It’s 18 credits with PE, 16 without. (Voice lessons are 2 credits.) I most likely will not take PE because I’m not crazy about having only 10 minutes in between PE and Theory - instead I’ll just use the campus gym, which is pretty cool and maybe buy a $50/yr pass which gets me into a variety of group fitness in the campus gym. I’m currently taking 15 credit hours and still practicing voice and piano thought… and commuting… so hopefully 16 credits isn’t too much.
I need 15 credits to maintain my scholarship (and only 1 credit per semester of PE counts) and with how the credits work out (Diction, Music Theory, and Aural skills are each 2 credits, while the honors seminar and stats class are each 3, Concert Music is required but 0 credits) and courses that must be taken together (Music Theory and Aural Skills must be taken together, while choir and Concert Music are required if I’m enrolled in any group instruction or applied lessons) the only class I’d be able to drop would be Group Piano. Since I’m going to start out in Group Piano 1 and I already know some piano, the first semester should be pretty easy (after I complete the semester 1 material, I’ll continue on semester 2 material during fall, but I don’t think I will struggle/have to expend too much effort until I reach semester 3 material) - so dropping Group Piano would be kind of pointless.
I am hopefully going to tutor math 5-10 hrs/week - applied yesterday and have already heard back, with an interview on Tuesday. The manager seems impressed and optimistic (we talked informally today because the tutoring center is in the library where I study on Wednesdays).
Also, I took a housing tour today - there are private rooms in the dorms that I could use to practice (no pianos, but I shouldn’t need them if I have a pitch pipe).