<p>Hey current Penn students! </p>
<p>You don't have to be an engineering student to answer this question. I'll appreciate any answer :)</p>
<p>I know all about the rigorous course load that engineers expect to face, but, still, how many courses is too much for one day?</p>
<p>For ex, I have a math 104 and a 3 hour Chem 053 lab right after. Both will run from 10:30 to 3:00. Then I have a Phys 140 lecture from 5-6:30 (there's no way out of this). I won't even have time for lunch. Is this normal? How do I deal with it during the semester? Eat a huge breakfast orrr...?</p>
<p>Also, is it likely that I'll get my exact mock schedule when I eventually register for classes in a few weeks? Besides the long chem lab back-to-back with Calc, my mock schedule is perfect and I'd like to keep it that way. </p>
<p>Advise please... And thank you!</p>
<p>Yeah that chem lab thing isn’t ideal but it’s not nearly as bad as many other first year engineering schedules I have seen. I’d say eat a big breakfast as you won’t be able to bring in food for chem lab. Finally, you’re likely to be disappointed with your advance registration results be ause so many spots in so many classes have already been filled by upperclassmen. Most freshmen don’t completely get their desired schedules right off the bat; you’ll (likely) have to adapt and maneuver your classes to make them fit during open registration.</p>
<p>btw, good luck with chem lab, it SUCKS!!!</p>
<p>What if all the courses I chose were classified as “open”? Does that mean they can still be filled up by upperclassmen? </p>
<p>And all my courses (except sociology) are typical first-year student courses, so doesn’t that make it even more unlikely that it’ll be filled up by upperclassmen?</p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>
<p>I’d say have an alternate or two just in case. Even if its open, people change their minds over the summer after mulling over grades and sometimes even change career paths.</p>
<p>When I was talking about upperclassmen I meant that the number of open spots in all classes is lower for you than it will be in years to come because we had already taken many spots when applying in the spring. So the only influence upperclassmen really have for your advance registration is setting up the situation you have to work with. Applying for mostly first year courses would actually make it even harder to get all you want because you’re competing with fellow freshmen for the spots, and most of them also take intro courses.</p>