<p>Well, I need to start planning for my winter schedule as a Freshmen, and I'm having a tough time trying to decide whether or not if I should just plow through the Calc, Chem and Phys.</p>
<p>I'm taking Calc II, Phys I, and Chem I, along with speech, and its already hard to find time to do homework/study for all of the classes. I've been consumed by Calc and Phys, so I haven't been able to study for Chem at all, only before the mid-terms and writing a speech somehow fits in between all the classes.</p>
<p>So my question is should I take the three classes and nothing else next quarter, or take only two of them and take two other general ed classes, and if so, which 2 of the 3 should I take?</p>
<p>i guess it depends on you…i’m a chem and taking chem, physics, and calc in one semester is pretty typical, especially if it’s just a gen chem class. since you’re a freshmen, i’d advise that you make you take it easy and do some of your gen ed’s right now…like take calc II + chem II _ 2 gen eds, since i’m assuming you’re a chem major. you can take physics next semester or whenever you have time.</p>
<p>a lot depends on other factors like what your profs are like, how much hw you get, how many exams, difficulty of the class, etc, so talk to other chem majors at your college.</p>
<p>My son wanted to take four of his major courses at one time and his advisor told him that it was too much so he took three major courses and two gen-eds and that kept him quite busy (he also works a part-time job). If you don’t think that you can reasonably handle three heavy course, then toss a few easier courses in there - you get the credits, fulfill a few requirements and won’t burn yourself out.</p>
<p>i did it, but didn’t do as well as i could have. there just weren’t enough hours in the day. my gpa is pretty bad because of it. i spent most of my time on physics and calc. I ended up getting an A in physics, and econ, but my chem and calc grades were in the c’s. I took honors calc ii, which is calc ii and iii smushed into 1 semester at my school. </p>
<p>i don’t think its worth it. pick between chem and physics.</p>
<p>NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
Think again. Do you REALLY HAVE TO take them together during the SEMSTER?
Right now, I’m taking Physics, Bio, Chem, Calc III all together,(because I’m a sophomore and am still not sure what to major yet) and taking more than one core science class is the WORST plan that will get you no where but to the state of extreme stress cuased from tedious labs, lab report, problem set solving, more problems solving. Seriously, I’ve never solved this much of science and math problems in this amout of time. I don’t have time to read at all, after all, I lost interest in physics from demanding workload. </p>
<p>Yes, you might be able to handle them all, but it’s better to focus on one. I so regret taking too many sciences this semester. </p>
<p>Please, for yourself, take just one. you can take the other later.</p>
<p>I am only taking three classes this semester because there were three math and CS classes I really wanted to take, and each one of them is quite intense. And I LOVE my schedule. I am a lot happier with my schedule than in semesters I decided to take random gen ed classes to “lighten” my courseload. (The random gen ed classes ended up being more stressful than the “hard” courses in my major, because I wasn’t interested in the work I was supposed to do.)</p>
<p>Other things to consider:</p>
<p>Getting the basic coursework in your major out of the way early will open doors for you in the future! More research and internship opportunities, more attention from professors, more flexibility in choosing upper-level courses. (You can cherry-pick which electives you want to take and which professors you want to take the core-classes with, rather than be stuck with whatever is offered at the only possible time for you to take it.) </p>
<p>On the other hand, do you have enough credits that you can afford taking only three courses? And can you (do you <em>want</em> to) take three science classes without burning out? It would be very unfortunate if you lost a passion for a subject you once loved, just because you had a bit too much on your plate one semester.</p>
<p>It’s do-able. I’m in Calc III and Phy II right now, technical writing for engineers, and autocad right now. The latter 2 are just a lot of busy work (projects, essays, etc) and the former 2 are just exams/quizzes. Kind of sucks because I have an even amount of both, a lot of busy work and a lot of exams/quizzes. I wish it were more one-sided.</p>
<p>Last semester i took Calc II, Phy I, and Chem II at the same time and managed to keep up. I would say this semester is tougher though. Calc III isn’t too bad, but it’s the Phy II that kills me. Electricity + magnetism + etc = say wut? :(</p>
<p>I only took 3 ‘real’ subjects (and some filler ‘not real’ classes) and am not busy at all. The filler classes mostly just require that I go to class, and maybe do an hour of homework for each a week. I wanted to take 4 ‘real’ classes, but everyone said that’s too much (except some people here, who I should have listened to). </p>
<p>If you think you’d be able to keep up, absolutely do it. If nothing else, after a couple of weeks you should be able to see how well you’re doing, and if you need to drop 1 and maybe want to add some other minor class, do it then.</p>
<p>So I think I have decided that I might take Chem II, Calc III, Auto-cad beginner, and programming for Engr. students, and do phys another time.</p>
<p>The problem is, if I were to skip Phys II next quarter, I would still be continuing on on Math, all the way to Calc IV + Linear Analysis + Stats and Chem, all the way to Chem III + OChem, so I have no idea where I would put Phys II and III if I were to skip it since my courses will only get harder and harder until I finish.</p>
<p>And ya, I’ve been doing pretty horrible on my midterms.</p>
<p>I plan on taking the three first semester of my freshman year… Anyone recently done so? </p>
<p>I’m self studying Calc III this summer (having taken HL IB Maths this past year, I feel comfortable with vectors) and my forte is math (confident I got 5 on BC, and at least passed IB), so Calc III should be a relatively easy class</p>
<p>I’ve been sitting through Chem II at a local state uni and have taken 3 years of chem in high school (2 years SL IB and 1 year honors)</p>
<p>I’m a little weaker with Physics. I’ve taken Gen. Physics I at a state uni the summer between junior/senior year, but don’t remember much of the course even though I got an A.</p>