<p>142 credits is 14 credits more than 128 credits – almost a full semester’s worth more.</p>
<p>Unless you plan to take an extra semester or summer sessions in school or have a lot of useful AP or other credit coming in, you have to overload by an average of 2 credits per semester (so an average of 18 credits per semester instead of 16 credits per semester) in order to complete the 142 credits.</p>