<p>what is the average course load for a first year vandy student? for a student interested in the sciences wat is the average number of courses, difficulty, etc...</p>
<p>I'm very interested in this as well...</p>
<p>I am in engineering, and this past semester I was required to take accelerated calc (4 hr/wk), gen chem (3 hr/wk), gen chem lab (3 hr/wk, although you only get credit for 1 hr/wk), intro. to engineering (3 hr/wk), and some sort of technology-society elective (hr/wk varies). This upcoming semester I will be taking accelerated calc 2, more gen chem and its lab, engineering physics and its lab, and a programming course. The workload is certainly managable. This selection of courses will vary if you are coming in with AP credit.</p>
<p>k i got my chemistry credit and will probably get my bio and psychology credits too; how will this affect me? i am interested in majoring as bio</p>
<p>Unless I'm mistaken, A&S no longer grants AP credit, you just get to skip the classes you AP out of, but that's beside the point. </p>
<p>If you're an incoming freshman and not a premed in A&S, you pretty much have free reign to take anything you want. Just go see what fulfills what in AXLE and what interests you the most and take that. If you are premed, you're a little bit limited in your choices. You'll have to take Gen Chem and BSCI 110a and their labs for sure. </p>
<p>Most incoming freshman take 15 hours max, but you can take more if you really want. I would not recommend it though.</p>
<p>AP credit is still available in A&S, however it cannot be used to fulfill AXLE requirements. If you're a prospective bio major, AP credit in biology won't do you any good. You do get credit, but only for BSCI 100, a course for non majors. As a premed or bio major, you will need to take BSCI 110 A/B, but you needn't take it freshman year; I'd say the class has more sophomores than freshmen anyways.</p>
<p>If you have an AP chem 4 or 5, you can take that credit for gen chem and start with organic chem freshman year. Be cautioned, though, that organic is a difficult course and some students find it more manageable when taken in sophomore or junior year. Also, if you did not feel as though you mastered AP chem in high school, you should take the gen chem course as master the material in preparation for the MCAT.</p>
<p>Actually, they changed it this year to where you have to get a 5 on AP Chem to get credit.</p>