freshman class scheduling; helicopter parent or legit concern?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always stacked my schedule like that and worked on the off days. it was never a problem for me and I graduated as valedictorian of my college. You were WAY out of line to suggest this.

Most colleges won't let you sign up for too many hours. The poster suggesting huge amounts of hours is out of touch. A full schedule used to be 15-18 and I had to get special approval from the Dean the times I went over 20.

I completed 144 semester credits in 2 academic years and 2 summers semesters. I completed 18 each of the 2 summers and mid 20’s each of the 4 academic year semesters. I graduated with honors, worked full time at nights, and raised a family of 4 young children.

What college? For example, UVA will not permit a student to take more than 17 hours without the Dean's permission, and in no case is a student permitted to take more than 21 hours. This is current policy. You trying to apply standards from Sheboygan Community College that probably aren't even true to criticize this as a light load is....strange and out of touch with reality.

Penn State, January 1990-May 1992

[Anonymous]

Holy Crap Lady, you are bat$h!t crazy. That looks like a good schedule, and one I tried for consistently in college. Get the classes out of the way and have free time for studying and work. I crammed a 5 yr degree into 4 with a schedule like that, and graduated with Honors. He did well picking that, and you need to butt out.

Good grief. Thank God my parents did not helicopter or micromanage everything.

[Anonymous]

Lady, he can skateboard, scooter, or bicycle between classes-- he doesn't have to walk unless he wants to do that. Half the kids I went to Uni with did exactly that to cut down on the time/distance between buildings.