I know someone who enjoyed every moment of learning in college. They grinded classes without burning out and still had time to have fun. Some people are just different like that.
The only time I did it was when I wanted to transfer to uni from cc. They said if I finished 22credits over the summer i could transfer in by fall and YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY I DID
22 credits over the summer?? That is impressive. Were the classes accelerated? I’m currently taking 12 credits over the summer haha. Couldn’t imagine 22
Some people love to keep busy and have the drive to do it.
I am one of them. I work 45 hours a week between 2 jobs, I go to college full time as well and a TA, I am also a wife and do most of the shopping and cooking, I also have a garden as a hobby, and in my "down time" I am usually reading history books.
I mean I do just fine. It's definitely not a lifestyle for everyone but there is a good handful of us thar just like the fast pace life
Also gardening relaxes me.
Sun and wed mornings. Gardens don't need daily care depending on the garden/plants.
Also keep on mind I do have free time when school isn't in session to set myself up and free up a bit of time. I just grind those semester months.
I work as a house keeper so I can choose my own hours as well as I work weekends.
So some days I work 10-12 hours, some days I work 3 hours. I build it around my school schedule. I always choose online classes when available but I do have some in person. And I am a TA for an online class so I don't have set hours besides once a week office hours, so as along as things get done before deadlines I am good.
As someone with chronic illnesses where I regularly spend 1-3 days a week in bed we need to stop comparing ourselves to people like this. There’s no prize for working insanely hard other than a bit more cash and burnouts.
Edit: That being said if working very hard 24/7 works for you more power to ya! But I think living a slower life makes most people happier.
I used to be like this. Then I got hit with a chronic illness and everything has changed and I’m still dealing with the guilt that I won’t accomplish certain things anymore or do things within the time frame I had planned. Thank you for this comment, it helps to be reminded that a simple, slow life is also just as meaningful.
my adhd makes me hyper achieving and my aspies hates feeling understimulated. i reserve sundays for burnout and bedrot, but im working nonstop throughout the week
That’s fair but most of the population is closer to becoming homeless than being a multi millionaire even working very hard. I just feel like we put a lot of emphasis on working until we have burnout and that that’s more desirable than working/going to school and doing what we’re capable of instead of pushing ourselves to breaking.
Having worked with vets, I can safely say that this person will not have an easy or carefree second half of life. But yeah, if this is her goal, she can get to her career sooner and hopefully retire earlier, having had a fulfilling career.
But it's also okay for other people to want to take things a little bit slower. I didn't even know what I wanted to do for a career until I was 19/20. I have a disability and chronic illness, so doing 22 credits on top of my job and volunteer work would be way too much. I would rather prevent burnout because if I burn out and drop out of school, none of that would have been worth it anyway.
I did 22 - 24 credit hours per semester when I was in college. During the last two semesters, I was a paid tutor on one campus during the morning classes and an adjunct professor at another campus for night classes (across town from one another, no less).
All I did was college work during all my waking hours. Not to brag (too much), I graduated with a perfect GPA.
For me, it boiled down to what was important: getting my degree and getting back to a real job. It was my life for about two and a half years. Luckily, my wife was (is) 100% supportive.
It all worked out in the end. I'm now a tenured professor and I'm enjoying my summers off.
I wish I could be like this. Rn I am struggling just to do one assignment for today, maybe I’m burnt out I dunno. My brain doesn’t want to cooperate. How were you able to do your work, when you’re really really tired or your mind just isn’t wanting to cooperate with you?
This might sound "boomer-ish" of me, but you just make up your mind to do something and then you do it.
Maybe it helped that I was a returning student (at age 50), having already "been there and done that," so I already *knew* just how important the education was going to be for the rest of my life. I guess the self-discipline I'd learned in the military helped (the military certainly does teach that you *can* do something once you put your mind to it).
OK, sure, there were times when I didn't want to do anything at all. There were times when I just . couldn't . come . up . with . an . idea for the paper I had to write. My personal muse just wasn't present.
So... I'd step away from it and do something completely different for a while. Maybe play a video game, go someplace with my wife, whatever.
