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College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>First semester mechanical eng.</p>

<p>Calc 1 (4 cred)
Chem 1 (4 cred)
Chem lab (1 cred)
Intro to mech engineering (1 cred)
College composition (3 cred)</p>

<p>I'm only doing 13 credits because I have AP credits for nearly all the electives except for art which I'll take later on. Do you think 13 credits was a mistake or good for easing into college? How did this compare to your first semester?</p>

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<p>Looks like a good 1st semester schedule. It is on the lighter side, but it is your 1st. </p>

<p>I actually struggled my 1st semester (had a really difficult chem teacher) with 15 credits. For me it was just making the adjustment to the speed of a college course that gave me trouble. From my experience college courses made AP seem slow. But once I got adjusted, my grades improved.</p>

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<p>I think it’s a great idea to start light, especially since you have the AP credits.</p>

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<p>Take another class. If you think it’s too much work, drop it the first week so it won’t penalize you.</p>

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<p>Looks fine! If you find it too easy, feel free to add another class (maybe).</p>

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<p>For some subjects, that is actually the case.</p>

<p>a year of AP Chemistry ~= a semester of university chemistry
a year of AP Calculus AB ~= a semester of university calculus</p>

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<p>I believe that AP Calculus AB is SUPPOSED to be a semester of university calculus. The second semester is AP Calculus BC.</p>

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<p>AP Calculus BC ~= first and second semesters of university freshman calculus</p>

<p>However, it does seem to be a common trend for high schools to slow-pace calculus, by forcing students to take AB over a year, then take another year to complete BC, instead of offering a one year BC course that runs at approximately the pace of a university freshman calculus course (which the students who reach calculus in junior year of high school should be well capable of handling – they are two grades ahead in math, which means that they are the best students in math).</p>

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<p>If you don’t need to take more classes don’t… but if you are only going to take 13 hours, there is no reason why you shouldn’t get get all A’s.</p>

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<p>What about Physics?</p>