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Hey guys, I'm hoping you can help me out quickly. I have a new opportunity that just came up that changes my Fall 08 schedule, so I was wondering how this may look to adcoms.
My current schedule for the fall (junior year):
- Cell Bio
- Orgo 1
- Physiolgical Psychology (major course)
- Statistics (required for major)
The first 3 classes on their own are going to require A LOT of work. Stats normally wouldn't be too bad, but only one professor teaches it and he's apparently no good and you basically have to teach it to yourself, and I've never had Stats before.
I've been a little worried about the workload. I know I need to get used to heavy courseloads, but I don't want to risk my GPA. I've got it at a 3.5 right now, and I don't want it to dip any lower.
I just got invited to be a lab assistant for Intro Bio. All I have to do is go to the lab section and help out. I can additionally take a 2 credit seminar course for lab assistants along with that, which meets only 3 times during the semester. Also, only those students who work as lab assistants can be chosen to be a tutor for a specialized tutoring group for Intro Bio. The Biology department also writes great LORs for lab assistants.
So I was thinking about dropping Statistics (I can take it later) and instead taking the 2 credit course and working as a lab assistant. It would free up more time for me to work on my 3 intensive classes, and I'd only be taking 2 less hours than a normal full schedule (14 hours versus the regular 16 hours).
So basically, I'm wondering how this will look on my transcript? Does it look bad if I don't take the maximum amount of hours I can take? Will they look at my transcript and think that I can't handle the courseload?
My current schedule for the fall (junior year):
- Cell Bio
- Orgo 1
- Physiolgical Psychology (major course)
- Statistics (required for major)
The first 3 classes on their own are going to require A LOT of work. Stats normally wouldn't be too bad, but only one professor teaches it and he's apparently no good and you basically have to teach it to yourself, and I've never had Stats before.
I've been a little worried about the workload. I know I need to get used to heavy courseloads, but I don't want to risk my GPA. I've got it at a 3.5 right now, and I don't want it to dip any lower.
I just got invited to be a lab assistant for Intro Bio. All I have to do is go to the lab section and help out. I can additionally take a 2 credit seminar course for lab assistants along with that, which meets only 3 times during the semester. Also, only those students who work as lab assistants can be chosen to be a tutor for a specialized tutoring group for Intro Bio. The Biology department also writes great LORs for lab assistants.
So I was thinking about dropping Statistics (I can take it later) and instead taking the 2 credit course and working as a lab assistant. It would free up more time for me to work on my 3 intensive classes, and I'd only be taking 2 less hours than a normal full schedule (14 hours versus the regular 16 hours).
So basically, I'm wondering how this will look on my transcript? Does it look bad if I don't take the maximum amount of hours I can take? Will they look at my transcript and think that I can't handle the courseload?