<p>Basically I only switched into a Chem major in my second year. So to be on track to graduate on time, I'm taking courses in the summer as well. Third year now. </p>
<p>Summer 1 I'm taking - Date: (5/28 - 7/06)</p>
<p>Organic Chem I and Physics 126 (Which is basically the first half of Physics 2)</p>
<p>Then in Summer 2 I'm taking - Date: (7/08 - 8/15)</p>
<p>Organic Chem IIA and Physics 127 (Second half of Physics 2)</p>
<p>I wanted some thoughts if this would be too much of a workload. I enjoy taking only ONE course in the summer, I can focus fully on it and study hard.</p>
<p>But I have trouble with physics (why I'm taking it in 2 parts)</p>
<p>Is this too much work? Too much study time required? I hear Orgo needs a lot of time, so when being squished into a few weeks, is it plausible to do well while balancing this other course as well?</p>
<p>Depending on your abilities it might be manageable if you’ve taken physics (preferably AP) in high school before (and understood it). If both subjects are brand new to you however, it doesn’t seem like a good idea. Is it ok for you to graduate in 5 years instead? Have you completed all of your general education requirements already? If not I think replacing one of those science classes with a gen ed class (for both summer sessions) would be better. Otherwise you’re looking at spending about 8 hours a day (give or take a few hours depending on your abilities) doing problems if you want to do well.</p>
<p>I took a part of the O-chem series during the second summer session at my university, and those were the hardest 6 weeks I’ve ever had. Even though it was the only class I took, those 6 weeks were incredibly stressful. It’s not ideal to take O-chem during the summer at all.</p>
<p>Yeah…umm. I couldn’t do it? It’s seems like you’ll be studying all the time and won’t have much of a social life. Orgo is pretty intense plus Physics. However, do you think you can do it? IF your teachers are great at teaching the subject then sure! If they’re known as super hard or bad teachers…yeah. I would start reading the textbook and practicing everything now or just before the classes start! It’ll give you some type of lead on your course work.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>