<p>I am about to finish my first year of college. I want to declare a biochem major, but that means taking a class that is only at 8 AM time slots and I detest 8 AMs like Vampires to garlic.</p>
<p>I want to change to chemistry major.</p>
<p>Why do colleges have 8 AMs? How do people survive?</p>
<p>I am thankful I never had any, only having to deal with 9:30s my freshman year (and now, never again). Changing your major sounds a little extreme, but at least biochem to chem isn’t that bad. A friend of mine changed from biology to finance so he could wake up at 12:30pm every day.</p>
<p>Christ, 8AMs aren’t that terrible. Be glad you’re not waking up at 4AM to take on some long shift working at a 7-Eleven.</p>
<p>I’m glad there are people like you in the world. It makes the competition for jobs seem a little less frightening.</p>
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I hear condescension is well regarded on the job market, too, so you’re probably good.</p>
<p>Are you really going to change your major over this? What would you do if you had to get to your job by that time? </p>
<p>Honestly, just learn to adapt. Plenty of students have a least one semester with an early class. I had one that began at 7:40 AM once (with a half hour commute, too). Getting up early wasn’t enjoyable, but I managed and eventually got used to it. Actually, it was kind of nice to have one class done so early. Things that helped me were listening to music as I got ready and having coffee during class. </p>
<p>If you are absolutely sure you can’t handle a class that early and think it would hinder your ability to do well, you could also try to find out if you could take this course another semester at a later time.</p>
<p>I’m going to laugh when the OP changes his/her major and then has to take an 8 AM class his/her senior year to graduate.</p>
<p>@Manorite: I just find it ridiculous that someone would change their major over 8 AM classes. What are they going to do if they have a job at 7 AM? Work somewhere else because it’s too early? </p>
<p>And yeah, I might be a little condescending, but I can’t help but look down on laziness. I’ve just been raised differently, I guess.</p>
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<p>Wah. Wah. Wah.</p>
<p>If this is a required class, why does it only have one section?</p>
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In my experience, it’s much harder getting up for an early college class than an early high school class or early job. Not sure why, but I can sympathize with wanting to avoid early classes. Though I certainly wouldn’t change majors, I have let time break some ties when trying to figure out what courses to take.</p>
<p>Anyway, if the OP had been serious about his prospective major, I doubt this would change it. It just sounds like venting to me.</p>
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You’re good at this.</p>
<p>things don’t change…30 years ago I had a mandatory 8am biology class and hated it as welll…my wife recalls a terrible 8am Asian History class…we survived and pushed through…now arising at 6ish to get kids to work, get the dogs fed, and get to the OR</p>
<p>it would be foolish to change a course of study solely because of a start time for a single class…sometimes you must do what is necessary rather than what is convenient. Go to bed a tad earlier, then reward yourself after getting to the class.</p>
<p>No regrets. I had 8 AMs every day last semester and dealt with it. And I’ll probably have them again both semesters this year.</p>
<p>I work at 8am and have no problems. I failed the only 9am class I took because I couldn’t cope, an 8am would have been dropped before midterms. I think changing the major is a little extreme, as there’s no guarantee another 8am requirement wont come up, but I can certainly understand a desperation to avoid it! I’d have done anything possible to get out of it, too. But getting up for work is easy by comparison.</p>
<p>It’s not so bad if you don’t schedule a class right after the 8am one. That way you can go home/back to your room and take a nap before the next class or whatever you have going on. Lots of students showed up to my early classes in pjs/sweats/looking like they haven’t showered in a week because they rolled out of bed and just came. No one particularly cared, at least they were there (with a coffee in hand).</p>
<p>It is harder to pay attention in a class like biology or chemistry where you need to absorb a lot of information when your mind isn’t fully active yet, so be sure to get to bed early the first few nights. A week or two before classes start getting up at 8am or 9am so it’s not such a shock to your body. Don’t allow yourself to sleep until 10-11am or later on your days off either, because that makes it harder to stick with your routine.</p>
<p>I can’t believe someone would actually consider changing their major because they have to take an 8am class. That is just laughable. I am one of the laziest people on this earth, and I despise waking up early, but seriously… grow up and deal with it.</p>
<p>I’d rather have an 8am class then a 7:30pm-10:30pm history class. Furthermore, I’d rather do all of my classes in the morning than in the evening, that way I have some free time then.</p>
<p>Imo, not worth changing majors for.</p>
<p>8 ams are NOT that bad.</p>
<p>In the real world, you will have to have a 40-hour a week job. A typical job is from about 8-5 or 9-6, so that you get in 8 hours a day and still have lunch off. Those 8 AM’s are just preparing you for the real world.</p>
<p>That being said, if you think that an 8 am is impossible for you. (You just don’t learn well at that time), then you can change it if you’d like, but in my opinion that’s quite extreme.</p>
<p>My school had 7:30 AM classes (I’m a night owl and had 3 semesters with 7:30’s three times a week); it could be worse.</p>
<p>@AUGirl</p>
<p>Adults have different circadian rhythms than those of adolescent age (around 13-20). At that age a 2 hour delay in melatonin release occurs, inclining the person to stay up and wake up later. It’s easier for an adult to wake up earlier.</p>
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<p>If you’re at a smaller school or major then it’s likely there’s only going to be one session offered. The only course offered in my major more than once a year was the Intro level course.</p>