I just don’t see how the schedule could be any easier. If your son is worried about it, don’t feed the machine. Tell him OF COURSE he can handle it! This is not considered a tough schedule. He’s a great student, evidenced by the fact that he was admitted to University of Michigan. It would be very out of the norm to register for only three classes. He doesn’t need to take less than a typical schedule to get adjusted. He should stick with the norm because he CAN do it and because you don’t want him thinking that he’s so different from everyone else that he has to take an abbreviated schedule.