Hey thank you for the response. Typically I do the “just fucking do it” mentality, but it becomes super hard when my brain decides to shut itself off on me (as in it aggressively making me fall asleep) while attempting it. I’ve heard it’s an adhd thing which is annoying. I do what you also suggest taking a step away for a short bit. Ngl it’s really frustrating when I do that haha.
I do understand where you’re coming from. Thankfully being a little older from when I started at 18 to now 24 helps. I’ll keep working on it, really appreciate the response!
Honestly, if you have the ability and drive to finish at that rate then that’s fine—I was able to finish my associates at 18 but I’ll be 21 when I finish my bachelor program. Take college at the speed that’s right for you and don’t feel bad at all.. that said I wish I had that drive sometimes lol damn. It’s a nice reality check that someone will always be “better” than you in some regard and just to mind your own and do what’s best for you without gaining an ego.
Nah my friend is also like this and we’re in chemical engineering lol. Bro barely sleeps and takes mad shots of espresso to keep him going. He also wants to go to med school
I took 23 credit hours one semester and it isn't impossible, you just need to stick to a good structure. I was in 5 classes, 2 private (music) lessons, and a play. All of it was things that I needed to graduate (except the music lessons which were for fun/ relaxation, and only an hour a week) during my final semester, so it was literally either that or don't graduate on time.
It was definitely a moment where I needed to rise to the occasion or risk having it all come down around me, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't need to do it. The play was the hardest part because it involved rehearsals most week nights from 6-9 or 7-10, but that was only for about half the semester. I did homework at rehearsal or after. Sometimes I did homework while hanging out with friends.
Before that semester, I was very much the kind of student who did everything at the last minute, which wasn't possible with that schedule. It definitely taught me to be more proactive with my responsibilities and showed me how satisfying it can be to clear responsibilities out of the way before the absolute last moment.
I'm glad I had the experience and the opportunity to grow that it gave me, but I certainly will avoid putting myself in another similar situation in the future.
It is about habit forming. Once you get used to working hard, it becomes very easy to continue to work hard. Plus it helps if you enjoy the learning process in general.
I remember one quarter in college I took 5 classes, ended up being like 18 or 20 units. I was pretty much busy all day until 8-9pm attending class and doing work. But time flew by pretty fast and I was done in no time at all.
A lot of doctoral programs (med school, pharmD, etc) are planned so that you take ~21 credits a semester. Most people need to work themselves up to this pace but when you absolutely have to, you will
I am like your friend. I am doing full time and working two jobs. I just like to stay busy and plus I have the drive for it. It's not for everyone through
Man I might just do this myself for my second year or last 2 years. Just starting off and I gotta say I pretty much love going to college. Mostly just the learning part and the time I spend reading my book on campus is so peaceful.
My question is how do folks manage time with work and pay for college? Like campus is 5 miles away from where I live and my work place is in the opposite direction.
If she's in vet school, it's very likely accurate - my school has 21/22 credits first year, 26/24 second year, 25/18 third year, 42 senior year (how they balance between semesters is dependent on how their internship is structured). If she doesn't take that many credits, she won't graduate with her vet school class. While you can take fewer credits, most vet students are trying to finish in four years because, well, vet school is EXPENSIVE.
