Managing an absurd 1st year engineering load

In summary: If it's all crammed into a semester, then it's going to be very difficult to get a good GPA. You'll be spending more time studying than actually enjoying your life. If it's spread out over the course of a year, then you'll have more time to enjoy your life and still get good grades.
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Ahhh bad news, there's a chance i may not get to take one of my computer science courses.

This sounds good at first, but this means my Spring courseload will be a total of 24 credits (7 courses)
How the hell do I pull that off?
 
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Have you considered summer courses? I'm sure your English and some gen Eds can be taken during the summer. Plus, summer courses usually are not to much of a time commitment so you can generally work and bum around, while at the same time reduce your workload during the semester.
 
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MarneMath said:
Have you considered summer courses? I'm sure your English and some gen Eds can be taken during the summer. Plus, summer courses usually are not to much of a time commitment so you can generally work and bum around, while at the same time reduce your workload during the semester.

Can't, the only reason I'm in this program is to transfer to a top uni. The apps end on January and are based on conditional spring admission usually. Summer is too late to start in the Fall (And get accepted)

I'm pretty motivated and adamant. I like challenges. When I say I'm going to do something, it's pretty much already done. I am just a bit scared because I haven't had anything of that magnitude before, and i'd say my methods for learning are other than traditional (Self-taught pretty much everything)
 
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