Should I take 18 credits hours of classes?

"YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you)
11/25/2013 at 11:43 • Filed to: None

Anyone ever done this? If so, how much did you hate yourself? I am at 15 and I really wanted 16, but for some reason 3 out of my 4 classes are 4 credit hours. The fact that I am one credit hour off is eating at my soul.

DISCUSSION (76)

Mattbob > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:45

be a man, do 20 hours.

William Byrd > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:45

No. Unless you hate college and want to get out. I took 12 my last two semesters and it was everything I thought it would be. I loved undergrad and while the real world isn't so bad, don't rush through college.

For Sweden > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:46

You must not be an engineer if not taking 18 credits is an option.

joemcm > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:46

It's aggressive, but doable. I did it, but keep in mind three of my credits were voice lessons, guitar lessons and choir.

CalzoneGolem > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:46

It really depends on the classes. I mean, how many resources can underwater basket weaving really take from your studies?

ncasolowork2 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:46

Do you have anything that you're addicted to that would ruin your grades? Such as an XBox One or PS4?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:46

No. Factor in the extra costs for 3 more hours, sanity, books, credit hour cost, sanity, whiskey, and caffeine.

YSI-what can brown do for you > William Byrd
11/25/2013 at 11:47

Alright, that sounds like really good advice actually. Much better than most the advisers there, give.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Mattbob
11/25/2013 at 11:47

Are you trying to kill me?

Dolemite > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:47

Really depends on the classes. If you get 2 easy classes that require like 4 hours of work per week, sure. Personally, I liked to keep mine between 12-15, but then again, I'm lazy as crap and have a ton of student loans to pay off now.

MMinSC > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:48

Did 18 once, and did 21 once. Both are highly over-rated. If you can swing a 9 week class that's 3 hours, do it. Then, the 18 hours isn't so bad.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Mattbob
11/25/2013 at 11:48

I'm not allowed to do more than 17 without permission from the dean. Then again, all of our classes are 3 credits instead of four.

YSI-what can brown do for you > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2013 at 11:49

So far I have a math, physics, chemistry, and microbiology courses. . . uhhhh too much?

E30Joe drives a Subaru > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:49

I am in 16 right now, I should really quit my job and do more because I want to get the hell out of college as fast as possible.

Sn210 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:49

Does your school offer wintersession classes? You could make up the time then. Or wait until summer?

YSI-what can brown do for you > For Sweden
11/25/2013 at 11:49

I am a soon to be ME student. The pricks wouldn't let me change my major last semester.

YSI-what can brown do for you > ncasolowork2
11/25/2013 at 11:50

Xbox, internet, and car related things on the weekends.

RX > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:50

No. There is no reason to hurry up and get done with school. Assuming you dont have real responsibilities like kids. Plenty of time for all that when you are done. Enjoy college now.

YSI-what can brown do for you > joemcm
11/25/2013 at 11:50

Hmmmm, that is not what I have. I think I have the exact opposite of that.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/25/2013 at 11:51

Actually, my school has a one rate after 12 credit hours. Basically you can take up to 18 for the same price as 12. I do like my sanity though.

Jayhawk Jake > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:53

It depends on the classes. I think I did it once, but they weren't especially bad classes for the most part.

I mean, I took like 12 hours my first semester senior year but one of those was aircraft design. Isn't the metric like 2 hours of studying/homework per credit hour? Yeah, that class should have been worth like 15 or 20 credit hours alone. That semester sucked ass...

William Byrd > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:53

I'm 37, have a great high level job, took care of my Masters in my 20s, and have never once regretted taking an extra sememster to finish undergrad. Good luck either way.

TheBaron2112 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:53

I took 18 hours once.

Once.

CalzoneGolem > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:53

Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. If you need credits try to take something dumb.

YSI-what can brown do for you > MMinSC
11/25/2013 at 11:55

I am thinking about doing intro to sociology. If it is anything like into to psych then I will not pay attention in class and study for the test the day of.

joemcm > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:55

Yeah, I'm on music scholarship so I have an easy avenue to some bullshit hours.

YSI-what can brown do for you > TheBaron2112
11/25/2013 at 11:55

I see. . .

Grindintosecond > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:56

Do 18 if that last 3 comes from a phys.ed elective. that way your having fun doing something that you like. Ie: golf, bowling, etc.

Otherwise stay the summer and knock out 2 classes. Trust me it's a helluva lot more relaxing and fun to do that. Work a pt. time job, take 2 classes, your still in the study mode but you're not stressing out and getting back to the fall semester is friggin easy and your into it right away. no grade slip trying to adjust to academia, plus the summer has girls who are also staying to do the same thing and there's no seasonal douche-bags (traditional fall/spring drunk dudes) blocking the hell out of your awesome moves!

Chris Clarke > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:56

I did 18 for a couple semesters. I liked it. Helps if you can schedule easy classes or if you have higher intelligence. Saves some money, plus you'll be on easy street when time comes to graduate, or if you want to collect a diploma early, because you've gotten a real job and want to actually contribute to society and collect an paycheck for yourself.