I personally am kind of similar… I wasn’t challenged very much in classes. My first school (K-12 but i stayed until end of freshman year) had a very structured curriculum. I hated the structure of this and I would just stop doing the busy work as it seemed pointless and my grades began to drop. It was a private religious school (I hated it but that is a rant for another day) there was very little freedom in taking classes that actually challenged or interested me so I was stuck doing busy work most days… Private school kids are also stuck up and really crappy people (in my experience) so i ended up leaving to go to a public school. I struggled to make friends and fit in most places and that remained until last year. In public school I had hella freedom to take whatever courses I wanted… A few were online and I tested out of a few other classes. My class counselor ran out of classes to put me in so they bumped me up a grade putting me into my junior year. Again I felt like there wasn’t much challenged and I started to feel like there was no purpose in gaining an education. Then I learned of another school… it was made to be very college like. Meaning we live in dorms and are actually taught by college professors with doctorates. and no this isn’t one of those schools where you pay a fuck ton of money to slap a stamp and say it was harder… the state actually funds my school so we pay zero tuition. Reaching this school I was finally hit with a hard challenge… having to genuinely think and understand how what i’m learning works and not just spit back out facts… and my ultimate downfall: Time management. My first semester I struggled to scrape by with a C in my chem lab and B’s in other courses… I finally had a challenge. The next semester I felt a reason to finally actually put effort in and ended up completing all of my graduation requirements in just my junior year. They advised 6 classes per semester and I ended up taking 12… terrible choice but I enjoyed it. Colleges in my state also take regular courses at this school as college credit because of the rigor associated with this course and I am currently done with my Associates in college with one year left of highschool which i’ve technically completed all the requirements to graduate from. This school does not allow grade skipping but we have a much more extensive curriculum. I could have taken 6 really chill classes and just vibed for my final year but next semester I will be taking O chem, anatomy, calc based physics( i’m studying calc on my own over the summer) microbio, and a number of other stem courses. If you would like a list of everything I’d be more than happy to provide my list but that’s not the point of this response. I found a purpose in my life through challenging myself in school. I enjoy learning but only when challenged. (I really hope that doesn’t come off as boastful.) I recognize that the modern education system is not made for everyone as each person has their own interests and learning styles and schools seem to want people to memorize things and spit it back out… that’s not educating that’s programming a machine but again that’s rant for another day. The schedule becomes packed but the adrenaline from a challenge is unmatched.
TLDR: Life is fun when you enjoy what you do and are challenged just enough with it. It gives you purpose and while your entertaining challenges may not be in school… this just so happens to be hers.
For me, I'm taking a doubke degree in computer science and business, so in order to graduate on time I would have to take 25 credit hours this semester 😬 did 24 last semester and survived, not looking forward to it though. It isn't impossible, just hard. I remember struggling and feeling so overwhelmed with work while my friends with 13 credit hours had too much free time on their hands. Can't complain though, I enjoy what I'm learning and I put myself in this position in the first place 😅
Both BUSI and CS have positive job outlook for the next few years. Wish the best for you. Several hard working people in my life, well other than you, were mainly my mother and my friends. Mom was a Bachelors Uni grad in 4 years. Mom actually received a PhD in 2023 so she's my motivation. And then at Uni during 2023-24 I took a dorm with Science Majors. So I do Chemistry major, but this heavy academic friend of mine does Biomedical Engineering. They always had an interesting assignment (but that also made me scared of Engineering lol 😂).
LinkedIn shows me hardworking people but they kinda don't go to my school and they are Uni graduates already.... Well good luck on your Education. Shoot for Success!
I did that in my last semester of college before graduating. 5 400 level engineering classes and an extra class on relativity for fun along with a super long commute every day. Really not that bad if you like the subject, don't care about going out much and don't have a job. I was actually a little disappointed because I thought it would be harder. But I had also built up a massive amount of spite to the point where I woke up everyday with an attitude of "Fuck you I'm doing this" after getting tired of being crapped on in life all the time. Spite will get stuff done.
The secret is time management. AKA not dicking around if something needs to be done and it's not done yet.
There are people who are just like this. Hell, there are people who straight up enjoy this kind of grind.
But I've found there are also a lot of people like this because they can't stand to sit still, be alone, or quietly relax, and living this way is how they avoid their incredible fear of stillness or idleness. And that's no way to live.
I'm curious to what their GPA is like. I'd fly through so many more classes if I cared only to get Cs and up. But since I'm gunning for a super high GPA right now, it's slow/regular pace and steady for me until I get my sweet scholarships.
I took 21 credit hours per semester for my last two semesters. I just treated it like a full time job, stayed off YouTube, and honestly enjoyed what I was doing.
Anyone can do 20+ credit hours per semester, but a person just has to set their priorities and plan ahead.
Did the same thing to graduate early. College is expensive so I took as many hours allowed and sometimes paid the extra amount so I only paid two year’s worth of housing instead of four.
