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Hello, I'm sorry if this is long.
I'm having a hard time right now. I am going to start my first semester of college in a few days, and it's currently add/drop. I am extremely stressed, because due to a horrible situation (out of my control) where my transcripts were lost, I am now scrambling to pick classes. The only problem is that if I don't take 15+ credits I lose my scholarship. Because of this and the transcript mess, I'm having to add classes I don't think are going to help me in the future, since most of the beneficial classes are gone
Right now, I am locked in Chem 1+ lab (4 credits), pre calc (3 credits) and a seminar (1 credit). I would love to take Bio I too, to be on track with my sciences, but it isn't available so the likelihood of it freeing up is slim.
I've been fiddling around and adding and dropping a bunch of classes, but I can't figure out a combo that I feel good about. I feel like no matter what, I'll end up being super behind and taking a bunch of B.S. classes. The classes I'm considering taking are electives that satisfy my needs for cultural studies and gen eds (social sciences, ethics, humanities) but right now I have to take 3 of these to get to 15 credits, and I feel like that's just not helping me. Also, I'm afraid of overloading on my gen eds and being forced to take many harder classes together in the future.
In my schedule, I tentatively have criminology (3 credits, social science), world music history (3 credits, humanities, culture requirement), and world religions (3 credits, humanities, culture). I'm kinda freaking out because this isn't at all what a typical courseload looks like for a sciences major.
I'm currently a semester ahead in english because of dual enrollment, so that at least puts me a bit ahead of the "academic guide" my school provided me. I don't think I'd be royally behind after this year, and I know my GPA would be pretty solid. I guess I'm just hesitant to take so-called easy classes because I feel like I have to. Any advice? I really need help, advice on picking classes or just some reassurance that I'll be alright and not super behind because of this semester.
I'm having a hard time right now. I am going to start my first semester of college in a few days, and it's currently add/drop. I am extremely stressed, because due to a horrible situation (out of my control) where my transcripts were lost, I am now scrambling to pick classes. The only problem is that if I don't take 15+ credits I lose my scholarship. Because of this and the transcript mess, I'm having to add classes I don't think are going to help me in the future, since most of the beneficial classes are gone
Right now, I am locked in Chem 1+ lab (4 credits), pre calc (3 credits) and a seminar (1 credit). I would love to take Bio I too, to be on track with my sciences, but it isn't available so the likelihood of it freeing up is slim.
I've been fiddling around and adding and dropping a bunch of classes, but I can't figure out a combo that I feel good about. I feel like no matter what, I'll end up being super behind and taking a bunch of B.S. classes. The classes I'm considering taking are electives that satisfy my needs for cultural studies and gen eds (social sciences, ethics, humanities) but right now I have to take 3 of these to get to 15 credits, and I feel like that's just not helping me. Also, I'm afraid of overloading on my gen eds and being forced to take many harder classes together in the future.
In my schedule, I tentatively have criminology (3 credits, social science), world music history (3 credits, humanities, culture requirement), and world religions (3 credits, humanities, culture). I'm kinda freaking out because this isn't at all what a typical courseload looks like for a sciences major.
I'm currently a semester ahead in english because of dual enrollment, so that at least puts me a bit ahead of the "academic guide" my school provided me. I don't think I'd be royally behind after this year, and I know my GPA would be pretty solid. I guess I'm just hesitant to take so-called easy classes because I feel like I have to. Any advice? I really need help, advice on picking classes or just some reassurance that I'll be alright and not super behind because of this semester.
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