<p>I'm a freshman in college and I'm currently registering for my spring classes. </p>
<p>I originally had 15.5 credits but I recently decided to add another class which made my schedule 18.5 credits </p>
<p>Is this too much credits for a freshman student?</p>
<p>It might be but it depends on the classes and your ability to do the work. </p>
<p>Ok I’ll tell you my classes</p>
<p>ACC 102 00 2 Managerial Accounting</p>
<p>BIO 123 00 2 Foundations of Biology </p>
<p>COM 215 00 2 Organizational Communications</p>
<p>ECO 102 00 2 Principles of Economics: Micro</p>
<p>MRK 230 00 2 Principles of Marketing</p>
<p>SPS 160 12 2 Exploring Your Future</p>
<p>WRI 100 05 2 College Writing</p>
<p>I added a biology class to see if I really like science as much as I claim I do. I’ve had thoughts of becoming a pediatrician if I did not like accounting. So If I don’t like accounting, I’ll probably major in biology, chemistry or biochemistry. </p>
<p>I go to a liberal arts college so I have to take a course called Exploring Your Future first semester and that course is 0.5 credits. Everything else is 3 credits. </p>
<p>How comfortable are you balancing the work load for seven classes? Will you have time during the day to eat or take care of any errands that pop up? Are you the kind of person who finds it easy to budget time and stay on task? A lot of freshmen end up being overwhelmed their first semester because unlike high school you don’t necessarily have someone pushing you all the time and making sure that you get everything done with lots of reminders. That being said, that doesn’t hold true for all freshmen equally so you might be someone who really can handle a heavy courseload first time out. </p>
<p>How many credit hours did you take last semester? Did you feel like you had lots of free time? Have you considered dropping one of the 200-level business courses and would that still allow you to graduate in 4 years? Remember that Biology has a lab, so it may be more time-intensive than your other courses have been. Have you talked to upperclassmen that have taken the Marketing and Org. Comm courses to know whether they are killer or are cake courses? (I remember Marketing was a killer course for business majors at my school back in the Dark Ages – it may not be at yours, but better to go in well-informed.)</p>
<p>Good Lord, I hope you like writing 
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<p>It looks like a really tough schedule. I used to take 18 credit hours as a biology major but my courses included labs so a course was usually 4 credits not 3. I think 18 hours of 3 credit classes is a lot but freshman year is a year to try things. Know the drop date, really go over the course syllabi and review the amount of work you’ll have to do. Give it a try for 2-3 weeks and drop a class before the drop date if you think it’s the right thing to do.</p>
<p>I decided to change my class schedule and now it comes up as 17.5 credits.</p>
<p>This is my schedule;</p>
<p>BIO 123 00 2 Foundations of Biology (3 Credits)
BIO 123 01 1 Foundations of Biology Lab (1 Credit)
CHE 111 00 2 Chemical Principles (3 Credits)
CHE 111 01 1 Chemical Principles Lab (1 Credit)<br>
COM 100 00 2 Intro to Communications (3 Credits)
MAT 141 00 2 Calculus I (3 Credits)
SPS 160 12 2 Exploring Your Future (0.5 Credits)
WRI 100 00 2 College Writing (3 Credits) </p>
<p>Is this still a tough course load?</p>
<p>I might take off Calculus 1 and replace it with another math class to reduce my stress.</p>
<p>It looks like you changed your major. But this is a typical schedule for a chemistry or biology major. Go for it.</p>