<p>My college doesn't really have a credit system, everyone just takes 4 classes a semester, 5 is rare, but I think possible. However, it seems like it might hurt me in the long run, since it looks like people take 5-6 classes at other colleges.</p>
<p>Just as long as you can graduate on time. Since you don’t have a “credit system” (in most cases, people are required to have 120 or so credits completed in order to graduate) what is the requirement at your school for graduation?</p>
<p>3-4 is normal at my school.</p>
<p>This is ~99% not going to hurt you at all.</p>
<p>Do you go to a quarter school? Most people would take 3 classes some quarters and 4 in others. Assuming most people take 4 a semester at the school, then it probably won’t matter at all to employers that choose to recruit there. As far as graduate school goes, I don’t think they care about having a “hard” schedule at all, as long as you have taken a certain number of applicable classes.</p>
<p>There are very few colleges I’ve heard of where the average student takes more than 4 classes a semester.</p>
<p>The normal course load at my college is 4 classes each semester. We need 32 credits to graduate and most classes are worth 1 credit.</p>
<p>The “reduced” number of classes is not going to hurt you. You would be surprised how little anyone cares about what classes you took in college!</p>
<p>its what i do :P</p>
<p>@lefleur - trust me, your college has a credit system. You may have to actually read through the student handbook - probably available online - to find out, but that’s the sort of attention to detail you ought to go in with, so you don’t find yourself looking at an extra semester at the end!</p>
<p>32 credits? lol</p>
<p>Here, 32 credits is basically 2 semesters. But most of our classes are worth 3 credit hours. The labs are worth 1 and the more important classes like gen chem/physics are worth 4.</p>
<p>Our average credit hour is around 15 I’d say, and that’s like 4-5 courses. If you guys go by quarters, I say 4 is about right.</p>
<p>It all depends…</p>
<p>I have friends at some colleges who take five classes a semester that are counted as 3 credit hours.</p>
<p>I take four a semester, then two more for labs, then another this year for health.</p>
<p>Obviously what a credit means differs based on where you go to school. At my school, 32 credits would be just barely more than half a normal load for a semester.</p>
<p>I always take either 4 or 5 and will graduate in four years as planned.</p>
<p>At my school, it’s practically required for people to take five classes per semester if they want to graduate on time. Some take six to either graduate early or add another minor to their name.</p>
<p>Mine school is also 4 classes a semester (some people do 5), 1 credit per class, 32 to graduate. </p>
<p>If it’s how your school works and you’re going to graduate with an accredited degree, I really don’t think it’s going to matter</p>