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to those of you who go to college: is 18 hours a semester a little too much? i'm a highschool senior, graduating early, and i also want to get through college as fast as possible too. i also want to work while i'm there... does this mean that i'd have no social life whatsoever? i don't want to kill myself with schoolwork like i have been this whole year but i also want to get out of there asap, i have my reasons. (link)
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It really depends on the school, what type of classes they are, and your own personal work ethic.
I had 17 credits last semester, and did just fine. But because of the type of classes I had (education, developmental psych., history) I was constantly writing papers. This semester I've got 15 credits and I'm often bored, and have much less homework but more studying (this semester I've got math and education classes).
The recommended number of credits at my school is 15. That's supposedly 15 hours in class, and 30 hours of work outside of class per week.
Is there an academic advisor you can talk to? She/he should be able to give you some relevant advice. (though I recommend taking everything an advisor says with a grain of salt- sometimes they've been known to give bad advice)
One guy I know is graduating this year, after only 3 years here. He entered with credits from high school, and took at least 18 credits a semester, plus about 6 every summer. He DID have to work his butt off, but it was worth it to him- he was able to get married at age 20 and will be done with school this may.
As a general rule, math and science classes (or any big lecture class) have a lot of studying. English, history, and other humanities type classes have more papers to write. So the best way to balance your schedule is to take a mix of these type of classes if possible. Don't take 18 credits worth of science, you'll end up with all your exams at the same time and go crazy trying to study. At the same time, if you take 18 credits of humanities courses, you'll probably have at least 6 different classes to get homework from, and that workload would be insane.
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thanx! that gives me a pretty good idea of what it should be like. sounds like you're majoring in education - that's what i want to major in too ^-^
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