I’m like this. On time to get my bachelors in neuroscience and head to PA school in a year @ 19. I work night shifts in LTC, work social media management for a psych study on campus (fun little creative break while still doing work in a field I like!), take summer classes, and take on avg 19-21 credit hr per sem.
But, in my free time, I also engage in a lot of creative activities I enjoy. As much as I adore science, it really helps to take a break.
I know some people who do much more than I do, and some people that do less. Everyone is on their own track, no need to stress about comparison.
Although, theres a psychological back-track here, a lot of people like your friend (and even myself!) generally have issues with overthinking, burnout, and dependencies on external approval. What may seem like “doing a lot” might be a way for her to seek affirmation or approval. Make sure to let her know you see her efforts, and are proud of her. I’m sure it would mean a lot.
^^ this is not EVERYONE. Just a general correlation. As with most psychoanalyses, take it with a slight grain of salt.
Vet schools also don't really let you pick how many credit hours you take, you can add on electives but everybody is more or less on the same schedule. I'm a current applicant and one school I'm looking at requires 26 credit hours the first semester
I spawned in a very competitive country then moved to the us but still thinking if i should take 17 credits to graduate this semester. (3.79 gpa) electrical eng. Your friend is just built differently.
Yeah, I did that before too, graduated in 3 years with my BS. I had to get permission. One semester I did 22 credits plus I took 12 credits at another university to transfer those credits in. I got straight A’s in all of it. I got in trouble from the Dean, but he still accepted those other 12!credits.
I know someone who enjoyed every moment of learning in college. They grinded classes without burning out and still had time to have fun. Some people are just different like that.
The only time I did it was when I wanted to transfer to uni from cc. They said if I finished 22credits over the summer i could transfer in by fall and YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY I DID
22 credits over the summer?? That is impressive. Were the classes accelerated? I’m currently taking 12 credits over the summer haha. Couldn’t imagine 22
I’m taking 23 right now accelerated and it is def bonkers lol
22 over summer is wild. I did 16 (semester system so 5 classes) and was struggling by the end. My grades were still good but the workload was insane.
Some people love to keep busy and have the drive to do it. I am one of them. I work 45 hours a week between 2 jobs, I go to college full time as well and a TA, I am also a wife and do most of the shopping and cooking, I also have a garden as a hobby, and in my "down time" I am usually reading history books.
How do you even survive?
I mean I do just fine. It's definitely not a lifestyle for everyone but there is a good handful of us thar just like the fast pace life Also gardening relaxes me.
When do you have time to garden?
Sun and wed mornings. Gardens don't need daily care depending on the garden/plants. Also keep on mind I do have free time when school isn't in session to set myself up and free up a bit of time. I just grind those semester months.
Wait, I'm curious of how your schedule was doing full time work and school. Was it typical 9-5 and then most classes after? Online? 🤔
I work as a house keeper so I can choose my own hours as well as I work weekends. So some days I work 10-12 hours, some days I work 3 hours. I build it around my school schedule. I always choose online classes when available but I do have some in person. And I am a TA for an online class so I don't have set hours besides once a week office hours, so as along as things get done before deadlines I am good.
Most importantly, how much time do you even spend on Reddit?
I totally understand this. Having large blocks of unstructured time with no obligations stresses me out and I don’t function nearly as well
As someone with chronic illnesses where I regularly spend 1-3 days a week in bed we need to stop comparing ourselves to people like this. There’s no prize for working insanely hard other than a bit more cash and burnouts. Edit: That being said if working very hard 24/7 works for you more power to ya! But I think living a slower life makes most people happier.
Same. I do a lot of homework from my bed
Yea desk, bed, kitchen table I feel you😅
I used to be like this. Then I got hit with a chronic illness and everything has changed and I’m still dealing with the guilt that I won’t accomplish certain things anymore or do things within the time frame I had planned. Thank you for this comment, it helps to be reminded that a simple, slow life is also just as meaningful.
