<p>how hard is it to get a good GPA at wake fresh. year? Do you get to pick your teachers if you know some are better than others? How much work is typically done a week?</p>
<p>Based on my son’s freshman year - the workload will vary and the GPA will vary quite a bit. He did very well first semester - which he attributes to some luck as far as which professors he had - and hard work. Second semester - a bit harder for him - he had 3 writing intensive courses - from the English, Politics and History departments - and I think that was a more intense workload - don’t know his final grades for this semester yet of course, but it sounds like they will be a bit lower.</p>
<p>When you register - there may be 1 section for some courses and 10 or more sections for others. If you have a preference as to a particular professor - you can try to get him/her - but it is not always possible. When registering - you need to have several alternate choices in mind - as you will not always be able to get the exact 4 or 5 classes you had in mind.</p>
<p>I think he worked very hard - particularly the last 3 weeks of this semester - but I never heard him say he was overwhelmed or completely buried. Have no idea on the number of hours - and that will vary so much from one student to the next anyway.</p>
<p>hey big tuna, wake is known as “work forest” so its pretty hard…i just dont want you to go so i might get off the waitlist…but seriously, its hard.</p>