What are the most credit hours you took in one semester in college?

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PsychoAndy

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I couldn't take over 20 hours if I tried.

1.) I'd be billed for overload
2.) None of the schedules would fit; i'd probably have to take night classes
3.) Labs take up a good deal of time, and count as 1 hour of credit
 

leinadM

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Dec 13, 2002
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I took 30 credit hours last semester (10 classes). I'll never do that again...

Oh yeah, and I passed all of them :D
 

DrNoobie

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20 hours + 36 hours/week on 12 hour shifts. I learned how to make up sleep on the weekends.
 

GasX

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Feb 8, 2001
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15 credits
1 sport
2 part-time jobs
1 very sexually driven girlfriend
1 serious drinking habit.

good times....
 

Ilmater

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Jun 13, 2002
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Originally posted by: Mwilding
15 credits
1 sport
2 part-time jobs
1 very sexually driven girlfriend
1 serious drinking habit.

good times....
ROFLMAO! Nice...

:beer::D:beer:
 

techfuzz

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Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: techfuzz
Originally posted by: Feldenak
I'll probably be taking 18 semester hours my final semester in school. Combined with working 43+ hrs a week and getting married...it should make for an interesting 3 months.
Yeah, I just got engaged too... But we're putting the wedding off until later when one or both of us are out of school because of the obvious reasons ($$$ and time).

techfuzz

Well...we've been together for 4 years and engaged for 1.5 years. Don't want to try and deal with planning a wedding, finding a job and possibly moving all at the same time. :)
I've got the job, but I am going to be moving sometime later this year to a new place. I couldn't imagine piling on a wedding to plan for as well. It's almost unbearable trying to satiate the fiance as-is! But I must try!

techfuzz
 

Psycceritified34

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I took 27 credit hours one semester and passed them all. In fact, I got a much higher GPA than a friend of mine that was in a few of my classes with me.

I found that some things just had to go. For instance, one class I could have received an A for I had to accept a B in because I did not have the time to put together a 43-page project in that class. I would have suffered too greatly in other courses.

Has anyone taken more than 27 hours? Did you pass them all?
Well I'm in 8 classes now for 28 credits
 

adairusmc

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22.

In my masters program currently we are only allowed to take two classes at a time (10 credits total), so no more of that thankfully. I maintained 20-22 credits a term for a couple of years so I could get done early, and have enough GI bill benefits left over to pay for my masters as well. This was while working a full time job the entire time (I worked for 10 years out of the military before ever starting school).
 

thebestMAX

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Anyone who has taken BioChemistry Lab knows that it could qualify as an entire semester itself. Then try being the Teaching Assistant. People were in there 24/7 trying to get it done and calling me at all hours.

18 was my top I believe. Only needed 12 to qualify for GI Bill.