In August, the same day the fall semester started for Penn State, I scheduled my classes.
That was such a stressful day! I moved out of Seton Hill on Sunday, and the next day I had to drive back to return my room key, fancy iPad, and books. Then I drove to Penn State and re-enrolled, quickly scheduled what ever I could that was left, bought my books, and somehow made it to two classes. I had been enrolled at two colleges in the same day.
I ended up getting an interesting schedule.
At first, I thought that the times/days of my schedule would be hard, but I quickly adjusted. What was hard was the actual classes.
Why did I schedule economics, microbiology, rhetoric, a computer class, and news writing all in the same semester?! I had no choice because I scheduled so late. From late August until still today, I have been working my butt off just to keep up with most of my classes.
I thought that microbiology would be insanely hard. I eneded up LOVING it!
I thought the computer class and economics would be managable. I was wrong.
News writing and rhetoric kept me busy with so many homework assignemnts.
As the semester wore on, I began to feel bad for Jimmy, my family, and friends. I spent so many weekends trying to catch up on school work and had little to no time for anything else. When it came time to schedule for this semester, I was determined to make my schedule less stressful.
For the spring semester I scheduled kinesiology, creative writing, an online writing for the web course, Spanish II, and a communications course.
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Here is to hoping next semester is less stressful!!
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Have you ever had a really bad/hard schedule?!
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oh you sound like me when I was in college! i had to crawl through computer science with the help of another geek! haha. Microbiology was fun though.
Hope you get a nice xmas break friend. xoxo
I have a super busy schedule at the moment – working two jobs both pretty much every day. I start at 8am and finish around 7pm. It’s just for this month though, so it’s not too overwhelming.
Wishing a less stressful semester. I was tossing and turning last night trying to figure out what I want to do for the spring semester…it can be a hard balance. Good luck!
Great class choices! I think you’re gonna totally ease up on stress this next semester 🙂 here’s to a fresh start!
Aw, I hope this semester is much more fun than last! I can’t believe you took all those classes! Yikes!
Girl this will hopefully be a much easier semester for you! Good heavens that looked intense.
Ugh I feel your pain!! Last fall (2010), I had:
Intro to Nursing – 2 credits
General Chemistry + Lab – 4 credits
Anatomy & Physiology + Lab – 4 credits
Psychology – 3 credits
Nutrition – 3 credits
HORRIBLE. No idea why I did that to myself. BUT…it made the spring feel like a breeze. haha!
I never had a crazy hard schedule, but I did have some really busy semesters as a bio major (I was for two years). I had Chemistry, Anatomy, Honors English, International Studies, and Music Appreciation all in one semester… 4 classes back to back on MWF, it was really tough. 17 credit hours… and I wound up getting super burnt out. But, it made that next semester seem much easier :).
Your schedule for this semester seems much more manageable! Really glad for you!
Scheduling is a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re gonna get. I always end up choosing courses that sound cool versus the easy ones. It’s made my senior year a lot harder and more stressful, but I’m paying for this schooling so I want to make it worth it!
Oh man!! I can feel your relief already! Here’s hoping for a great spring semester 🙂
I took 18 credits a semester most of college, it was a nightmare! I enjoyed Microbio more than I anticipated, too! 🙂
Yeah, I’ve been there. No fun! I hope this upcoming semester is much better! 🙂
You are AMAZING! I certainly hope next semester is more manageable for you, hon!
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your spring semester certainly looks more my speed. 🙂
Once I took philosophy because I thought it would be a fun class… notsomuch.
Yay creative writing 😀 Your schedule looks pretty good… mine is hectic. I don’t have class mon/fri, and I have class from 10am-10pm on tues and thurs. O_O not looking forward to it…
Your future schedule is looking bright! One class tuesdays and thursdays! Awesome!
I had a semester with Neuroanatomy and that class was HARD!! I bombed one test (got a 78%) and had to pull off a 91% on the final to keep an A. Well I stressed myself out so much that I was crying and breaking down the day before the final. Turns out all of my hard work paid off because I got a 93% in a class that several people were struggling to just PASS…including my fiance! 😉
That was my hardest schedule ever…and I will never, ever forget that found of finals.
Wow the first semester sounds like it was crazy! I’m sure you can take away a lot of lessons from it though, beyond what you learned in class – more like time management and coping with stress skills!! Your new schedule sounds like something I would like to take 🙂
Wow that’s QUITE the schedule! I minored in Spanish in college – best decision ever. If you end up liking it, don’t drop it..keep going with it. It will be SO useful in the future.
Oh girl, I hope your next semester is way easier!
You go to Penn State?! How about that football…. 😉