<p>Chem 121 & 121L = General Chemistry with 2.5 hour lab (4 Credits)</p>
<p>EE 101 &101L = Intro to Electrical Engineering with 3 hour lab. (2 Credits)</p>
<p>So a total of 18 Credits Freshman year.</p>
<p>I feel that intro to EE is a relatively easy class and CSE 221, I should not have any trouble with. I am worried about the Chem (Since I have not taken it since Sophomore year) and Math (I've heard this class is the toughest class)</p>
<p>Who Needs a social life anyway? Currently taking AP Physics C, AP Calc AB (Taking the BC Test, so I am teaching myself the extra sections), AP Econ and AP Comp Sci (Second year, Data Structures and Algorithms)... I have confirmed already that I have the "knack". Been programming in C++ for 7 years, Java for 3 and taught myself Assembly last year.</p>
<p>So, I have decided to switch from CSE 221 to CSE 122 (Data Structures and Algorithms because of time overlaps) Before, I had 5 classes on Monday</p>
<p>Lab courses and courses with computer programming are likely to be more time consuming than other courses like math, although time consuming courses are not necessarily difficult intellectually (while other courses like math may be difficult intellectually).</p>
<p>This sounds like a pretty aggressive schedule to me. 18 hours is really a lot for a first semester freshman, plus it is very math/science/engineering heavy, with a lot of labs, which tend to be very time consuming. How about switching Chem out for a distribution requirement - e.g. an English class, or humanities/social science elective, maybe econ? ECE’s don’t really need Chem, so it probably isn’t a pre-req for anything, so you could probably take it at any time.</p>
<p>When I was an undergrad EE in the mid-80s, I waited to take Chem as a senior, because it didn’t particularly interest me, and although it was required for graduation, wasn’t a pre-req for any of my engineering classes.</p>