<p>Do WashU students spend a lot of time on the homework, and is it relatively manageable to maintain a good GPA and get sleep? :P</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Thats a very broad question.</p>
<p>All depends on what your studying and how many credits your taking.</p>
<p>Hm, yeah i think most WashU students would say that they <em>could</em> get enough sleep and still manage everything if they focused on it, although in my case I’d have to admit that sleep is one of the first things I sacrifice in favor of all the wonderful activities that WashU offers, lol :)</p>
<p>EDIT: I doubt it’s much different than most colleges, although different schedules and course tracks will of course change things. Talking to friends from other colleges I feel like this may be about the norm.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. 
I’m thinking about BME, but if it doesn’t seem as interesting as I think it will be, then I will switch to Biology… oh yes, and aiming for the pre-med route. </p>
<p>If I take the average number of credits, will it be challenging?</p>
<p>I’m a freshmen bme- yes, it will be challenging.</p>
<p>As for bme workload, be prepared for a lot (or to really just complain about it).
The second bme 140 problem set took over ten hours to do (and there were nearly ten of us working together on it…).</p>
<p>Good GPA and sleep? No problem.
Throw in a social life and it gets harder, but it is definitely doable.
Add to that watching hours of YouTube, browsing Facebook, amongst other wonderfully unproductive internet fun that we all love so much… and it gets tougher.
Start procrastinating, and you’ll need to break out the caffeine pills.
For the most part, the workload itself is not that heavy (although there are exceptions). Its all a matter of good course planning and time management. An example of the former would be not to take PChem, Bio, Physics, Advanced Macro, an upper level history course, and 10 hours a week in a research lab all at the same time. Worst semester of my life. But if you plan ahead and don’t take more than 20 credits a semester, its not bad at all.</p>
<p>As for BME and pre-med, I can’t say that I would recommend it.</p>
<p>This said by a guy that is posting at 4 in the morning, LOL.</p>
<p>Just yanking your chain xiv21. Is pretty funny though.</p>
<p>Hey, I never said I was a great example ;)</p>
<p>Although, in my defense, me being up till 4 was a result of me forgetting to start my laundry until midnight and realizing I had nothing left to wear.</p>
<p>Too excellent. But so typical college.</p>
<p>Haha I was doing laundry until 3 last night! A lack of clothing can make life far more difficult than one would think.</p>
<p>So taking 18 credits per semester isn’t bad? I kind of want to graduate in 3 years and I’d have to average that w/ my AP credits.</p>
<p>Just looking through the course schedule there are some classes that really appeal to me…like logic and critical analysis, physics of the heart, physics of the brain, phage hunting, and a couple of the theology classes.</p>
<p>WorkU washload…</p>
<p>^ We have a winner.</p>
<p>Haha - it’s been a long day!</p>
<p>@FHN_dent: Will you be in the engineering school? If you are in Arts and Sciences, remember that only 15 AP credits will be counted towards graduation. I’ve known only a pretty small handful of people who have graduated in 3 years, few more than that who graduated a semester early.</p>
<p>Also, all the biophysics classes at WashU are amazing, not just the two you mentioned, but also physics of vision and biophysics lab. I’m really sad that I didn’t discover the biophysics classes until my senior year. Also, I’ve been the TA for phage hunters this year (the first year ever), and it is one of the most amazing science classes at WashU. If I recall, you have to apply to get into the phage hunters program; its not open to general registration.</p>
<p>yep arts and sciences…I’m coming with 12 AP credits. So unless I’m missing something, i figure if i need 120 credits to graduate, I just have to average 18 credits per semester to graduate in three yrs. I don’t plan on sticking around much longer than required.</p>
<p>I don’t particularly like regular physics because it deals with boring topics imo, but combining with bio does make it sound quite interesting. I’m the type of geek that as soon as I got my acceptance letter in january(for ED), I circled the courses that interested me in the course book and planned my freshman schedule.</p>
<p>Why the rush? 4 years will mean an easier courseload and much more fun.</p>
<p>Totally agree with thats-wut-i-said - one of the best times of your life. Don’t rush through it. My wife did, and she has regretted it ever since. Get involved, do fun stuff, date lots of girls, whatever. The serious and harder stuff in life comes fast enough, take it from some of us old farts.</p>
<p>Well, </p>
<ol>
<li>Money money money money</li>
<li>A year off leaves me with an opportunity to study abroad if I wanted to.</li>
<li>Just in case I somehow have some problems and have to take time off, due to my prior rigorous schedule…I’ll have a credit cushion and can graduate in regular time.</li>
<li>I’m not one of those social butterflies that like to enjoy the moment, I like to get things done and over with. If I could, I’d graduate high school early too. I have plenty of other schooling ahead of me(grad school)</li>
</ol>
<p>Well, can’t argue with the money point, Wash U is expensive if you aren’t getting aid, sometimes even if you are. Of course you can study abroad within the Wash U framework, so maybe I am misunderstanding what you mean by that point. As far as #4, that is exactly how my wife was, lol. Just saying. Good luck, I am sure you will do great. Just try and enjoy it.</p>