<p>I'm entering as freshmen in Chem Eng, and I have credits for CH 302, 204, PHY 303K/L and PHY 103M/N. For this fall I'm planning to take:</p>
<p>M 408C (diff calculus 1)
CHE 210 (intro to computing)
CH 318M (organic chem)
CH 118K (organic chem lab)
BIO 311C
CHINESE (5 credit hour)</p>
<p>Now that's all 18 hour. Is it too much for a freshmen to handle them all?</p>
<p>Yes, 18 hours is a bit too much. Ch 318M would take a lot of your time. You need to study A LOT for that class if you want an A.</p>
<p>@xtra: Actually I was once an IChO candidate back in high school and I have studied organic chemistry thoroughly. I’ve seen the book, and the contents are not different from the one I’ve studied with. Although it was already two years ago, I’m quite sure I can make it. The only problem is the workload. Will it drive me crazy?</p>
<p>By the way everyone, what’s the maximum credit hour you can take per semester?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you can’t take more than 17 without filling out a >17 petition form.</p>
<p>I think 17 is the max and if you want to go over, you have to ask permission from your adviser. 18 hours is going to be rough IMO. Who do you have for OChem</p>
<p>How can I fill that petition form? Still not decided yet, i’m trying to grab iverson lol</p>
<p>It’s online on UTDirect somewhere, in the engineering section.</p>
<p>Do you remember its name or some keyword that i can use to google it?</p>
<p>Hey thanks! My registration will start at 19th august. it’s 14th now. Can I petition now or must I wait until registration time?</p>
<p>if you are fluent in chinese (talking to your parents entirely in chinese is what i meant), then that 5 hours of chinese should be a breeze.
so whats left is only 13 hours which is not too bad.</p>
<p>but, if you already struggle with chinese, or have no preknowledge of it, u better drop a class, because a second language will suck your time right out of you :)</p>
<p>and good luck to u, and i think im taking 17 hours (not sure if i’ll change it later)</p>
<p>@seawee: don’t worry, I have studied chinese for years before;). </p>
<p>Now, I’m going to have my advising on 18th and registration starts on 19th. Can I petition ASAP or must I talk to my advisor first?</p>
<p>you can petition now and talk to your advisor whenever you get the chance. to be able to petition doesn’t require an advisor’s approval, however you might be able to get the petition itself approved through your advisor.</p>
<p>How long will the approval take? What will happen if I tried to register more than 17 hours without having my petition approved (but already submitted) first?</p>
<p>^ It took me like a day to get approval for more than 17 hours lol. Pretty fast. Don’t know what will happen if you don’t get approved…you should though as long as you’re not taking like 20+ hours…</p>
<p>Whew. Just a day? Thank god ♪(´ε｀ )</p>
<p>I tried to ask for a petition form during Orientation, but they said that freshmen cannot get petitions until spring semester. If you get good grades fall semester and then apply for a petition, then there is a high chance that they will let you take 18 hr load.</p>
<p>I personally took 17 hours my first semester and it was pretty manageable.</p>
<p>@smartone92: really? Oh man, what a bummer. Laaaame -_-</p>
<p>The real land mine in your schedule is that one-credit OChem lab which takes up a big block of day (or night) time and then leaves you with a long lab report to write up every week. The best way to deal with that is to start the lab report as soon after doing the lab as possible. Even if you only have 30 minutes, crack the shell of that report while it’s still thin, because it grows thicker every day.</p>