<p>Hi, I have saved up enough credits by this point that I could essentially take 3 courses a semester for my final 2 years of college and still graduate in 4 years. It would make my life a lot less stressful and I think I'd be able to maintai a higher GPA. It would also allow me to work more and save up more money. </p>
<p>Would this make it difficult to get a job or get into graduate school after I finish college? Would law schools care? PhD programs? I would still be considerd a full time student by my college.</p>
<p>I can do a similar thing, but I just see it as a waste. I mean, I am going to a great school and paying a lot of money. I might as well get the most out of it I can (school wise)</p>
<p>At my school, if that was three 5 hour courses then that would be fine. </p>
<p>But a lot of courses are 3 or even 2 credits, taking 3 of either of those would put me below full time status. So you have to do what is acceptable to your school</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s about number of credits, not number of classes. Not being a full-time student might make you ineligible for financial aid, among other things.</p>
<p>But if you can do it, go ahead. It won’t hurt you in any way.</p>
<p>Are you still on your parents insurance? With my parents, if I don’t maintain fulltime status, I lose insurance and military benefits. You should also consider your schools position on part time students.</p>
<p>PhD programs might care, actually. Not necessarily about the number of classes you take, but about the amount of effort you put into your academics, including relevant work outside of class (seminars, research, etc). If you were on an admissions committee, how confident would you be that an applicant is ready to dedicate 5 years of his life to the study of a very narrow specialty when they couldn’t bother to invest more than minimal effort into their academics in the last two years of college?</p>
<p>Valid fulltime student points…if you’re still FT though, do it. Then you can have time for a PT job or internship. Experience would help you get into grad school, moreso than taking half dozen classes per term.</p>
<p>I would still take some fun or easy classes or at least some other classes to diversify your edumacation. I don’t think graduate schools look at credits in particular (some people graduate in 3 years even) but they might look at your transcript and see laziness…? I would still try to get the most out of your tuition if you’re going to be there for 2 more years, though. School is about the learning!</p>
<p>^i agree that that’s good advice; if you don’t want things to be too stressful, take 3 main classes then a joke class or two to broaden your horizons and get the credits.</p>