I might have bitten off more than I can chew

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Middlegirl

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Hello everyone (go ahead and insert your joke)

It's about school. I am taking 18 hours, that might be like 3 or maybe even 6 hours too much..

I am stressed out I don't have time for like anything. Renee told me to get tough and get through it. My Dad gave me the same advice. Still I am worried and I have never worried about school in the past. I just did what needed to be done.

I can withdraw now with no penalty to my gpa.

Any advice...

Not a sexy topic. I know but still help, advice..
 
My vote is trust your gut. If you still have time to withdraw with no penalty, I'd slice six hours off those classes.

Others may vote differently of course. I just know school can get really bad, especially if one or more of your teachers spew more homework at you than a paper blizzard.
 
12 hours is full time... Where is the fire? You also need time to REST. Setting yourself up for student burn out is not cool.

After one crazy prof? I always used to register for one class extra (15 hrs) so I could check it out first week and drop the ugh one without penalty. Then try to take it again with a different teacher next time. Beat being stuck with a crazy prof to maintain full time status (12 hrs) because I could not get into something else later. Easier to have extra and drop one than to squish into something else. For me anyway.

Galagirl
 
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I've decided to do do 14 hours max. I do fine with 4 classes but 5 is too much. I work full time too and we homeschool 4 kids so I have a pretty full plate.
 
Im also not in a hurry to graduate (only have 50 credits so far) ok m pretty happy with my current work position so it's no big hurry to graduate in 8 semesters
 
Knowing your own personal limitations is a good thing.

Keeping it more reasonable sounds good -- you have a full plate!

Galagirl
 
Yep, where is the fire

I talked to the professors this morning... And it's a good thing if I would have waited another week it would have been too late.
 
Yeah, I think you did the right thing.
 
Now I just need to get over feeling like I quit

At least Renee was sweet about it.. My dad however will have something different I say.. I might just wait until he asks me what I did..

I'm a whimp
 
Well if less than 18 hours is quitting, why shouldn't less than 24 hours be quitting as well? Everyone has to make a reasonable estimate of how many classes they can get high marks in at one time. You decided you wanted to do well at less than 18, rather than doing not-so-well at 18. It's the kind of decision that adults need to make for themselves and well, is it even your dad's business? If it is, he should be proud of you for making a smart, realistic decision. That's my opinion at least.
 
Dad is not the one having to carry your study load. He might enjoy running his life at burn out speed. But you do not have to do same. Full time is plenty. Full time and a half? That is rough.

There is nothing to "prove" about going through college at breakneck speed.

It is GOOD thing to quit biting off more than you can chew in favor of more balanced, healthy living.

Galagirl
 
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Late to the thread but want to echo that I think you made the right choice.

I remember one semester in college that I signed up for the MAX number of credits allowed. Consciously I convinced myself that it was do-able. But my subconscious had a different viewpoint. One night, while on break, I had very vivid dream in which I was late for class and in panic mode - I couldn't seem to get myself dressed, forgot where the class was and WHAT class it was but "remembered" that there were a bunch of assignments that I had completely forgot about. When I woke up, I went over my schedule and figured out which classes could safely be moved to a different semester.

I've since learned to pay attention to when I start having this sort of "stress dream" and look at whether I have too much on my plate.
 
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