Questions about credit

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<p>I'm an international student, who is required to get at least 12 credits per semester. Since I'm not going to graduate early and I will most likely to get over 40 credits transferred from AP scores, I only have to get the least number of classes (12 credits) each semester. I want to concentrate on research of biology, so I think it's probably wise not to take too many classes, especially ones unrelated to biology. I'm going to do neither double-major nor minor. </p>

<p>However, have many competitive applicants in grad school admission taken many classes even they don't need to get so much excess credits? How many classes are recommended to be taken in my case? Is it meaningful for a single major student (like me) to get 150 credits just because I can get? </p>

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<p>Grad schools do not care how many credits you take. They will look at what courses you take to get an idea of whether or not you are prepared for graduate level coursework in your field, but they couldn’t care less about the actual number of credits.</p>

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<p>I’m glad to know that. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Yes, purely taking more classes doesn’t really help. Maybe taking some graduate classes would be helpful if it’s an option but beyond that nothing much. If your plan is to put yourself heavy into research that’s much more valuable. </p>