<p>It seems only a relative handful of kids pay attention to credits: those who are near overloading, who are underloaded, who for some reason or another are a credit or two off in a major or minor. In all my conversations about classes with my kid & friends, the only time credits have come up is in the context of 1 credit things. To put this in practice: you pick what you want and need to take and credit hours rarely come into it.</p>