How many General Edu. should a Freshmen take on Fall semester? and which do you recommend?

Around half of your classes should be Gen. Ed. classes so you can ease into college life. A lot of freshmen take too much and are not able to handle it and get burnt out. College classes are a lot different than high school classes. There is no hand holding in college, you are expected to keep up and if you don’t then you fail.

Try to take the easiest ones since most of these classes you will never use again. Or try to take the ones that will help you down the road in your major. I took Speech and Business Writing to make me more comfortable in the business world and in interviewing.

Go to www.ratemyprofessors.com to find out which classes and professors are easy.

Try to keep your GPA as high as possible so you will be able to apply for scholarships and it will look better when you start applying for internships and a job after you graduate or if you want to apply to a grad school.

General education? Does that mean core classes? If so it really solely depends on you. The rule of thumb is if your working full time, then definitely part-time student 1-3 classes.

If working part-time, then part-time status to full time depending on your courses so it be 2-6 classes.

If your not working at all, then get full time status 4-6 classes

Some colleges use this formula

For every class hour of lecture in class, multiply by two for study and homework. So lets say if your taking 4 courses about 4-5 hours of lecture depending on the class, lets say 5 multiply by two for study and homework, it will come out to 10hours of study time a week. So use this formula when choosing classes

If your looking for classes to choose, for your freshman year coming up. You won’t really have a choice, as your advisor will help you choose whats best for you.

Be sure to focus on any General education classes that may be “prerequisites” for any of your future courses.

Then, my opinion, is to only take as many of the others that are required of you. It is o.k. to take one or two in your later years. Sometimes it is good to have a break from your regular major during the remainder of your college career.

It depends on what you are studying. My first courses were alot of my core classes, but not necessary gen-ed. I took alot of my gen-ed classes sophomore year. I am a junior now and my only gen-ed classes left are a literature course and science. “Business” major btw.

My first Year courses were…

Business 101

Law 101 (half semester)

Management 101 (half semester)

Calculus I

Writing I

IT 101