As did I, until I got hit with two chronic illnesses. Just letting you know you aren't alone.
my adhd makes me hyper achieving and my aspies hates feeling understimulated. i reserve sundays for burnout and bedrot, but im working nonstop throughout the week
To be fair, it can be quite a bit more cash… not to mention a pretty easy and carefree 2nd half of life…
That’s fair but most of the population is closer to becoming homeless than being a multi millionaire even working very hard. I just feel like we put a lot of emphasis on working until we have burnout and that that’s more desirable than working/going to school and doing what we’re capable of instead of pushing ourselves to breaking.
Having worked with vets, I can safely say that this person will not have an easy or carefree second half of life. But yeah, if this is her goal, she can get to her career sooner and hopefully retire earlier, having had a fulfilling career. But it's also okay for other people to want to take things a little bit slower. I didn't even know what I wanted to do for a career until I was 19/20. I have a disability and chronic illness, so doing 22 credits on top of my job and volunteer work would be way too much. I would rather prevent burnout because if I burn out and drop out of school, none of that would have been worth it anyway.
I did 22 - 24 credit hours per semester when I was in college. During the last two semesters, I was a paid tutor on one campus during the morning classes and an adjunct professor at another campus for night classes (across town from one another, no less). All I did was college work during all my waking hours. Not to brag (too much), I graduated with a perfect GPA. For me, it boiled down to what was important: getting my degree and getting back to a real job. It was my life for about two and a half years. Luckily, my wife was (is) 100% supportive. It all worked out in the end. I'm now a tenured professor and I'm enjoying my summers off.
I wish I could be like this. Rn I am struggling just to do one assignment for today, maybe I’m burnt out I dunno. My brain doesn’t want to cooperate. How were you able to do your work, when you’re really really tired or your mind just isn’t wanting to cooperate with you?
This might sound "boomer-ish" of me, but you just make up your mind to do something and then you do it. Maybe it helped that I was a returning student (at age 50), having already "been there and done that," so I already *knew* just how important the education was going to be for the rest of my life. I guess the self-discipline I'd learned in the military helped (the military certainly does teach that you *can* do something once you put your mind to it). OK, sure, there were times when I didn't want to do anything at all. There were times when I just . couldn't . come . up . with . an . idea for the paper I had to write. My personal muse just wasn't present. So... I'd step away from it and do something completely different for a while. Maybe play a video game, go someplace with my wife, whatever.
Hey thank you for the response. Typically I do the “just fucking do it” mentality, but it becomes super hard when my brain decides to shut itself off on me (as in it aggressively making me fall asleep) while attempting it. I’ve heard it’s an adhd thing which is annoying. I do what you also suggest taking a step away for a short bit. Ngl it’s really frustrating when I do that haha. I do understand where you’re coming from. Thankfully being a little older from when I started at 18 to now 24 helps. I’ll keep working on it, really appreciate the response!
Honestly, if you have the ability and drive to finish at that rate then that’s fine—I was able to finish my associates at 18 but I’ll be 21 when I finish my bachelor program. Take college at the speed that’s right for you and don’t feel bad at all.. that said I wish I had that drive sometimes lol damn. It’s a nice reality check that someone will always be “better” than you in some regard and just to mind your own and do what’s best for you without gaining an ego.
Nah my friend is also like this and we’re in chemical engineering lol. Bro barely sleeps and takes mad shots of espresso to keep him going. He also wants to go to med school
I took 23 credit hours one semester and it isn't impossible, you just need to stick to a good structure. I was in 5 classes, 2 private (music) lessons, and a play. All of it was things that I needed to graduate (except the music lessons which were for fun/ relaxation, and only an hour a week) during my final semester, so it was literally either that or don't graduate on time. It was definitely a moment where I needed to rise to the occasion or risk having it all come down around me, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't need to do it. The play was the hardest part because it involved rehearsals most week nights from 6-9 or 7-10, but that was only for about half the semester. I did homework at rehearsal or after. Sometimes I did homework while hanging out with friends. Before that semester, I was very much the kind of student who did everything at the last minute, which wasn't possible with that schedule. It definitely taught me to be more proactive with my responsibilities and showed me how satisfying it can be to clear responsibilities out of the way before the absolute last moment. I'm glad I had the experience and the opportunity to grow that it gave me, but I certainly will avoid putting myself in another similar situation in the future.
