<p>Well, I came in with a lot of credits and I-</p>
<p>Wait, 80 CREDITS?! Wow.</p>
<p>Well, realistically, those 80 credits aren’t going to get him out of a lot of upper-division courses from his major (probably). Lib eds (general education) requirements will be taken care of though, like freshman writing, reading, social science, physical science, etc.</p>
<p>You’ve probably seen something like this but I’m talking about this stuff:</p>
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<p>People that come in with a lot of credits tend to do one of the following:
- Graduate in four years and just enjoy themselves by not taking a lot of classes each semester giving them lots of time to work, volunteer, have fun and socialize, etc.
- Graduate really early; if you want the full college experience you probably don’t want this. Saves a lot of money/time, but I still personally wouldn’t recommend it
- Double or even triple major. I know a fair amount of people that are doing this. They brought in so many credits that all their general education requirements were done in addition to the lower division courses in their major. So, they pretty much started with upper division courses in their major. Upside of this is you get to major in multiple fields you’re interested in and still major in time. Downside? You’re going to be diving in to the deep end really quickly with some very intense courses. Try to ease into it if you go this route.</p>