<p>I'm going to take 17 hours next semester. When I finalize my schedule at the beginning of the semester, this is what my schedule will look like:</p>
<p>MWF:
1:30-2:20
2:30-3:20* (only on Mondays)</p>
<p>T/R:
9:55-11:10 (Special topics class - no tests)
11:20-12:35 (P.E.)
12:45-2:00 (I don't think there will be tests)
2:10-3:25
3:35-4:50 (I don't think there will be tests)</p>
<p>Although one of my T/R's is a fun P.E. class, do you still think that having 5 consecutive T/R's is way too much? I would have a tiny break after P.E. which would give me some time for a quick lunch before my next classes.</p>
<p>Let me know what y'all think, please!</p>
<p>If you are concerned with all the stacked classes on T/R - is there a way you can move a few of them to M/W/F? The issue with T/R classes isn’t so much the actual stacking itself but the fact that T/R classes are already long as is - so consecutively, the block can be a lot more grueling I imagine than if you had 5 shorter periods three days a week back to back. </p>
<p>What type of classes are these? Are they hard sciences with labs or more lecture based humanities courses? 7 hours of History, English, and Anthropology might not be nearly as demanding as 7 hours of Organic Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus. </p>
<p>What kind of class doesn’t have tests? Remember that even without exams, there’s likely to be reading or essays or other homework assigned on Tuesday that will be due on Thursday…Wednesday could be very busy!</p>
<p>Five in a row sounds rough to me. Can you move one or two of those either to MWF or even the evening?</p>
<p>You’re going to go from 9:55-4:50 without eating?</p>
<p>As a music major, this is basically my schedule every day of the week. =P I say basically, though, because I still have spare 15-20 minute breaks between some of my classes. This is usually enough time for me to run over to the cafeteria and grab a to-go box or something (cafeteria is conveniently right next to music building!), and most of my classes are in the music building. Your schedule looks a little rigid if you need to sprint across campus and such. Food is VERY important as a college student! I don’t think the back-to-back classes themselves will be hard to manage, but you need to manage your time to eat/walk to class/use the restroom. Good luck!</p>
<p>Studio/lab/PE time is very different from seminar/lecture time. You need to be more specific to get a good answer.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. @preamble1776, aside from P.E., three of them are discussion/lecture-based humanities classes (foreign language, sociology), and one of them (2:10) is an upper-division class for my major. That will be the class that I’ll have to put the most effort into.</p>
<p>And most of these classes are pretty specific. They’re not general core classes, so they’re only offered during those times :-/ the only one that I could move is the 3:35-4:50 one. The other section for that is MWF but it’s closed right now.</p>
<p>I’ve had schedules similar to this often–sometimes I preferred them because it let me work MWF instead of having to figure out a way around my class schedule. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone, but if that’s the schedule that works best for you, then there’s not much else you can do about it. To be honest, I would often skip a class because the day was just so long, but I also had work right after (I usually worked nights) so if you’re not doing much else, it may not be as difficult.</p>
<p>I would just recommend you keep an eye on the drop deadline so that you can drop a class if you find it’s too much work. Take a look at the syllabus to see when your exams/assignments are so that you can plan accordingly, since you may have a few in one day (I had one quarter where I have five classes in a row on a Thursday and all of the midterms were on the same day). Even if you don’t think you’ll have exams (and I wouldn’t assume this unless you’ve already seen the syllabus), you may have papers, presentations, projects, quizzes, assignments/homework/reading due on any given day, and having everything due on one day can be tiring, so make sure you give the syllabi a good read when you get them.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure what you mean by having a break after PE–ten minutes isn’t much of a break. Perhaps, you mean you’ll get out of PE early? Regardless, try to bring lunch or find a way to pick up something to eat, and hopefully one of your classes (perhaps, the one after PE) will be okay with you eating during class. My classes were generally in larger lecture halls so eating in class wasn’t much of an issue–just try to avoid things that are noisy or smell, if you’re going to be eating in class.</p>
<p>I took 17 credit hours (5 class) last semester one MW, but I left time in-between for lunch, studying, etc. So I was at school from 8:30AM-7:00PM. That sounds like a lot of time but it wasn’t bad. Then I worked T/Th/F (8-12 hours a day) and managed fine, it 100% depends on your classes though. I was taking things that were relatively easy (gened) such as: Intro to Economics, Spanish 102, English 102, Data Processing, and Intermediate Algebra.</p>
<p>Any schedule that doesn’t allow me time to eat is a bad schedule IMHO.</p>
<p>@Numbersz Yeah my classes aren’t going to be too bad, either. I only have one class that will require true effort and studying. And I’m on campus all the time anyway for work, meetings, etc, so being on campus all day is not a problem at all.</p>
<p>Any more thoughts? <em>bump</em></p>