Should i take 18 credit hours this semester

After spending my entire summer abroad, and now preparing for studying abroad in the spring, getting a job is a priority in my life at the moment. Plus, as a third-year student, my classes have become fairly challenging as I near the end of my college career. DO prioritze your academic success. You may have to stay in some Friday nights and you may need to call out of work and actually mean it when you say you have an exam the next day.

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Readers, do you agree or disagree with this advice to take less credit hours when starting college? I recommend 12 for every semester. Or maybe you can take community college classes for free while in high school.

This is so you can get 8 classes that will actually give you credit. Also AP Computer Science is useful for many. If your college requires language take the highest level in high school, level 4 or AP, otherwise just take level 1 and 2. I had 5 classes first semester of college and twice in high school and it was not a good experience.

Never take 5 core classes, always 4. That is what I did for all but AP Psychology. But if it is necessary to achieve success, then it is necessary. Each student takes about 5 classes each semester to equal 15 credits. Most single-semester college courses are worth 3 credits, or 9 hours of work per week.

A whole extra class 6 classes instead of 5 would be substantially more difficult since an extra class means extra homework and such. I usually enrolled in about 16—17 credit hours each semester. One semester, I did 19, and it was a little stressful and not much fun, but still perfectly doable if you are focused.

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