Is this crazy?

<p>I have a friend who at another university majoring in Electrical Engineering. He's taking 9 classes next semester, and at his university it's looked down upon to take less than 6. And he maintains a good GPA and has his fun as well. I mean I thought 5 classes was hard but 9 is just insane at least to me. The reason I guess he takes so many classes is because he's getting a Bachelors of Engineering (not a BA or BS) and he's in a co-op program. It still seems kind of nuts to me though.</p>

<p>If he can do it, then good for him.</p>

<p>what university?</p>

<p>What kind of "courses"?</p>

<p>that sounds crazy to me. Maybe they're all really little classes?? My school has an engineering school in it (a very good one, too) and they're only allowed to take 5 classes, max.</p>

<p>These are not easy courses by any means. They're advanced math/science courses. There might be two easy easy classes in there (which are probably liberal arts classes). I'll see if I can get the list from him. And the school is Stevens Institute of Technology by the way.</p>

<p>sounds really crazy, but I guess if he thinks he can do it...</p>

<p>Are they all regular credit hour courses?</p>

<p>Well he did it last year which is the crazy thing. I think he had like 21 credits a semester he told me. That's like 6-7 classes at least a semester. When he told me that I was like holy crap *** man! I wonder if it's like that at most engineering-based schools.</p>

<p>And yes they are regular credit hour courses.</p>

<p>I couldn't help it but laugh when he told me what kind of schedule he was going to have next semester. Needless to say sometimes his last class will be at night.</p>

<p>at my school you have to petition to take more than 18, and then you can only go to 20.</p>

<p>If he can do it, go for it... but I think the time would be better spent involved in other things around campus.</p>

<p>is he trying to finish in half the normal time or something?</p>