<p>Hi Everyone,
Here is my schedule for freshmen year. I was wondering if 18 was too much or if you think I can handle it? Please keep in mind that I really don't want a social life right now so being stuck in a library or room to study doesn't bug me. I'm use to it. I also won't be working either so I'll be able to dedicate 7 days to study.</p>
<p>Intro to Business/ONLINE CLASS </p>
<p>Personal Finance/ONLINE CLASS- (I can do personal finance in my sleep. Its so easy)</p>
<p>Monday
Human Relations 5:15pm to 7:45PM </p>
<p>Tuesday:</p>
<p>Drawing and Composition 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Family Relationships 5:15pm - 7:45pm</p>
<p>Wednesday:</p>
<p>Business Law 5:15pm to 7:45pm</p>
<p>Thursday:
Drawing and Composition 1:00pm to 3:30pm</p>
<p>Do you think this schedule is one that I could handle? Is there any classes you see that might be really hard with a ton of homework? </p>
<p>How many hours a week do you think I'd have in homework? I have a full seven days to devote to school. </p>
<p>Online courses have a lot of time commitment. I did them for the past two semesters and i was at it nearly every day (this was because we had weekly assignments).</p>
<p>Outside of those, the only one i see that might be troublesome due to hw is the drawing and composition. In my experience, from what i’ve heard they have a lot of hw.</p>
<p>The courses don’t seem particularly challenging, it just depends on how much time you want to allot to reading, studying, and writing papers. </p>
<p>My drawing class was all actual drawing; I was able to do most of it in class, but if you’re behind and have a deadline, you can spend hours outside of class on a drawing. However, I know some courses spend more time studying technique and not just drawing all of the time; so it depends how your course is structured.</p>
<p>Sounds like the business courses will not be difficult. </p>
<p>Are you planning on being involved in clubs, or have a job? That will determine how much time you will have to study for all of those courses. You said you don’t want a social life…so, if you don’t join activities and don’t work, I don’t see you having any problems with that schedule.</p>
<p>Studio Art is usually one of the majors with heavier workloads. The drawing class really depends on where your studying at. At most schools the standard amount of time for entry level drawing homework is 6 hours.</p>
<p>Expect at least that much time to be put in homework if the school takes art seriously.</p>
<p>The easy classes can sometimes be the worst. Also, taking an online class as a freshman is a really easy way to fail. There isn’t a teacher that you physically see which makes the whole guilt thing about staying on top of classes a lot less apparent.</p>
<p>The number one failed course at my state school is an “Easy A” online class IF you do the work. However, it’s an online class that’s self-paced. 60% of people in my major fail it and I actually had a friend who dropped the course today. He was taking it for summer school. He said the work was easy, it was just hard to stay motivated to do it and easy to fall behind.</p>
<p>Freshmen shouldn’t take 18 hours, because they don’t know how they’ll adjust to college. Being a great student in high school does not equal automatic success in college. You might be able to handle all of the work, but you might run into some major road bumps. It really is all a gamble since it’s a completely new and different environment.</p>
<p>But my question is, why don’t you want a social life? That’s one of the great things about college. You get to meet lots of new and different people and make some great friends. You also often find a lot of people who have similar interests to you.</p>
<p>Taking 18 hours your first semester is going to be difficult. I did that my freshman year, and did “alright”. It really depends on how committed you are going to be to your studies. The online classes will go one of two ways: they will either be really easy with just a lot of reading and the random quiz/exam or it will be very time consuming with many assignments due. As far as the way your schedule is in regards to time, it should be ok. You will have plenty of time to study. My advice when incoming freshmen ask me what to do to do well is to always make time to study even if that means saying no to friends. I learned this the hard way. It is a lot easier to have a good GPA if you start off on the right foot.</p>
<p>It’s not a bug deal, it’s whatever you think you can handle. Of course, it may be a bit much. My school have a limit of 16 credits/semester for a freshman. But if you can do it, go for it !</p>
<p>Not in the slightest… I took 18 credits my first semester… kept me busy, but it actually wasn’t that bad. The only stressful part was when it got to the final exams.</p>