<p>Before you idiots say anymore, I go to a state school. Our cut off for max credit is 18.0, for honors students, it’s 20 or 21. Our average credit hour is 15-16.0. I know at Vandy, their average is like 12-13.0 and their max is 16.0, and that’s because they have harder classes.</p>
<p>“Is it wrong and stupid to be ambitious and declare myself a 4.0 student from now on?”</p>
<p>Why ask the question if you don’t want the answer? No need to call people giving you an honest and true opinion idiots. How about you give that schedule a shot, and we’ll see who the idiot is at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>State school or not, 7 classes is a lot to handle; especially in a difficult major such as engineering. Good luck though.</p>
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<p>Depends on 3 things imo.
- Hard work and not giving up
- Effective working and not just staring at a book and not synthesizing any material
- How you space out your schedule/classes</p>
<p>I just finished freshman year (not premed though, but my roommate and a bunch of friends are) and know a lot friends who dropped out of pre-med because they did not expect the work to be so hard and/or didn’t get a good GPA in their pre-med classes. I guess they really are ‘‘weeder’’ classes.
Also I know some premed students who study 6+ hours/day and are only getting 3.3 but I also know some who are studying 2 hours a day and are getting 3.75+. I’m guessing the reason for this is because they either a) didn’t schedule their courses properly or b) one studies far more effectively than the other.</p>
<p>Okay, no offense to the OP, but you really need to change your attitude. I understand if some people are coming on too strong by bombarding you with questions and asking you why you are taking such a heavy courseload, but there is no need to come off so hostile by putting people down because they are in high school or calling them idiots. Seriously. Chill out. If you don’t want anyone responding to your question, then I suggest you move your question elsewhere.</p>
<p>Listen to them – 21.5 credits is pretty heavy. And all because a school is a “state” school doesn’t mean that the courses will be below average than a prestigious university. I go to a state university where the Engineering school is reputable and even the top students have trouble with their courses and can’t achieve a 4.0. Even more difficult when you are taking 7 courses. Most kids take 5 at average, especially if 1 or 2 of the courses have labs.</p>
<p>You can’t get a 4.0 “magically”. You have to put effort into it. You need to study and spend each afternoon or night in the library. I don’t what else I can tell you. I only have one inspiration story if you’d like. There were 3 kids who won a prestigious award in sciences at my school and they each had 4.0 (2 kids in molecular biology, 1 in physics). So it’s possible. But not only did they have a perfect GPA, they did like 2 research projects and/or an internship with a professor at another university as an undergraduate. I mean, no pressure, but maybe some inspiration =</p>
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<p>First of all, false. Our minimum is 12 and max is 18, average is about 15-16. </p>
<p>Secondly, no matter what your actual limit is, you’re crazy for taking it, ESPECIALLY if you think that orgo and thermo won’t be difficult. Hint: they will be. Also, my school, at least, considers thermo to be a major class for engineers.</p>
<p>Thirdly, you have to make some time for interpersonal interactions. You will go crazy if you don’t find a balance. There was one week here where I wouldn’t let myself go out any day because I had such a stressful week in school; all I did was basically study or do homework for 7 days straight. During that time, I was markedly more anxious and depressed. You will get stressed and have no way to relieve it. Take less hours.</p>
<p>I’ll give it a shot, if it doesn’t work out, I’ll drop a thermo before the given date to drop a course. I didn’t mean to call you all idiots or turn this into a debate, my bad.</p>
<p>My father graduated with a 4.0 as a Mechanical Engineering major with relative ease. He attended the University of Iowa.</p>
<p>ISUClub. I have to warn you. Getting a W doesn’t hurt you a lot, but getting a lot of W can hurt you, since you will get the habit of liking the idea of W grade. </p>
<p>Stop being so strong with your own world. Listen, I was a great student, but this semester with 7 courses I drove myself into crazy moments (there was a reason - I can’t get any research program at all, nobody wants freshman these days) .Today I just failed my Calc2 exam. This morning and yesterday morning I had two exams.
Last week I had one exam. This friday I have a project, and next week I have two finals.</p>