Too much to handle?

Question

I am considering taking a financial accounting class, statistics, and american nat'l government class-do you think this is too much to handle for one college semester? p.s. i suck in math and i'm not the most motivated student-however if its do-able, i will do it. comments welcome!

Also, I work full-time and have a 6yr old. I am about 5 classes away from graduating (these 3 included).

Answer 1

No. I don't think this is too much for you to handle. You will need to study for statistics, hard because it is a quantitative class. Some professors let you use Excel to solve you statistical problems which makes the whole course remarkably easier to understand. Financial accounting you'll have to worry about the technical lingo. Math is a large part, but it should be more addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, however, there are some algebraic equations mixed in. Just remember the formula for slope. American National Government is a class that will deal with laws and you'll need your memorization skills for this class. So if you can come up with word associations that would be a good choice to handle what you need to memorize during this class.

Answer 2

If you suck at math, you might want to take some easy courses because you will want to devote alot of your time to mastering the mathematical concepts. American government seems like a fairly easy course (of course this can depend on the professor) but financial accounting for a mathematically-challenged person might be a little too much, especially if you are taking it in the same semester as statistics. Take courses which seem fairly easy to get a A or B in without much effort, and use websites like ratemyprofessor.com, myspace (grade my professor section), and pickaprof.com to find out which professors are more likely to give out A's than others. Using these websites will also provide information about their testing, grading, and teaching methods. It takes me a long time to understand mathematical concepts, and I am a slacker. These websites have been my absolute savior as far as continuing to make the Dean's List four years in a row. When I had to take an Econometrics course (which is heavy statistics and mathematical economics), I took easy courses because I knew that I had to really devote alot of time on understanding and mastering the concepts of Econometrics. I made the Dean's List (3.5+ GPA) that semester.

Answer 3

You'll be fine. Most people take about 4 to 5 classes. So with 3 hard ones, you will have enough time to dedicate to the subjects and be able to get really good grades.

Answer 4

statistics is very time consuming..1 problem can take u form 20-30 minutes to finish..just think if u have to do fifteen of those, but thats very unlikely..and this happens usually well into ur stats class. ur government class..its just facts, right? but if u have essays ..thats another story. i dont know about the accounting class...u might want to look up who ur professors are going to be and then go to : grademyprofessor.com for a review on the teacher...its pretty helpful..i choose all of my teachers with and it works out great..

hope i was able to help some!
good luck!

Answer 5

Three classes? Is that it, and is that all you do? If so, you should manage fine; most people take five courses at a time in a semester system if they are full-time students.