YSI-what can brown do for you > vdub_nut: scooter snob
11/25/2013 at 11:56

Most of our classes are 3 as well. I decided to take a few lab based courses because curriculum.

TheBaron2112 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 11:59

15 hours is pretty much perfect for an engineering student.

I'm a Civil, so I went 18 on my first semester, blew a couple classes, and did 15-16 every semester after that.

Mattbob > vdub_nut: scooter snob
11/25/2013 at 11:59

that's because you guys don't have General Determination!! but really, 20 credits sucked.

YSI-what can brown do for you > RX
11/25/2013 at 12:01

Aight aight, plus if I want dah monies, having a job will be a possibility.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Sn210
11/25/2013 at 12:01

I reccomend this, although then you pay per credit.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Mattbob
11/25/2013 at 12:02

Pretty sure our mascot is Sergeant Bureaucracy, though.

The real one, that they keep hidden. Not the giant bird-pirate they trot out at the football games.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Mattbob
11/25/2013 at 12:02

Pretty sure our mascot is Sergeant Bureaucracy, though.

The real one, that they keep hidden. Not the giant bird-pirate they trot out at the football games.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Sn210
11/25/2013 at 12:03

Don't have anything in the winter, but Maymester and the summer semester are possibilities. . . which I will probably do because the classes are actually easier then!

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Mattbob
11/25/2013 at 12:03

Pretty sure our mascot is Sergeant Bureaucracy, though.

The real one, that they keep hidden. Not the giant bird-pirate they trot out at the football games.

YSI-what can brown do for you > E30Joe drives a Subaru
11/25/2013 at 12:03

Yeah, but what about the money! Imagine all the things you could buy!

E30Joe drives a Subaru > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:04

I could buy more college. I have enough spare money from my work weekly to put about 150 bucks towards car/motorcycle related things.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:05

The lowest amount of credits I ever took in a semester was 16. Most, 22. You'll survive. Your social life, not so much.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > William Byrd
11/25/2013 at 12:05

I only do a maximum of 12-13 a semester, makes life easier.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2013 at 12:06

gen ed Jazz History.

CalzoneGolem > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/25/2013 at 12:07

My school actually offered a dog grooming course.

I heard it was ruff .

ncasolowork2 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:07

Are you capable of an uncontrollable urge to play a game 80 hours in a single week? (I think my record is 120 hours and I'm not exactly proud of it.)

More Power!!and also some brakes. > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:08

Most of my semesters were 20-21 hours. It really is not bad as long as you stay on top of it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
11/25/2013 at 12:08

Hehe. Social life. hehehe

More Power!!and also some brakes. > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:08

Most of my semesters were 20-21 hours. It really is not bad as long as you stay on top of it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2013 at 12:09

I was looking at some intro classes like sociology or political science. Both of which seem pretty easy.

will_kern > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:11

This semester I am taking 18 credit hours and I don't hate myself too much

*sobs uncontrollably*

But seriously, I am taking 4 4-credit science courses (with labs) and 2 credits of research and so far I am doing okay. I guess it depends on the type of classes you are taking and how much work outside of the classes you have to do... if they involve lots of reading or papers, then 18 may be to much (for me at least). 18 was the most I could take without having to pay more $$, otherwise I would have taken 3 credits of research

MountainCommand > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:11

Ive taken 5 classes @ 3 credits per class for 2 years now. and i work 25+hours a week. Im still pulling a 3.95gpa. It wasnt hard. I just had lots of late nights the days before things were due haha. I also tried to mimic highschool since i wanted to still have an 8-3 school day and not slack from that habit.

Now that im just about to get my associates degree, i still have no clue what i want to do. So, looking back in hindsight, maybe take your time and hang back on 4 classes and figure it all out. Im not falling victim to the "finish in 4 years pressure". I want to finish something i love. Not something i felt i had to.

Unless of course if youre getting things like scholarship or fa, all depends on whether or not your taking a certain amount of college credits.

MIATAAAA > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:11

It depends on the classes.

I took 21 hours one semester. I lived.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2013 at 12:12

I said nieh to the equestrian class.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Jayhawk Jake
11/25/2013 at 12:14

That class sounds like ENGR 131 one here. Don't know what it is, but it is basically a team building class for engineers, but with a grade. It says 3 credit hours, yeah right. It is more like 15 hours a week of group work. By the end of it, everyone hates each other.

YSI-what can brown do for you > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2013 at 12:15

That class was the definition of a dog eat dog world. . .

YSI-what can brown do for you > More Power!!and also some brakes.
11/25/2013 at 12:17

This I cannot do well, I get side tracked so ea- woah, a TV. . .

