<p>To current students, is taking 5 classes for a total of 18 credits too much for 1st semester of freshman year? The classes are Econ101 (3 cr), Math111 (4 cr), Span209 (4 cr), French209 (4 cr), and a FWS (3 cr).</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I'm a parent, speaking on the basis of long-ago experience, but I think it still applies.</p>
<p>I think you should go ahead and sign up for all 18 credits, with the understanding that you may end up dropping one course if the workload seems too heavy or if one of the professors is a nutcase or something. There is no stigma to dropping courses in college, and signing up for one more course than necessary gives you options.</p>
<p>i think that schedule is fine. math 111 and econ won't take too much time. and none of your classes have labs, so you won't have that much class time. and i'm just wondering, why do you want to take two languages?</p>
<p>I already have taken both these languages for 4 years throughout high school and languages are my passion--and I wanna do something international in nature. Thanks for the help guys.</p>
<p>I would do one language because they are more intense then language in high school and will take up much more of your time. Two languages during your first semester is really going to fry your brain. Also, I would plan on dropping at least one class as someone said above. If you stick to 18 credits with two languages its going to be pretty hard for you to get a really good GPA first semester (which should be your focus).</p>
<p>i killed myself taking 19 credits. i wouldnt do it. whats the point? i think its better to concentrate harder on less classes than spread yourself out thin</p>
<p>18 credits is too much for a first-semester freshman in my opinion. You can always drop a class I suppose but I personally think 13-15 is optimal for someone who is getting used to living on his own, making friends, getting familiar w/ college, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input everyone...so I'll probably end up signing up for 18 and then drop my least favorite class if I find that 18 credits is too difficult.</p>