Freshman Year Second Semester Course Selection

[anonymity]

Hey everyone, I am a first year physics student and just signed up for my second semester classes around a week ago.

This is what I am taking:

General Chemistry II - 4 credits
Calculus II - 4 credits
Physics I (Mechanics) - 4 credits
German I - 4 credits
Freshman Composition - 3 credits

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= 19 total credits

I am looking for honest opinions, and the reasons for your opinions, regarding this course load.

I just don't want to get overzealous and end up having to drop a course and get an incomplete (I am applying for transfers and a navy program called NUPOC, both of which require strong GPAs).


This semester I am enrolled in the following:

General Chemistry I - 4 credits (have a B, and it's unfortunately not going anywhere)
Calculus I - 4 credits (Have an A)
CS Programing in Python - 4 Credits (Have an A)
EE Intro Course - 2 credits (Hardly even counts as a class, no outside work or exams)
University Life - 1 credit (does NOT count as a class)

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= 15 credits, but only 12-14 of them are demanding to any notable degree.


Please drop your two cents into the collective bucket that is this thread, and thanks to those of you who do!

 

[Feldoh]

Speaking from my personal experience. It's a wise thing to load up on classes early on in your college career. The reason being is that typically all of the "core engineering/science" classes are easier than say the classes you would most likely take senior year.

If you get a lot of classes done early then when you get to your senior/junior year you will have more space to take interesting classes and/or will be able to cut back on credit hours to dedicate more time to more demanding classes.

But at the end of the day it's not up to me, or anyone on this forum but you. You need to look at how you're doing this semester. Are you doing very well with not a lot of time spent on the material? Etc... You need to be honest with yourself and then make a decision.

 

[fss]

Looks fine, although anything is probably fine in just your second semester. I usually recommend getting all of the silly general education requirements out of the way as soon as possible. If you already have, or your university doesn't require them, 2nd semester freshman year is a nice time to take electives you might not have time for later when you're doing more challenging electives that relate to your major.