Is this a Killer freshman engineering schedule?

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<p>Hi, I have made a few posts about engineering schedules, but now I have started re-teaching myself chemistry with Khan Academy and MIT lectures on chemistry. Since I got into the engineering school at RPI, I decided "why not double major in chemical engineering and computer science?". I plan on having this schedule freshman year. For all of the people who already finished their fall freshman engineering schedule. Tell me if this sounds to much?
Introductory Economics 4 credits
Intro to chem 4 credits
Intro to Engineering Analysis (I heard this is linear alegbra+software course) 4 credits
Engineering Processes (I heard this was a machine course) 1 credits
Calculus II 4 credits <---- Hopefullly I'll get a 5 in calc ab
Comp Sci I 4 credits</p>

<p>Is this too much?
I am getting a head start by teaching myself some stuff</p>

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<p>21 Credit hours?? You might want to dial that back a notch. Go into your first semester with an average load (16) and gauge it from there. You may find that you actually like to talk to other people and 21 credits just might hinder that…</p>

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<p>Yes.</p>

<p>The goal is to graduate with great GPA…not to prove you can take the hardest schedule. Unless you plan on graduating in 3 years, no need going over 15 credits/semester to reach 120.</p>

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<p>Ah-- the (Over)confidence of the high school senior. Please take 16 or less credits first semester and go from there. Remember your whole life is changing, you need time to make friends, find new EC’s, enjoy events on campus, communicate with your parents occasionally, eat and sleep!</p>

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<p>Oh ok… Thank you for your input Chucktown, GLOBALTRAVELER, and Moreover. But the thing is it is really hard to get a dual major in comp sci and chem eng in RPI becasue of the required courses. So I thought I would need a full schedule every year.
Here look here to know what I mean:
Chemical Engineering:
[Program:</a> Chemical and Biological Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Program: Chemical and Biological Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Chemical and Biological Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS™)
Computer Science:
[Program:</a> Computer Science - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Program: Computer Science - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Computer Science - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Acalog ACMS™)</p>

<p>How can I get a dual major in chemical eng and comp sci without full loading!??!</p>

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<p>You can take classes over the summer</p>

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<p>But won’t taking courses over the summer mess with summer engineering internships?</p>

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<p>well you can also take courses over the winter. And courses over the summer usually only take half the summer. And you won’t necessarily have an internship every single summer :</p>

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<p>ok thanks!!</p>

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<p>Seriously, one step at a time. One major in engineering is a great and challenging accomplishment. If you want to go for two - fine but don’t burn (or flunk) yourself out first semester.</p>

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<p>Dont take all those credits right away. There is a very high chance of you burning out than being able to cope with all that load. Test the waters out first and decide from the next semester if you are able to take on so many courses.</p>

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<p>Ok… But I am really interested in both… What do you think my schedule should be instead?
This?
Introductory Economics (i need to take a humanities class fall semester) 4
Intro to chem 4
Calculus II 4
Comp Sci I 4
Engineering Processes 1
17 credits</p>

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<p>What is considered a ‘great’ GPA? And what would the GPA really need to be to be seriously considered at graduate schools like MIt and Stanford ? I’m going to RPI of that makes any difference.</p>

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<p>cortana431 are you on the facebook RPI group? you should join it.
Also, cortana, what do you want to get a master’s degree in?</p>

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<p>CSMathASA1994 , That schedule looks much better, still challenging but not killer. Remember lab time and possible recitations for Calculus and CS. You can also start with the Engineering Processes for 1 credit and drop it if you need to later - watch dates. It is so much better to come out of first semester with a strong GPA than a low GPA you need to recover from. Also, even though you made a plan -don’t neglect to question and get advice from your advisor at orientation.</p>

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<p>Why not minor in CS? CS is something that you can learn a lot of on your own as well. And you more than likely wont find a career in which you need both complete degrees to function…Just a thought.</p>

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<p>The thing is I don’t know whether or not I want to go into computer science or chemical engineering for a job/grad studies… So why not double major? After all, this is the undergrad level, there is no need for me to specialize. So I think it would be okay for me to double major.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that you don’t need the entire CS curriculum to qualify for software engineering positions. The following list of CS courses have been posted many times on this board:</p>

<p>Computer Science 1 (probably Object-Oriented Programming 1)
Computer Science 2 (probably Object-Oriented Programming 2)
Discrete Structures
Computer Organization
Algorithms
Data Structures
Theory of Programming Languages
Operating Systems
Database Systems
Computer Networks
Software Engineering (maybe)</p>

<p>That is all you need as far as CS goes</p>