<p>Engr 110 - intro to engineering, talks about all the majors
UC 104 - pass/fail 1 credit course for MRC
UROP - I don't qualify for work-study so I'll be taking it for credit</p>
<p>It's not really that bad, though, because it's only 3 hard classes, right? Only 13 hard credits. I figure that if it gets to be too much, I can always drop physics and take it some other time. </p>
<p>Not sure why you'd want to take 18 credits. By the way - neither 156 nor 160 are actually tough classes. If you have decent math / physics background you'll be fine. </p>
<p>I don't think the difficulty of your classes is an issue. However, you're going to have to work a lot to get all your stuff done. Engin 100 tends to be a serious time sucker. That's going to take up a lot of time every week. Then you'll have to work for your other classes as well. UROP is going to waste some of your time as well. </p>
<p>I think it's doable, it's just not going to be pleasant, and I woudln't really enjoy myself first semester with that much work. I took 13 credits first semester. ymmv.</p>
<p>You know, most music students have to take 18 credit hours Freshman year. Some of the string students actually have to take a class for fewer credit hours than it is worth so that they can fit in all the classes their teachers want them to take (like chamber music) without going over 18 hours.</p>
<p>There are plenty of reasons one could have for wanting to take 18 credits. There's this stigma attached to taking the mythical 18 credits by all these slackers who want to whine about how difficult their 13 credit schedule is rather than doing any actual work.</p>
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<p>It's not that I want to take the 18 credits; it's just how it worked out. The only questionable class on my schedule in terms of whether I need to take it this semester is physics. I can always just drop this up to three weeks into the term with no permanent record, right?</p>
<p>My D is also taking 18 as a freshman this fall (includes UROP). To take the classes she wanted, it worked out to this. Glad to hear from others this is doable.</p>
<p>i did 18 credits my first semester at Michigan, with 15 hours of workstudy per week, with Orgo I(and 3 other science/math classes), it turned out to be a big mistake, and I had to play catchup on the GPA. Know your limits, but you don't know your limits yet, it's better to go light the first term so you can see for yourself how tough it is. </p>
<p>That looked better than my schedule, but if you are in doubt, just drop a class. You have 4 years.</p>
<p>I took 19 credits as a freshman at Michigan a million years ago. It worked out o.k., but it was really hard. If you don't have a compelling reason to do it, I would recommend a slower pace. And you may not know 3 weeks into it whether it is doable. That is well before mid-terms, etc., when the cruch really hits.</p>
<p>My s attends a performing arts HS where he is in classes from 8am-5pm. He carries a heavy AP schedule in the math and science subjects. He also is in rehearsal for productions after school and takes private voice and dance on the weekends. He would enter college with 26 AP credits toward his gen ed for engineering. Do you think carrying 18 credits would compare to this schedule that he has maintained for the last 3 years? Just trying to get a feel for time commitment and such.</p>
<p>From someone who was in MRC and UROP, it's a large time commitment (the research alone is 6 hours minimum per week, which doesn't sound like much but this number excludes a whole lot of requirements). While doing 18 hours is possible, I would definitely not advise it for your very first semester in what will undoubtedly be a challenge.</p>
<p>Thanks MatthewM04. Good point about the very first semester. I have looked at the requirements for a freshman who has not declared a specific major and it is basic requirements plus Eng. 100. All of the sciences and math are satifisied with AP credits and the humanities. All that is left is the ENG 100 course and electives. The first year for the Musical theatre programs is a lot of 1 and 2 credit introduction classes, so does this make any difference at all. All of the classes for both schools are held on the same campus not too far away from each other. I guess I need to know how time consuming the Eng 100 course is since it is a series of lectures and homework assignments over the course of the semester from each of the Engineering disciplines. Thanks.</p>
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<p>Engineering 110 is the class you're talking about. Eng 100 is a different class - it's a themed introduction to engineering that focuses on a certain area and has students work on a big project in teams. This is much, much, much more time-intensive than eng 110. Expect a lot of actual work for this one, probably more than any other freshman class. The class will have 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 3 hours of lab per week. Then you'll also be looking at homework assignments for both the engineering and technical communication components of the class. Then the actual project you'll be working on. In short it's not a lot of fun.</p>
<p>That said, it can definitely be done. It might be a rude awakening first semester freshman year.</p>
<p>So, Eng 110 could be combined with another discipline? It looks like it is a Fall 2 hour lecture class with homework to follow. It is designed to allow students to explore the 12 different engineering program? Is that correct, and as I said earlier with almost all the gen ed satisfied with AP credits would that mixed with the Musical Theatre classes be a work load schedule similar to what I stated above currently in my son's H.S?</p>