<p>I was really focused on the credit limits when I was looking at schools, but in retrospect I made too big of a deal out of it. I ended up starting with 45 credits. I will graduate with ~190 credits. I thought of graduating early, and I will end up with 7.5 semesters of classes rather than 8, but graduating early dropped down my priority list once I actually started college. Having some extra credits was nice for bumping me up in my registration slot, but I don’t think that was huge. The big thing is that having a lot of requirements fulfilled coming in gave me a lot of flexibility. I was able to add a minor in an unrelated field, do an honors thesis, throw in some elective math classes, and get into upper level courses sooner (which gave me more research and co-op/internship opportunities).</p>
<p>I was in your position when I started out, but I would look less at their credit number caps and more at what they will give credit for.</p>