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12-credit semester

Due to a scholarship trust fund my parents put me on, and my desire to aquire the last batch of money eligible to me from said trust fund, I will actually be taking four courses in the Fall in order to qualify as a 4th year in January. 4th year, IIRC, is equivalent to haveing completed 85 credit hours of courses, which I will be short by one were I to take three courses as planned originally.

Now, this worries me slightly, as bad things occured the last time I took a four-course semester with three upper division computing courses. However, as I have freed myself of quite a few major non-academic responsibilities in the last two semesters, things will hopefully turn out a lot better this time around.

Nevertheless, don’t be surprised if I fall off the face of the Earth come November…

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5 Responses to “12-credit semester”

  1. Trevor Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 10:54

    I’ve always thought 90. Or at least that is the sensible division of 120 credits into 4 years…

    See this entry in the calendar: http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/Admis%20RegEnrol11.html#1038889

  2. yangman Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 20:57

    Yeah, I’ve looked at that too, but I’m inclined to believe the nice lady at the General Inquiries.

    Also, completing courses at the rate of 30 per year isn’t as easy when the average credit hours per course just barely above 3.

  3. Curtis Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 21:40

    *uses flippity hand motions*

    Why don’t you waste $500 on a course that serves as little but an easy-as-pie GPA booster?

  4. Timbo Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 22:29

    4th year is 90-120+ credits. However you’re given a four credit leeway if you don’t quite make 90. I learned that from General Inquiries when I talked to them about my scholarship thingy awhile back.

  5. yangman Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 23:36

    Ah, that would make sense. I was just told that I can’t qualify as 4th year unless I’ve completed 85 or 86 credits. Successfully passing next semester would put me at 87 credits.

    As far as the easy-as-pie GPA booster goes, records show I actually end up doing worse. I got a D in STAT 270 even though it was 90% memorization, and we were event allowed a cheat sheet for exams, and I didn’t even manage an A for PHYS 100. Unless the content is interesting, or the work involved is trivial (like CMPT 101), I do really badly at easy courses.

    It’s like the Uncanny Valley. Except more like a chasm, and involes grade points, and not as much creepyness.

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