re taking the most advanced of the sequence in o-chem, bio, physics, and math. </p>
<p>Just logistically, 21 units in a semester could be unrealistic, especially since you listed 3 courses o-chem, bio, and physics which all have lab classes which are usually about 3 hours each and twice a week (or that at least was the case at my CC). That’s 18 hours of lab classes plus 9 hours of lecture (3 hours for each throughout the week) just for those 3 classes alone. Then you’re adding Multivariable Calculus and another class on top of that? That’s a lot of time you’re going to be in class that semester and the bigger concern is whether those courses will even been offered to allow you to fit them all in a schedule that semester. What if Calc III is scheduled at the same time as Bio or O-Chem? That’s a variable that’s completely out of your control and it happens often in CC. So, is it reasonable to assume you will be able to enroll in all of those courses in those specific terms and maintain a GPA that’s going to get you into the UC’s you want? No, it’s not. </p>
<p>Is it doable? Despite what I said earlier, it probably is. Is it doable for you? I have no idea because I don’t know you. I think it would take someone who has an incredible work ethic, an unnatural proclivity for test-taking/math and science, great time management, and who is prepared to have no social life whatsoever for that year. To me that doesn’t describe someone that’s going to be attending CC straight out of high school. That definitely wasn’t me out of high school and I’ve made it to the UC’s and I’m doing really well now (3.8 UC GPA) as a Molecular Bio major at UCSD. I consider myself a pretty great student, but that’s definitely a schedule I wouldn’t have been able to handle. You’re also going to have to be incredibly lucky in terms of having the courses you need offered at times where you can fit them together in those semesters. Lastly, I think you’re going to need some luck to enroll in all those courses with the state budget situation and how overcrowded the CC’s are. Your first couple semesters as a freshman you usually get last registration priority, so enrolling in 13 units that first summer (which is usually the hardest term to get classes) and 18 units in fall may not happen. Science and lab classes tend to fill up the fastest, usually by older students that have priority and waitlists can extend to 20-30+ people (I’ve seen as high as 100 students on the wait list in some LA CC’s). </p>
<p>All things said, if you really want to transfer in a year go for it. I’d tell you now though there’s absolutely no way to predict how well you will do with such a difficult schedule until you actually enroll and try it (if you get the chance). I’m sure a lot of people will attempt to discourage you from taking on a schedule like that, but you really won’t know what you can handle until you try. I’ve had CC and UC counselors in the past discourage me from having too difficult of schedules (granted no 21 unit semesters) and I ended up doing fine. Also though just realize that a lot people have been in your shoes going into CC wanting to transfer in one year that end up up humbly transferring in two and even three years. Many of us are science and engineering majors. One parting bit of advice – don’t get so caught up in trying to transfer in one year that you jeopardize your GPA and your opportunity to attend some of the top UC’s. Ideally, most want to get out of CC as soon as possible, but if cramming 18 or 21 units in a semester lowers your GPA (which it will it just depends how much), it may be worth it to consider slowing down. That’s something you’ll probably figure out after your first couple semesters in CC.</p>
<p>Thanks. and yeah. I decided to do two years because it’s pretty unreasonable.</p>