Is 17 credits my first semester too much?

Sjamal
Wed, 20 May 2015 13:44:29 +0000

Just from what I know and my own personal opinion; I think you should stop at 14.
The average student takes 12-15 credits to be a full time student and graduate in 4 years so your already in that range. But you also have to take into consideration that it is your freshman year.Its a new city, new campus, a totally new environment. You should give yourself a semester or two to get properly acquainted with the campus and make new friends. You also are going to get use to live in dorms, a new schedule, new teachers, and just a load of new stresses.
From the amount of AP’s and the GPA you maintained in high school I do believe that you would be able to do 17 credits and maintain a high GPA, but maybe not a 4.0 if you go for 17.
I would give myself some free time. Try for 17 next year