So, I've made it through the first-day-of-classes-routine.  All the syllabi are out.  The grading scales have been set.  Calendar schedules of projects, exams, and all other works have been discussed.  Oh, the academic year is definitely in the air!

As far as first impressions go, let me rate my classes with the 5-star rating system*:

Survey of Personality: ****  The professor seems very enthusiastic and knowledgeable in her area of study.  She is very open to class discussion and opinion.  She uses powerpoint with her lectures and is not dull at all.  The only reason for not receiving a 5-star rating is because the class has a lot of requirements as far as readings, assessments, and exams.  Overall, the class seems do-able.

Psychology of Human Sexuality:  ****  The professor makes the early class very manageable to stay awake through.  She is very interested in the study of human sexuality, which makes her class not awkward at all as I expected.  The class is in an auditorium, and there are probably over a hundred students in the class.  Again, this course does not get a 5-star rating in my book due to the amount of work to be done and because of the class size.

Anatomy and Physiology: ***  The professor is very interested in getting the students the help they need and seem very easy to talk to.  I only give this a class a 3-star rating, however, because the class size is huge compared to most classes I've taken.  Also, there is definitely a TON of work for this class that will need to be done if I expect to keep my GPA.

Organic Chemistry:  ***  I feel pretty much the same way with this class as I do with Anatomy.  The professor seems easygoing, and he really stressed his office hours and other ways to reach him for help.  I'm just not really looking forward to this class.  I'm not sure anyone really looks forward to Organic Chemistry, anyways!  This and Anatomy are probably the courses I'm really dreading for this and the next semester!!!

Abnormal Pscyhology:  ****  The professor is very nice.  Out of all the professors, she was the one who made the most effort on first day to really get to know students personally.  It does help though that it's my smallest class.  There are 60 students and that's still pretty big, but it's definitely smaller than the other four classes.  There will be lots of reading and such to be done as in the other pscyhology courses, but it doesn't look too daunting.

I guess, the trend is just that the two science classes I'm taking are just really hard and that the three psych classes will be a lot of reading and analysis.  With this and all of my extracurricular and SI Leader position, I'm sure there will be lots to blog about.  Be sure to be on the lookout this semester, and definitely stick around to find out more about USC life for busy, overachiever, Honors kids like me!

Well, catch y'all later on the flipside, GAMECOCKS!

*5-star rating system based on course's first impression.  Things I considered were the professor's attitude towards the class, their availability and interest in really helping the students, the amount of work required, the environment as far as classroom and other students, and the overall vibe I got simply based on first impressions.  Obviously, this will probably change as the semester goes.  I just hope it will be for the best and not a downhill progress.  I do not look forward to giving an end of the semester rating of a poor 1/2-stars on Ratemyprofessor.com.  Hehe!