Do you pay more for taking 18+ per semester?

Paying for College
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<p>IMPORTANT Do you have to pay more money if you take more than 15 or 18 credits a semester in college? Like if you take above that then do you have to pay like 300 dollars more per class that you take? Please answer.</p>

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<p>You have to ask your University Financial Aid person. Some schools let you take over 18 credits without charging extra and some do not. </p>

<p>For example, at the University I am to transfer to in the Spring I can take 7 or 8 classes and only have to pay for 6 classes. But, where I am at University now, that would bankrupt me to do.</p>

<p>Alright? </p>

<p>So, ask that financial aid person pronto. Be sure to not ask a student worker, ask a professional:)</p>

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<p>From what I've read, most schools charge for taking over 18 credits.</p>

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<p>I agree that each school sets its own policy. At USC, you have to pay for credits above 18/semester. Don't guess -- ask & try to get the policy in writing so you will know what it is.</p>

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<p>Absolutely, they charge . . . a lot at private universities for sure. D is taking a 4-credit overload and it's costing us almost $3800.</p>

<p>But lots cheaper than living in Boston another semester! :-)</p>

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<p>It varies among colleges. Many charge per hour if you go over 17 or 18 and a number (example: Cornell) do not.</p>

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<p>But I would not take 18 credit hours. That's insane.</p>

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<p>What I thought 18 credits was normal for smart students? Is it normal. Like don't really smart people take 20+ credits.</p>

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<p>At USC, to get your engineering degree in 4 years, you pretty much HAVE to take 17-18 credits/semester. Other schools & majors & Us may be different. 18 is considered a fairly heavy load at most Us, >18 is REALLY heavy.</p>

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<p>I once took 20 credit hours in one semester.</p>

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<p>I know someone's who's done 22.</p>

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<p>My school charges about 1,000 a credit hour over 16...and my degree requires so many credits that to graduate in four years a lot of students have to take those 18 credit semesters. Thank goodness for AP credit and community college during summer.</p>

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<p>Really depends where you are. At S's school the charge is the same for any over 6 (full time). He took 20 last semester (5As 2Bs and a credit - not sure where that came from) but was in the library all of the time.</p>