17 credits too much for incoming freshman?

maryversity
Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:59:11 +0000

Here’s the info for max number of credits The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research University;

My son did take 17 credits his first semester, but I don’t think he got seats in them all at orientation. I kinda remember he was waitlisted on at least two classes he planned on. So, while HE counted himself as having 17 credits, since the two classes were waitlisted, they didn’t count yet in the school’s perspective and that may be the same issue here…

Actually, thinking about it, he was technically considered part-time on the first tuition bill because the seats hadn’t opened up yet in his classes, so as far as they were concerned, he wasn’t signed up for enough classes to get the tuition credit from his scholarship (which requires full time status). So, once the seats opened up and he was officially “in” those classes, his tuition was corrected and he received his scholarship credit as well.

FYI, bear in mind that some majors have their own limitation of credit also. For example, engineering majors have to get departmental approval to take a “credit overload” which they set the max at 18 credits https://hsauber.wufoo.com/forms/exception-to-policy-credit-overload/ and they cannot even apply until after the first semester when they have an official gpa on record.