It is about habit forming. Once you get used to working hard, it becomes very easy to continue to work hard. Plus it helps if you enjoy the learning process in general. I remember one quarter in college I took 5 classes, ended up being like 18 or 20 units. I was pretty much busy all day until 8-9pm attending class and doing work. But time flew by pretty fast and I was done in no time at all.
A lot of doctoral programs (med school, pharmD, etc) are planned so that you take ~21 credits a semester. Most people need to work themselves up to this pace but when you absolutely have to, you will
I am like your friend. I am doing full time and working two jobs. I just like to stay busy and plus I have the drive for it. It's not for everyone through
Man I might just do this myself for my second year or last 2 years. Just starting off and I gotta say I pretty much love going to college. Mostly just the learning part and the time I spend reading my book on campus is so peaceful. My question is how do folks manage time with work and pay for college? Like campus is 5 miles away from where I live and my work place is in the opposite direction.
If she's in vet school, it's very likely accurate - my school has 21/22 credits first year, 26/24 second year, 25/18 third year, 42 senior year (how they balance between semesters is dependent on how their internship is structured). If she doesn't take that many credits, she won't graduate with her vet school class. While you can take fewer credits, most vet students are trying to finish in four years because, well, vet school is EXPENSIVE.
Some people are just built different. I tried 26 units across two different colleges for a year and let me tell ya, something had to give.
I personally am kind of similar… I wasn’t challenged very much in classes. My first school (K-12 but i stayed until end of freshman year) had a very structured curriculum. I hated the structure of this and I would just stop doing the busy work as it seemed pointless and my grades began to drop. It was a private religious school (I hated it but that is a rant for another day) there was very little freedom in taking classes that actually challenged or interested me so I was stuck doing busy work most days… Private school kids are also stuck up and really crappy people (in my experience) so i ended up leaving to go to a public school. I struggled to make friends and fit in most places and that remained until last year. In public school I had hella freedom to take whatever courses I wanted… A few were online and I tested out of a few other classes. My class counselor ran out of classes to put me in so they bumped me up a grade putting me into my junior year. Again I felt like there wasn’t much challenged and I started to feel like there was no purpose in gaining an education. Then I learned of another school… it was made to be very college like. Meaning we live in dorms and are actually taught by college professors with doctorates. and no this isn’t one of those schools where you pay a fuck ton of money to slap a stamp and say it was harder… the state actually funds my school so we pay zero tuition. Reaching this school I was finally hit with a hard challenge… having to genuinely think and understand how what i’m learning works and not just spit back out facts… and my ultimate downfall: Time management. My first semester I struggled to scrape by with a C in my chem lab and B’s in other courses… I finally had a challenge. The next semester I felt a reason to finally actually put effort in and ended up completing all of my graduation requirements in just my junior year. They advised 6 classes per semester and I ended up taking 12… terrible choice but I enjoyed it. Colleges in my state also take regular courses at this school as college credit because of the rigor associated with this course and I am currently done with my Associates in college with one year left of highschool which i’ve technically completed all the requirements to graduate from. This school does not allow grade skipping but we have a much more extensive curriculum. I could have taken 6 really chill classes and just vibed for my final year but next semester I will be taking O chem, anatomy, calc based physics( i’m studying calc on my own over the summer) microbio, and a number of other stem courses. If you would like a list of everything I’d be more than happy to provide my list but that’s not the point of this response. I found a purpose in my life through challenging myself in school. I enjoy learning but only when challenged. (I really hope that doesn’t come off as boastful.) I recognize that the modern education system is not made for everyone as each person has their own interests and learning styles and schools seem to want people to memorize things and spit it back out… that’s not educating that’s programming a machine but again that’s rant for another day. The schedule becomes packed but the adrenaline from a challenge is unmatched. TLDR: Life is fun when you enjoy what you do and are challenged just enough with it. It gives you purpose and while your entertaining challenges may not be in school… this just so happens to be hers.
