Is this a reasonable freshman/sophmore schedule?

Question

I am a highschool senior and I working on deciding courses for next year (I am really excited about college). I am majoring in biochemistry with plans of attending pharmacy school. I love the chem and the biology but I am not great at math (currently in pre-cal) so I am going to take another year of pre-cal to improve my chance of making a good grad in Calc. I'm not a genius (1800 SAT and 3.6 gpa) so I am not taking a huge course load or jumping head first into extremely difficult classes.

I have taken bio I and II, Chem I, and Intro Soc through dual enrollment at my local CC (which I have 4.0 with 25 credits). I feel confident in my eco/evo biology but less so in my cell/molecular biology so I want to retake my Bio II and I want a firmer foundation in my Chm I.

I guess I am mainly worried because all of the "screwed up freshman year" threads.


Freshman

Fall - 12 credits
1 cr. ALS 103 Introductory Topics in Agriculture and Life Sciences
4 cr. BIO 183 Introductory Biology – Cell/Molecular
4 cr. CH 101 Chemistry - Molecular Science W/ Lab
3 cr. MA 107 Precalculus I

Spring - 14 credits
4 cr. CH 221 Organic Chemistry I w/ lab
4 cr. ENG 101 Academic Writing and Research
3 cr. MA 108 Precalculus II
3 cr. WGS 210 Women and Gender in Science and Technology



Sophomore

Fall - 16 credits
4 cr. CH 223 Organic Chemistry II w/lab
4 cr. MA 141 Calculus
4 cr. PY 211 College Physics I
4 cr. BIO 212 Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology


Spring - 18 credits

4 cr. CH 201 Chemistry - Quantative Science w/ lab
4 cr. MA 241 Calculus II
4 cr. PY 212 College Physics II
3 cr. PHI 221 Contemporary Moral Issues
3 cr. FLS 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Answer 1

Well, 12 is very light and 18 is rather heavy... I would try to get as close to 15 as you can for every semester.

Answer 2

I think it's doable. Just be careful as your spring year of your sophomore year is very full but as long as you can handle 18 credits go for it. On the other side, 12 credits doesn't seem enough. I don't know about your college but mine makes a minimum 14 credit limit where you can't go under. Although I guess I can understand since you're a freshman and I'm not going to lie the chem and bio + the labs are killers (I'm a premed student). You seem very bright though so I wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 3

Your freshman year looks ok. Your sophomore year I can tell you will be insanely hard from experience. Anatomy and Organic chemistry both require lots of memorization and physics requires even more memorization and study time. I'd drop one of the "serious" classes and instead take something easier like a gen ed.

Answer 4

Problem: I don't see any English on your schedule.



You also need to consider when you're going to take Anatomy & Physiology.



Other than that, it doesn't look like a bad schedule. 12 credits in your first semester is probably a good idea . . . kinda eases you into the whole college "thing."

Answer 5

12 is really light. I would add one more class and join a few clubs.



There's nothing worse than a bored college freshman.....anyone up for way too many beers and acting stupid to fill our time up?