His records showed he had spent most of his life in school, carrying an academic load that left little room for fun.

Not only was the academic load heavier, but we began full-scale physical training.

The normal academic load is five to six courses per tri-semester.

Simmons has also shouldered his academic load as never before.

We're entitled to a little time off before we get back to full-time academic loads.

Now a second-semester junior with a 3.3 grade point average, he said his current academic load was difficult enough.

But just as important, he said, have been changes at home that enable women to handle heavy academic loads.

There her daughter takes two drama classes a day and a music class, in addition to her regular academic load.

Many work almost 30 hours a week on top of their academic loads.

And in Boston his academic load made him what one classmate called an "invisible man."