Taking too much on my plate?

[C J Dono]

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Do you think I am taking too much on this semester? This semester I decided to push myself to the limit. I am taking on 18 credits (7 classes).

Courses:
Chem and Chem lab
Bio 2 and Bio 2 lab
College algebra
Spanish 1
Med terminology

extracurricular:
24 hour of CNA work in rehab
4 volunteer tutoring

 

[deleted393595]

Do you think I am taking too much on this semester? This semester I decided to push myself to the limit. I am taking on 18 credits (7 classes).

Courses:
Chem and Chem lab
Bio 2 and Bio 2 lab
College algebra
Spanish 1
Med terminology

extracurricular:
24 hour of CNA work in rehab
4 volunteer tutoring

Medium-ish load. you should be able to handle it.

 

[JLeBling]

If you have an active "social life", you would probably have to cut most of it. Having a good "Social life" is ridiculously overrated anyways. Making friends doesn't get you into medical school.

Just make sure you get some regular physical exercise with a course load like that, right?

 

[occams_razor]

this schedule seems fine, you should be able to handle it

 

[cheechootrain]

Only you know if you can handle it. Others can and others cannot. Know before you drop deadline before you go through your course load. Other than that, good luck buddy!

 

[qwerty2012]

College algebra, spanish, medical terminology = easy. Shouldn't be a problem.

 

[487806]

Do you think I am taking too much on this semester? This semester I decided to push myself to the limit. I am taking on 18 credits (7 classes).

Courses:
Chem and Chem lab
Bio 2 and Bio 2 lab
College algebra
Spanish 1
Med terminology

extracurricular:
24 hour of CNA work in rehab
4 volunteer tutoring

That's doable. Once you take harder classes, then you'll be challenged to prioritize and do well.

 

[KnuxNole]

If you have an active "social life", you would probably have to cut most of it. Having a good "Social life" is ridiculously overrated anyways. Making friends doesn't get you into medical school.

Just make sure you get some regular physical exercise with a course load like that, right?

Oh come on, its not "overrated". Having a social life doesn't mean to place it above academics, but a good balance is nice. Even if its something small like going out to the movies or a party on a Friday night, lunch/dinner with buddies, workout partners/sports buddies/gaming buddies, etc. Having friends keeps your sanity 👍

 

[blub1212]

If you have an active "social life", you would probably have to cut most of it. Having a good "Social life" is ridiculously overrated anyways. Making friends doesn't get you into medical school.

Just make sure you get some regular physical exercise with a course load like that, right?

Don't be ridiculous. Having a social life is essential to getting into med school and keeping your sanity.

 

[Frazier]

Being completely void of any social life for extended periods of time could render you as socially incompetent...you don't want to be "that guy".

 

[phikapdoctor]

That was my exact schedule except Pre cal vs medical term. It's pretty doable, I however have a 90 in all my classes and a 79 in chem. so I'm working my butt of to get all As and a B. social life is great, but you have to time manage and sacrifice a lot.


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[C J Dono]

I am currently doing fine, all A's, which is what I stress about. Also on top of all this, I am driving 6-8 hours for school each week. My IBS started to flare up and that only flares up during stressful times. I'm going to cough it up to work being the main cause of stress. Since we are normally understaffed and I always get the hardest hall.

Currently right now, I don't have a social life. I work or have school. I have school during the week (Mon-Thur) and work (Fri-Sun)

 

[FrontierPsych]

If you have an active "social life", you would probably have to cut most of it. Having a good "Social life" is ridiculously overrated anyways. Making friends doesn't get you into medical school.

Just make sure you get some regular physical exercise with a course load like that, right?

seriously?

 

[C J Dono]

seriously?

I can understand what he means. It's very hard to find time for friends when you work, school, and study to maintain a good GPA. Some of us have to pay for classes, food, bills, gas, etc. It's very important to be sociable, but that doesn't mean get drunk, waste time, etc. Also, most of my friends, all they want to do is spend money. I have to try to manage my money for the things I need, not want.

With this being said, I am a very sociable person. I can make almost anyones day better (what the residence say at my work).

 

[earf]

Everyone is different. How well other people manage their workload doesn't mean anything to you if you don't have the skills/knowledge/time to do so.

For me, I've taken 7 quarter classes, worked two jobs, and held three leadership positions one quarter without going nuts and having a pretty active social life.

 

[C J Dono]

Everyone is different. How well other people manage their workload doesn't mean anything to you if you don't have the skills/knowledge/time to do so.

For me, I've taken 7 quarter classes, worked two jobs, and held three leadership positions one quarter without going nuts and having a pretty active social life.

I'm going to guess I choose not to have a social life. I am still in the house that I graduated high school (to save money) and everyone around me are going down hill. I not into doing drugs, bars every night, etc. I can manage my time pretty well. I just wanted to see if I am doing too much or too little.

 

[Aerus]

I'm going to guess I choose not to have a social life. I am still in the house that I graduated high school (to save money) and everyone around me are going down hill. I not into doing drugs, bars every night, etc. I can manage my time pretty well. I just wanted to see if I am doing too much or too little.

