<p>I know at some colleges my friends are at, they pay like $500 per credit hour. So a 3 credit course costs like $1500. And their financial aid package are calculated with "estimated" tuition costs, assuming they take the standard 12-credit semester.</p>
<p>So, is that the same at Cornell? Because on my financial aid sheet, it also says "estimated tuition". If tuition was the same for everyone, it wouldn't be "estimated" would it?</p>
<p>I'm wondering if Cornell charges the pay-per-credit hour thing. Because I could be taking more than 12-15 credits this semester.</p>
<p>My S took 23 and 22 semester units respectively, last year, at no increase in tuition (he is in one of the endowed colleges). Fin Aid probably uses the term "estimated tuition" because at the time the sheet was prepared, tuition for the following year had not been finally set.</p>
<p>You can take as many classes as you want...but as a freshemen you need special permission from the dean if you take over 19 credits! Tuition is not based on taken credit! Check your bursar bill, you will see that you have already been charged for the tution!</p>
<p>poomix is right: it's said estimated tuition as they give you the sums from last year, still not knowing the precise number for the one you are applying for.</p>
<p>The only time where I've heard that you have to pay per credit is if you are in one of the statutory colleges and you go beyond your limit for endowed credit. You can take between 50-55 credits (depending on the statutory school... why it differs I don't know, and it's a little unfair that it does...) in the endowed schools. After you reach this threshold, you have to pay per credit for any additional classes you take in the endowed school (which is around $800 or so/credit, so between $2400-3000 for a class).
Please don't let this scare you - VERY VERY few people ever reach this point. Talk to your college's student services office to find out more - I can only speak from what I've heard in ILR (and besides, perhaps things have changed since I last heard this).</p>
<p>Although, in the case of ILR, classes like Econ 101/102 (which are required, if you don't have transfer/AP credit, which many people don't) do count towards this limit. Fair? Of course not. And you can bet I'll raise a little hell when I get close to my 50 credit limit. :)</p>
<p>it's VERY rare for contract college students to reach the credit limit. </p>
<p>even so, the charge is like the difference between endowed credits and the contract college students isn't terrible, financial aid can help out too.</p>
<p>I didnt catch it from the responses. But what are the maximum amount of credits you can take a semester without being charged extra? </p>
<p>I'm just curious because I want to take an extra language class and extra physical education classes.</p>
<p>I'm going to a statuatory college. CALS</p>
<p>See Biophilic's post above: you can take as many credits as you want per semester without extra charge.</p>
<p>for Human Ecology, you can take as many endowed credits as you want. It used to be 21 max, and that meant that pre-med students who take chem/orgo/physics couldn't really take other electives from the endowed schools unless they were willing to pay for it. so, the point is to not worry about how many credits you are taking, but also it doesn't matter where they are coming from either.</p>
<p>I know this is a super old thread, but it’s one that kinda relates to my question.</p>
<p>I’m going to be majoring in Environmental Engineering through CALS. I’m officially registered as a CALS student, but I don’t have to meet any of the CALS requirements, only those of the College of Engineering. So does the maximum of 55 credits that I can take in the endowed colleges apply to me as well, do you think? Or is it still unlikely that I’ll reach that cap…</p>
<p>I’ll probably just ask my advisor during O-week. Thanks though!</p>