Hi everyone! I wanted more variety in the advice I was receiving, so I thought I would ask you guys. I want to take four classes this summer. My school doesn’t offer two separate sessions really so they would all be taken together. I wanted to take: philosophy, psychology, art history, and sociology. These are all geneds obviously. I would have philosophy psych and arthist Monday through Thursday, and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays I would have sociology. so M W I would be at school from 8-3 and then on T & Th from 8am-3 and then 5:30-10 (if that makes sense–my sociology is at night). I checked ratemyprofessor and all
the teachers have great reviews (not sure if that’s completely relevant). anyway, the counselor at my school said they never recommend anything more than 2 and that 3 or 4 classes is basically impossible. I thought I might be able to check the professors’ syllabi and start reading ahead…? I just wanted to hear what other people had to say in regard to 12 units over summer and doing well. Thank you so much everyone for your time!!
I agree with your counselor. It is highly unlikely that you will be able to excel at those 4 classes in a single Summer session. Limit yourself to preferably 2, or at the very most 3 classes so that you will have enough time to spend on each. What’s the hurry?