My kid is taking an 8 credit intenstive chemistry lab class at the University of Utah this summer

500grains · 06-13-2018, 11:46 PM

The class is 6 weeks long.
5 hours of class per day (7:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm).
Each day there is a lecture, a lab, a lab report to write, chapters to read, and a problem set to complete and turn in.
Each Friday there is a midterm exam.

This is an 8.0 credit class at the university level. My kid just finished his junior year of high school. He is working on this class from 7 am to between 11 pm and 1 a.m. each day.

A normal science class during the school year is 4.0 credits per semester, so to earn 8.0 credits a student would start the class in late August and finish the first week of June. With the class my son is taking, they cram it all into 6 weeks.

Diesel 88888888 · 06-13-2018, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 500grains

The class is 6 weeks long.
5 hours of class per day (7:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm).
Each day there is a lecture, a lab, a lab report to write, chapters to read, and a problem set to complete and turn in.
Each Friday there is a midterm exam.

This is an 8.0 credit class at the university level. My kid just finished his junior year of high school. He is working on this class from 7 am to between 11 pm and 1 a.m. each day.

A normal science class during the school year is 4.0 credits per semester, so to earn 8.0 credits a student would start the class in late August and finish the first week of June. With the class my son is taking, they cram it all into 6 weeks.

He will do well...with all that he won't have time for much else.

(But later keep him away from the stump remover!)

aviator · 06-14-2018, 07:53 AM

Excellent! Dual enrollment is the way to go

Is he planning on being a chemist or going into medical field?

baboon · 06-14-2018, 07:59 AM

Sounds like he has a plan for the future & should do great in life!

Sanders · 06-14-2018, 08:01 AM

That's a pretty intense classload. I loved summer school, when I was in college. Full time registration was considered 8.0 credit hours, too. There were 2 summer sessions, and I'd knock out 16 credit hours between them.

All while working a 40 hr./wk full time job.

Sleep? What's that?

4thIDvet · 06-14-2018, 08:10 AM

Good kid yah have their.

500grains · 06-14-2018, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by aviator

Is he planning on being a chemist or going into medical field?

Med school. The class that keeps a lot of kids out of med school is organic chem, so my kid is focusing on chemistry early. He only needs 1 year of general chem, 1 year of organic chem and 1 year of biochem, but he must ace those classes and know the subjects cold for the MCAT.

aviator · 06-14-2018, 08:37 AM

Great choice. My son wanted to be a doctor too but after graduation with a dual major (Chemistry and Biology) he stayed working for the government as a scientist, even after he passed the MCAT, eventually becoming a High School Principal, he now makes as much as a doctor and doesn't have to pay malpractice insurance. He's also a product of dual enrollment and offers college courses at his All Science school. His sister has taken a few courses already plus AP classes and she'll be a senior next year.

dinkydow · 06-14-2018, 08:45 AM

I did the very same thing many years ago. Yep LOTS of work. Summer science classes were filled with kids who were advanced placement out of high school and enrolled in the BSMD program. The most cut throat little bastards I ever saw.

On the upside... Summer classes have lots of young honeys who like to dress real skimpy and ride men's stiff cocks.

44044 · 06-14-2018, 08:52 AM

Good kid Sir...

baboon · 06-14-2018, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

I did the very same thing many years ago. Yep LOTS of work. Summer science classes were filled with kids who were advanced placement out of high school and enrolled in the BSMD program. The most cut throat little bastards I ever saw.

On the upside... Summer classes have lots of young honeys who like to dress real skimpy and ride men's stiff cocks.

Unlike me who road the dirt bike out to the quarry early blasting shit with my H&K91. Then it was to the swimming side of the quarry where young honeys in bikinis if that, liked to party & ride hard cock.

If given a chance for a redo of life I can see where buckling down & going to school would be worth it now. I remember my dad saying, once I was out of high school "I aint paying for your ass to go to college! You fucked off the last 3 years of your life thinking you where some playboy, chasing pussy & get fucked up!

Merc · 06-14-2018, 12:20 PM

Excellent.
Work and study hard.

MERC

dinkydow · 06-14-2018, 04:12 PM

Knowledge is power. Being like a turd floating around on the creek of life being blown hither and yon by the wind...and fucktards...is no way to live. Taking an active hand in what life holds for us requires wising up and education. Living stupid requires a lack of awareness to be happy. Truly fucking stupid people would die young if the socialists did not keep them alive to both vote... and to exploited.

06-13-2018, 11:46 PM	#1
500grains Soldier of Allah Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Crackerland Posts: 31,662	My kid is taking an 8 credit intenstive chemistry lab class at the University of Utah this summer The class is 6 weeks long. 5 hours of class per day (7:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm). Each day there is a lecture, a lab, a lab report to write, chapters to read, and a problem set to complete and turn in. Each Friday there is a midterm exam. This is an 8.0 credit class at the university level. My kid just finished his junior year of high school. He is working on this class from 7 am to between 11 pm and 1 a.m. each day. A normal science class during the school year is 4.0 credits per semester, so to earn 8.0 credits a student would start the class in late August and finish the first week of June. With the class my son is taking, they cram it all into 6 weeks. __________________ Racism will keep you alive.

06-14-2018, 07:53 AM	#3
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,391	Excellent! Dual enrollment is the way to go Is he planning on being a chemist or going into medical field? __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

06-14-2018, 08:01 AM	#5
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,461	That's a pretty intense classload. I loved summer school, when I was in college. Full time registration was considered 8.0 credit hours, too. There were 2 summer sessions, and I'd knock out 16 credit hours between them. All while working a 40 hr./wk full time job. Sleep? What's that? __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

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4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,412	Good kid yah have their. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

06-14-2018, 08:45 AM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,469	I did the very same thing many years ago. Yep LOTS of work. Summer science classes were filled with kids who were advanced placement out of high school and enrolled in the BSMD program. The most cut throat little bastards I ever saw. On the upside... Summer classes have lots of young honeys who like to dress real skimpy and ride men's stiff cocks. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

06-14-2018, 07:59 AM	#4
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,307	Sounds like he has a plan for the future & should do great in life!

06-14-2018, 08:37 AM	#8
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,391	Great choice. My son wanted to be a doctor too but after graduation with a dual major (Chemistry and Biology) he stayed working for the government as a scientist, even after he passed the MCAT, eventually becoming a High School Principal, he now makes as much as a doctor and doesn't have to pay malpractice insurance. He's also a product of dual enrollment and offers college courses at his All Science school. His sister has taken a few courses already plus AP classes and she'll be a senior next year.

06-14-2018, 08:52 AM	#10
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,933	Good kid Sir...

06-14-2018, 12:20 PM	#12
Merc Expendable Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Concrete Jungle NYC Posts: 23,797	Excellent. Work and study hard. MERC __________________ Keep your powder dry and an edge on your knife, Know your enemy, know his sword - Miyamoto Musashi The Book of Five Rings Blessed be the Lord , my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust;

06-14-2018, 04:12 PM	#13
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,469	Knowledge is power. Being like a turd floating around on the creek of life being blown hither and yon by the wind...and fucktards...is no way to live. Taking an active hand in what life holds for us requires wising up and education. Living stupid requires a lack of awareness to be happy. Truly fucking stupid people would die young if the socialists did not keep them alive to both vote... and to exploited.