Do not register for too many courses
September 8, 2008 by app2usadvisor
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At US Universities with semester system, the minimum course load for the undergraduate students is four courses and for the graduate students it is three courses. MBA students are on a fixed schedule and do not have to worry about this.
It is easy to get tempted to register for more courses than the minimum load, especially because in your own country you might have taken 5 or 6 courses in one semester. At US Universities each additional course can add a lot of stress specially because you are trying to adjust in a new country and also probably working 20 hours per week.
We strongly recommend taking the minimum number of courses in the first semester. Depending on how well you perform you may consider additional courses in subsequent semesters. This will also help maintain a good GPA. If you get all A grades in the first semester you will have a 4.0 GPA and then can hope for some funding etc in the second semester. On the other hand if you take more courses and are unable to maintain a good GPA then it will become difficult to improve your GPA later.
