<p>driveshaft: you (or your child,f if you’re a parent) can walk the entire campus in 10 minutes. Merkert is almost directly adjacent to McGuinn. in addition, if for some reason you can’t work 15 credits into your schedule, you can take the minimum of 12 credits to be considered a full-time student. (i’m not sure if this rule holds for first-semester first-years, so you’d have to double check, but i know it can and is done on a regular basis.)</p>