<p>English: 3 credit
Calculus 1: 5 credit
Reading: 3 credit
Biology: 4 credit</p>
<p>Should I take all 4 of them? Because english, calculus 1 and biology is already 12 credit hours. I plan to also take reading. BUt that will be more than 12 credits. I afraid I won't able to handle it.</p>
<p>It really depends on you. I took 21 credits this last semester and managed to hang on to my 4.0. I’m taking 21 credits again next semester too.</p>
<p>This last semester I had General Physics I, Calculus I, General Chemistry I, Beginning Spanish I, and Intro to Anthropology. Physics and chemistry both had lab sections, and I did honors projects for both physics and calculus.</p>
<p>Next semester I’m taking University Physics I, Calculus II, General Chemistry II, Beginning Spanish II, and General Cultural Anthropology for a total of 21 credits again. I’ll also be doing honors projects for physics and calculus again, and possible one for chemistry as well.</p>
<p>It all depends on you though. Some people have the time and the motivation to dedicate themselves to that many credit hours, others don’t. I definitely didn’t have much of a social life this last semester. I spent a lot of time doing problem sets and studying. I had at least 1 or 2 exams almost every week.</p>
<p>12 credit hours is below average.</p>
<p>12 credits is technically full time and so should be good for financial aid purposes, but most people take 16 with another majority doing around 18.</p>
<p>How many credits did you have this semester and how did you handle it? I had 12 my first semester of college and kicked myself for it. It wasn’t enough and I was really bored. I’ve taken 16 credits (4 classes at 4 credits each) since and that seems to be a good fit me for me. Next fall I can either do 14 or 18 depending on if I want to get a class out the way, and I’m seriously leaning towards 18 (5 classes with one of them being a 2-credit course that meets for the last 8 weeks of the term). </p>
<p>I’d rather be busy than bored, and I’d rather work hard now and leave myself some extra room senior year when I’ll be doing my capstone experiences. </p>
<p>That’s the way I look at it, so I’d go ahead and take them all if I were were you. You never want to fall behind because time is precious.</p>