Is this schedule reasonable?

[SD0918]

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I will be in my second year of college next semester and expect to take organic chem I, gen biology I, physics I and another general social science class. This is 16 units at my school. Is this an extremely difficult schedule? I am worried because I felt like last semester was challenging for me at 15 units. I took gen chem II, biostatistics, psychology, and political science last semester. I did get A's in those courses but just don't know how three science courses will be like.

Any recommendations or warnings?

 

[Jabberwocky12]

I will be in my second year of college next semester and expect to take organic chem I, gen biology I, physics I and another general social science class. This is 16 units at my school. Is this an extremely difficult schedule? I am worried because I felt like last semester was challenging for me at 15 units. I took gen chem II, biostatistics, psychology, and political science last semester. I did get A's in those courses but just don't know how three science courses will be like.

Any recommendations or warnings?

It depends on your previous experience. I personally think that you should hold off on taking physics until another semester but that's because I dislike physics. A lot of people believe Bio 1 is harder than Bio 2 because it's a lot of molecular and cellular biology whereas the second semester is more on the macro level like ecology and evolution. Organic is a class that will give most people issues regardless of the workload, so keep that in mind.

I think you'll be okay as long as you don't get behind. Definitely gauge yourself before drop/add is done though so see how you feel.

 

[Notecard]

I don't know what a unit is but if it's just a semester hour then that shouldn't be too bad.

 

[Project2015]

Not easy, but definitely not extremely difficult. Add a 5th class and then it might be very difficult.

 

[LazyMooch]

I have 5 classes next semester, 2 bio courses, chem 1, calc 1, and an honors course on genocide (that ones kinda out there). I'm taking as many credits as I can smash in without having to pay more.

And I 100% regret it. If it wasn't for the extra money, I would dump the honors classes and being at a lib ed college makes me take a bunch of other things that are unrelated to pre-reqs.

My recomendation would be to spread out your pre reqs and try to enjoy college. You have 4 years to enjoy before professional school/real life. just use the dean's list/3.5 rule. If you don't make a 3.5 each semester, you're either taking on too much (EC's or class load) or you're not managing your time right (partying too much, procrastinating.

 

[misty124]

That schedule doesn't seem too bad. I will be doing my second year of prepharmacy in the fall. The required courses for fall are physics I, A & P I, ochem I and ethics. So yours doesn't sound too bad. Gen bio at my college was exactly the same thing I learned in high school bio..so I wouldn't stress to much about that.

 

[Swishers]

The hardest thing about that schedule will be figuring out where to throw in an extra social science so you can take 18 credit hours. Labs eat up so much time. You'll be fine.

 

[rlau929]

Your schedule seems fine to me. Try to get ahead and start reading/studying now so that you are ready for next semester

 

[crazybob]

I will be in my second year of college next semester and expect to take organic chem I, gen biology I, physics I and another general social science class. This is 16 units at my school. Is this an extremely difficult schedule? I am worried because I felt like last semester was challenging for me at 15 units. I took gen chem II, biostatistics, psychology, and political science last semester. I did get A's in those courses but just don't know how three science courses will be like.

Any recommendations or warnings?

What is your typical schedule going to look like? Are the lectures for 1 hour each on MWF? Are the labs 3 hours each on one afternoon or one morning?

So let's assume that you have lectures from 8-12 on MWF. Then you have chem lab Tues morning from 8-11. Then you have Bio lab on Thurs morning. Then you have Physics lab on Tues afternoon.

Assuming that kind of schedule, you have every afternoon except for Tues afternoon to do whatever you want. You can spend those afternoons to study, write lab reports, go to professors' office hours, go to tutoring sessions. Then in the evening and at night, you can socialize with friends, go out to eat, watch TV, sleep early, etc. Or if you wanted to, you could work on some afternoons, but your studies should come first.

I've had a semester in college where I had 3 sciences classes and an economics class. I was in lecture for 12 hours a week and lab for 12 hours a week. I still found time to socialize with friends and get all of my studying done. I didn't meet a lot of new people because I was busy doing my work, but sometimes in college, it's what you have to do.