How many credits will everyone be graduating with?

bjjones · 11-01-2009, 08:58 PM

Just out of Just out of curiosity, how many credits will everyone graduate with?

(I'll have 32, by the way)

civomorth · 11-01-2009, 09:09 PM

around 60, i believe. but that's typical at my school

Prism123 · 11-01-2009, 10:28 PM

I'm expecting to graduate Cornell with around 160. If you meant high school which I'm guessing you did, I don't remember exactly how many I had, around 110 I think. The way every high school does credits though is different so its sort of a useless comparison.

RiceBoy · 11-01-2009, 11:10 PM

^ Thats kinda crazi, don't you have to pay extra?

Prism123 · 11-01-2009, 11:32 PM

came into cornell with 16, got 20 first semester, 22 second. Taking 20 now. That's already 78. If I finish with 160 that's only 17 credits per semester for my remaining 5 semesters.

Granted I'm on a project team which is 3 credits every semester. So if you take out those 24 credits and the 16 ap credits I came in with, that means if I finish with 160 I took 120 credits worth of regular classes while at cornell.

Also 22 is the max you can take in engineering without a petition.

swuster · 11-02-2009, 01:10 AM

Planning on 150 for an ECE major with Business minor, if you count 18 transfer credits that I'm accepting (didn't use all of them).

I'm also on a project team which for now is 1 credit per semester (can be up to 3 but I'm sticking with 1 for now). Not counting those credits, as well as credits for stuff like PE or Engineering Seminar freshman year, by the time I graduate I'll have taken 121 credits of actual classes.

hoonose · 11-02-2009, 03:47 AM

Actually, I believe you can take 23 credits per semester without petition. For 24 and up, you need to petition.

If everything works out, I plan to graduate with at least 184 credits, maybe more if I add project teams and/or research.

cc102 · 11-02-2009, 07:30 AM

i'll have at least 180 - came in with 30 AP credits, did 16 first semester, 14 second, 19 this semester and planning on at least 18 next - maybe i'll take it easy when i study abroad, but there are just way too many classes that i'm interested in! plus, i'm double majoring so it's kind of the only way i'll graduate within 4 years.

Prism123 · 11-02-2009, 08:43 AM

didn't get one of the classes I wanted in course enroll so guess I'll only be taking 19 this semester. Is it 23? Hmm, maybe I'll take a 4 credit class that I'm interested in instead of that 3 credit class I didn't get in.