Class schedule reasonable? (Hawaii Pre-Nursing Student)

[mxm80]

I'm starting college this Fall and I've finally submitted my class schedule request. My college offers students different ways to register for their classes, but a friend of mine (current nursing student) advised me to join a Learning Community Cluster. The schedule is set and the same 15 people take the same 6 classes together. She said it was really helpful and a great way to make new friends quickly. I was fine with taking my classes with the same people in all of them since it was just for Fall Semester. I was also looking at it as a great way to easily form a study group.

What worries me though, is if I can even handle the schedule. The cluster requires us to take a minimum of 15 credits which means I have to add another class since it was only 14 credits. (I have the photo attached) I added English 100 (3 credits) so now I am at 17 credits.

Just curious if any other Pre-Nursing students/past Pre-Nursing students took the same or similar course load.

Is the load reasonable? Will I be able to have room for a part-time job, volunteering, social life, etc.? Was this a smart decision? Should I pull my request and sign up for classes individually and lower my course load?

Thank you in advance for you responses! :)

[hellfirecat, LVN]

You may have a tough time with A&P and Micro. I've only taken Anatomy (my school separates them) and it was a tough one to get through. Soo much memorization and studying required. And those aren't even the only classes you're taking. It all depends on you and how you study, you know what you can handle but keep in mind you need to do well in those core pre-nursing classes to get accepted into a program. Good luck!

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

It depends on the individual, but I took 18 credits for my first semester of my undergraduate degree and did fine. Some people take over 20 credits. There are a lot of variables but, credit-wise, it's doable.

[elkpark]

My nursing program scheduled A&P (one semester of a two-semester course), organic chemistry (ditto), and micro in the same semester, and we weren't given any choice about it, that was how the curriculum was set up. Everyone survived. It wasn't easy, but it was "do-able."