MMinSC > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:17

Never took Sociology in school, but cannot imagine a 100-level class being terribly difficult. I made the mistake of picking up a second major my Senior year, and being forced to take 400+ level History and International Relations classes. So. Much. Writing.
You'll be fine. And if it sucks, drop it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > E30Joe drives a Subaru
11/25/2013 at 12:18

That's a lot more than me. I have 0 dollars right now for anything car related. Soon though, I will be drowning in the monies, until I waste it. Give it a month or so.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Chris Clarke
11/25/2013 at 12:19

I will have one easy class, and four hard classes. Although, I am really good at math and chemistry so 2 out of the 4 shouldn't be too bad at all.

Jayhawk Jake > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:20

Yeah, not even close.

Individual work, about 40 hours per week of work, 2 weeks at a time.

5 reports, increasing in length. I printed mine out and had them bound, it was around 450 pages. I spent practically every waking moment working for that class when I wasn't in another class. I went weeks at a time without seeing my roommates

YSI-what can brown do for you > ncasolowork2
11/25/2013 at 12:21

As long as bethesda doesn't release a new TES or Fallout. I should be fine. I think when Skyrim came out I played 50 hours in about 4 days. . . uhhhhhh yeah. It was basically eat, sleep, skyrim.

Chris Clarke > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:27

You could roll the dice and if it seems like to much, just bail before the audit/drop cut-off date.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Grindintosecond
11/25/2013 at 12:29

There are a couple artsy classes, although I would probably fail that. Either way, summer classes will happen. Plus I need moves for the ladies to swoon over my arrival. Big plus on the no drunk dudes, one tried to fight me while I was on my way to Mcdonalds for some 3am snacks. . . didn't say anything to him, didn't look at him, didn't even laugh at him. No punches were thrown, thank god.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Jayhawk Jake
11/25/2013 at 12:31

Well I go weeks at a time without seeing my roommates, but that is by choice. . .

I bet I will have to do something like that down the road. I am going to prepare my body the best I can. I already stay up into the wee hours of the morning and then sleep for about 4 hours. That should help right?

YSI-what can brown do for you > MountainCommand
11/25/2013 at 12:36

No scholarships for me, my schools a bit stingy like that(seriously, I got a 16k scholarship to IU, but not Purdue. . .). Unless it is for athletes then they go all out.

I am definitely not completing college in 4 years, I decided to switch majors a year and a half into pharmacy. Basically I will do 5.5 years in total, so I might be done a semester early(the pharmacy program is a 6 year one, or 7 depending on the school).

I will also have a job here soon, so I guess 18 may be a bit of overkill.

YSI-what can brown do for you > joemcm
11/25/2013 at 12:36

What is your major?

YSI-what can brown do for you > TheBaron2112
11/25/2013 at 12:37

Alright, sounds good. I don't think the 5th class will actually be any help either, just a blow off.

LuczOr > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:50

I did 18 hours every semester for 4 years. Also worked 36 hours a week. You just have to decide if you want a social life or not. Actually, the internet was basically my social life.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 12:51

It's not a lot when you no longer own a car. Just have a motorcycle for now. Probably buying a car in the spring though.

Kailand09 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 13:03

Most of my semesters have been 18 credits. It depends on the classes, and honestly can be worth it. A lot of my semesters required that many, but if you make senior year super easy by taking more classes now, it can be worth it in the long run when senioritis kicks in and you are trying to find a job (which is a full time effort in itself).

Straightsix9904 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 13:46

I rountinely took 21+, it isn't THAT bad. You just have to know how to ACTUALLY use a planner and realize that Thirst Thursday isn't such a great idea, and have a hook up for Adderall. I'm joking on that one....sort of.

Jayhawk Jake > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 14:14

Perhaps. Get a netflix subscription, we had dual monitors and watching shit on netflix maintained some level of sanity

911e46z06 > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 15:08

I did it in law school. I wouldn't advise it.

joemcm > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 18:34

Economics. I go to Centre College, which is a small liberal arts school here in Kentucky. Part of the reason was the music scholarship. If I were to qualify for music scholarship at other schools in the area (I didn't want to go far from home, true Mama's boy right here), I would've needed to major in music to collect any money.

MountainCommand > YSI-what can brown do for you
11/25/2013 at 21:25

18 is overkill. imo. Im learning its better to take a little time out and force yourself to explore a bit of life outside of the college's iron bars as well as the interesting things within.

Also, id recommend, if you can afford it, just take a class you'd always wanted to take. Sure it wont help you in your major, but take it because you truly want to. I took photojournalism and psychology. for teh lulz pretty much haha. Experience all the kinds of people, and just not the med or engineering students. There are some interesting people in these other classes im glad ive now met. Plus i learned a ton of practical information.

right now, i should be 2.5years for my associates. Then i think im gonna change majors to computer science... and i have no clue if its what i want, but im gonna give it a solid try and see if its something i like. My doors are open.

YSI-what can brown do for you > MountainCommand
11/25/2013 at 23:21

Good news, my school says after 12 hours, you pay the same as someone who takes 18! So adding a class is no problem.

People in engineering are either really cool or super arrogant. Its like they think they are smart, which they might be, but they are super dickish. So far though people seem nice enough.

Also my friends are computer science majors, they say its difficult, but it is a good degree. Although, I suck at coding so I hate it.