<p>Hey guys, I recently got out of the military and this spring will be my first time in school since high school, which was about 8 years ago.</p>
<p>My question is if you guys think I'm taking too many classes at once?</p>
<p>Current class load:
Eng 121
Bio 111
His 201
Mat 121
Econ 201 - Macroeconomics</p>
<p>I'm trying to get into CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business, and I'm currently enrolled in a community college which would allow me to go there within a year. So I'm trying to meet all the requirements, but I wonder if that's too many classes all at once for someone who hasn't had school for a while. </p>
<p>I think you would be able to handle those classes together even if it’s been a while since you were in school. The primary consideration is how much you have to work (if at all). If you’re concerned, drop one and reevaluate next semester. You can make up that class during the summer if it suits you.</p>
<p>Congrats for getting out. I was in for 6 years, and my first semester out of the military I took 5 classes (16 credits). It wasnt too bad, just make sure you stay onto of your work and you will be fine. Good luck bro.</p>
<p>Five courses is considered a normal full-time student. Six is considered to be a little ambitious. Four… I dunno, I guess you’re trying to maintain that 4.0 GPA and want something to do during the summers. Now, if you always struggled in school to start with or rather than teach you discipline in the army, they taught you how to be lazy and avoid work (which, given what some of the people I’ve known who have been in the army, the second one might actually be more common) your course load might need to be a bit low. But those courses don’t look too hard.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that your concern is that you’ve forgotten everything you learned in high school and so you’ll be at a disadvantage in college. Let me assure you this won’t be the case. Math might be the only one where this applies, but most community colleges require that you take a placement test for Math and English anyway since many schools pass-through failing students because they don’t want to deal with them, don’t want a high flunk-out rate or simply give them an A for effort. At any rate, in my experience, these classes ALWAYS include a review and there’s really not that much to catch back up on. Curricula differs from school to school, so a community college (which doesn’t consider things like academic record or SAT) will give you enough time to catch up. In other words, there isn’t going to be anything on the test they don’t cover in class with the courses you listed.</p>
<p>What I would be considered about is credit hours. For next semester, I am enrolled in 16 credits and I have five classes (3 credit hours per class and then I have one credit lab). Generally 15/16 credits is a rule of thumb. 17 and up is crazy, and thirteen is usually the minimum for “full-time” student status. Note that the more credit hours a class has, the more you want to dedicate to it since it has more weight on the GPA. Three is usually average, and then there are some that are four or five (typically math and science courses) that need that extra attention.</p>
<p>If there is a class on your list you feel you will struggle in, drop one and retake it later.</p>