Is this way too much for an incoming freshman?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Ok so I'm in the MRC, so I have a certain amount of required courses I have to take (UC 104 and at least 2 credits of research). here's my schedule as of now:</p>

<p>Math 115 - 4 cred.
Chem 130 w/ lab - 5 cred.
English 125 - 4 cred.
UC 104 - 1 cred.
4 credits of research</p>

<p>so that puts me at the limit of 18 credits total. kinda worries me a bit because they advised students to stay between 14-16.
But then again, I've already had AP calc, and Chem II (basically AP chem w/o calling it that) in high school..so I feel that I'd have a decent background to make it a bit easier for me the second time around.
any thoughts?</p>

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<p>I thought the research was only 2 credits a semester?</p>

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<p>that’s the minimum requirement. If I can do 4 credits without it being too overwhelming, then I’d prefer to do that.</p>

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<p>Didn’t you post this already?</p>

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<p>I wouldnt recommend it because it will take some time to get used to the teaching style of professor in college not like HS and if you get distracted by anyway then your screwed on all classes. If your willing to put in the hours pretty much just studying go for it. But Math 115 and Chem 130 with 125/126 is a lot of work and pretty time consuming. English 125 depends on the GSI you get.</p>

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<p>Hey everybody, </p>

<p>taking all these courses mean that he will have how many hours of work per day approximatively ?</p>

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<p>Depends on lots of stuff. How much background he already has in these fields, how demanding the profs are for his sections, how well he wants to do…</p>

<p>The school claims that in order to succeed, you should study 3 outside hours for each hour/credit of class. That would translate to 14*3 + 4 = 46 hours per week (outside of going to class.) That’s quite a bit, but still reasonably doable for a dedicated person.</p>

<p>Of course, perhaps 115 will only require a few outside hours a week if he already took AP Calc. Or maybe he doesn’t care about doing well in English, since it’s just a requirement. Getting a B- might only require a couple of hours a week. So that could reduce the number of hours per week. In the end it’s a personal choice.</p>