That's an average workload. If you're really good with time management, as you say, you'll be fine. If you have experience with the subject before (Honors/AP), then it shouldn't be too bad.

I highly recommend having some social life. It doesn't have to be typical bars/drugs/parties social life, but at least do something with your friends so that you don't go insane from studying.

 

[earf]

That's an average workload. If you're really good with time management, as you say, you'll be fine. If you have experience with the subject before (Honors/AP), then it shouldn't be too bad.

I highly recommend having some social life. It doesn't have to be typical bars/drugs/parties social life, but at least do something with your friends so that you don't go insane from studying.

I also highly suggest doing the things you love and cutting out things you don't. For me, I loved going to cafés, eating out with friends, playing guitar, and snowboarding so I usually spent my time doing those things in my free time.

 

[C J Dono]

That's an average workload. If you're really good with time management, as you say, you'll be fine. If you have experience with the subject before (Honors/AP), then it shouldn't be too bad.

I highly recommend having some social life. It doesn't have to be typical bars/drugs/parties social life, but at least do something with your friends so that you don't go insane from studying.

I won't lie. Each semester, it's new information. In high school, all I did was party. I graduated with a 2.9 and 21 on ACTs. Therefore, most information is very new. That doesn't stop me. Like I said, I have a month left and I am still with all A's for now. I love to be active, lift weights, and run. Believe it or not, I like learning and studying too. I do what I can, when I can. I am currently dealing with digestive issues that is stopping me from being active. It is hard to find time since Monday and Wednesday I am driving 2+ hours each day plus 4 classes. Tuesday and Thursday is my only break and that is before class and after tutoring. I am actually going to limit my self to 2 days of work after this week. I need some time for myself.

About my grades in high school, I didn't care about anything except having fun, getting girls, and being carefree. I do regret it, but I have matured a lot.

 

[Aerus]

I won't lie. Each semester, it's new information. In high school, all I did was party. I graduated with a 2.9 and 21 on ACTs. Therefore, most information is very new. That doesn't stop me. Like I said, I have a month left and I am still with all A's for now. I love to be active, lift weights, and run. Believe it or not, I like learning and studying too. I do what I can, when I can. I am currently dealing with digestive issues that is stopping me from being active. It is hard to find time since Monday and Wednesday I am driving 2+ hours each day plus 4 classes. Tuesday and Thursday is my only break and that is before class and after tutoring. I am actually going to limit my self to 2 days of work after this week. I need some time for myself.

About my grades in high school, I didn't care about anything except having fun, getting girls, and being carefree. I do regret it, but I have matured a lot.

Even with the disadvantage of having little to no background in all those classes, I think, if you manage your time well enough and stay on top of your classes, you can still do well.

Believe it or not, many of the high achieving college students you see with magnificient GPA's and high MCAT scores were actually pretty mediocre/bad students themselves in high school.

When college came, they rose to the challenge and excelled. If you're very motivated to study and do well, there isn't a reason why you shouldn't.

As I said before, a good balance between studies and an outside life is key to being happy in your undergraduate years. It's great that you did a lot in high school. While you don't have to party every other day, exercise and socializing is still important. It's all about balance!

 

[PreMedOrDead]

18 credits at an intro level? That's a pretty typical course load.

You should see some Junior year schedules - now those get scary. Thankfully, it's also probably your strongest academic year since you should know how you study the best, how you manage your time, and what keeps you the happiest and most motivated.

My junior year involved three upper level sciences all with labs, an upper-level prereq, part-time research, three leadership positions in school-related groups, and three part-time jobs.

 

[487806]

18 credits at an intro level? That's a pretty typical course load.

You should see some Junior year schedules - now those get scary. Thankfully, it's also probably your strongest academic year since you should know how you study the best, how you manage your time, and what keeps you the happiest and most motivated.

My junior year involved three upper level sciences all with labs, an upper-level prereq, part-time research, three leadership positions in school-related groups, and three part-time jobs.

😱 Three sciences with labs? Are you a chemistry major? The only people that I know who deal with this rigor are chem majors and engineers.

 

[lobo.solo]

18 credits at an intro level? That's a pretty typical course load.

You should see some Junior year schedules - now those get scary. Thankfully, it's also probably your strongest academic year since you should know how you study the best, how you manage your time, and what keeps you the happiest and most motivated.

My junior year involved three upper level sciences all with labs, an upper-level prereq, part-time research, three leadership positions in school-related groups, and three part-time jobs.

3 part-times = ~ 50hrs of work + your other stuff. This is where SDN can get surreal.

 

[C J Dono]

My junior and senior year will be pretty easy'ish since I only need 45 credits or so.

 

[487806]

My junior and senior year will be pretty easy'ish since I only need 45 credits or so.

Credits =/= class difficulty. Many of the larger-credit courses I took (total 19 or 20) were a breeze. Smaller-credit, harder courses can be a challenge though.