@mundanewarrior, “55 credits? Whoa. Did he skip like 2 years of college?”
He came in with sophomore standing and will have junior standing at the end of this semester. He will likely only cut off a semester of school. He could cut off more, but he is also pursuing the STEM MBA program and he might earn his Masters in CS as well. His scholarship covers 5 years of tuition, plus he has stipends, so I think he will get as much for the scholarship money as he possibly can.
I can’t help you with study abroad because ds hasn’t done that yet. I would call the scholarship office to clarify.
Also, are you applying for the honors college? The requirements are a 28 on the ACT or 1310 new SAT and a 3.5 GPA (although your GPA may be calculated different). If you do not pass the AP English exam you take tale an honors Eng course (EN 103) that is one semester but counts for En 101 and 102, thus eliminating a semester of English.