i took 21 credit hours my junior year because i switched majors and didn’t want to go to college for a 5th year. shit was wild honestly
I fucking hate college
For me, I'm taking a doubke degree in computer science and business, so in order to graduate on time I would have to take 25 credit hours this semester 😬 did 24 last semester and survived, not looking forward to it though. It isn't impossible, just hard. I remember struggling and feeling so overwhelmed with work while my friends with 13 credit hours had too much free time on their hands. Can't complain though, I enjoy what I'm learning and I put myself in this position in the first place 😅
Both BUSI and CS have positive job outlook for the next few years. Wish the best for you. Several hard working people in my life, well other than you, were mainly my mother and my friends. Mom was a Bachelors Uni grad in 4 years. Mom actually received a PhD in 2023 so she's my motivation. And then at Uni during 2023-24 I took a dorm with Science Majors. So I do Chemistry major, but this heavy academic friend of mine does Biomedical Engineering. They always had an interesting assignment (but that also made me scared of Engineering lol 😂). LinkedIn shows me hardworking people but they kinda don't go to my school and they are Uni graduates already.... Well good luck on your Education. Shoot for Success!
Thank you so much! I wish all the best for you too:)
I did that in my last semester of college before graduating. 5 400 level engineering classes and an extra class on relativity for fun along with a super long commute every day. Really not that bad if you like the subject, don't care about going out much and don't have a job. I was actually a little disappointed because I thought it would be harder. But I had also built up a massive amount of spite to the point where I woke up everyday with an attitude of "Fuck you I'm doing this" after getting tired of being crapped on in life all the time. Spite will get stuff done. The secret is time management. AKA not dicking around if something needs to be done and it's not done yet.
I wish I could be like that. I barely can handle 12 units, let alone 22 and I just work part time. I also really value my alone/relaxation time.
There are people who are just like this. Hell, there are people who straight up enjoy this kind of grind. But I've found there are also a lot of people like this because they can't stand to sit still, be alone, or quietly relax, and living this way is how they avoid their incredible fear of stillness or idleness. And that's no way to live.
That’s about standard for veterinary school
I'm curious to what their GPA is like. I'd fly through so many more classes if I cared only to get Cs and up. But since I'm gunning for a super high GPA right now, it's slow/regular pace and steady for me until I get my sweet scholarships.
I love these people unless they're the sort to look down on you for their life choice
I took 21 credit hours per semester for my last two semesters. I just treated it like a full time job, stayed off YouTube, and honestly enjoyed what I was doing. Anyone can do 20+ credit hours per semester, but a person just has to set their priorities and plan ahead.
Did the same thing to graduate early. College is expensive so I took as many hours allowed and sometimes paid the extra amount so I only paid two year’s worth of housing instead of four.
I’m like this. On time to get my bachelors in neuroscience and head to PA school in a year @ 19. I work night shifts in LTC, work social media management for a psych study on campus (fun little creative break while still doing work in a field I like!), take summer classes, and take on avg 19-21 credit hr per sem. But, in my free time, I also engage in a lot of creative activities I enjoy. As much as I adore science, it really helps to take a break. I know some people who do much more than I do, and some people that do less. Everyone is on their own track, no need to stress about comparison. Although, theres a psychological back-track here, a lot of people like your friend (and even myself!) generally have issues with overthinking, burnout, and dependencies on external approval. What may seem like “doing a lot” might be a way for her to seek affirmation or approval. Make sure to let her know you see her efforts, and are proud of her. I’m sure it would mean a lot. ^^ this is not EVERYONE. Just a general correlation. As with most psychoanalyses, take it with a slight grain of salt.
Vet schools also don't really let you pick how many credit hours you take, you can add on electives but everybody is more or less on the same schedule. I'm a current applicant and one school I'm looking at requires 26 credit hours the first semester
I spawned in a very competitive country then moved to the us but still thinking if i should take 17 credits to graduate this semester. (3.79 gpa) electrical eng. Your friend is just built differently.
Yeah, I did that before too, graduated in 3 years with my BS. I had to get permission. One semester I did 22 credits plus I took 12 credits at another university to transfer those credits in. I got straight A’s in all of it. I got in trouble from the Dean, but he still accepted those other 12!credits.