What's considered a full time college student?

What is considered a full time student varies by university. The one that I attended considered a course load of 12 credit hours to be full time. For traditional semster colleges, there are two regular semesters in a year. The fall semester runs from late August to December. The spring semester runs from January to May. You can also take summer semester classes. These usually run from mid June to early August. There are some colleges that have quarters instead of semesters, such as Lindenwood College in St. Louis, for the fast track to getting a degree (instead of four years it takes about 2 1/2 years). It's called Individualized Education and each quarter is about 8 weeks. If you have a college in mind, call and ask for their catalog. This will give you an idea of what they offer for classes and if they are a good fit for you. Congratulations on going to college and thank you for your service to our country. =)

12 credits constitiutes a full time student

Normally, 12 hours. Advice, first year take the minimum to break into college. There are normally two semesters - Fall, Spring, and the two summer sessions where you can take classes also. Last I heard, was 6 hours for the summer session which last about 6 to 8 weeks.. The semester varies with each college as far as starting and ending. But in general, about 4 months, more or less. Talk to the college advisor as soon as you get out. Also, things change, but check on when you get your first check from GI bill too.

I'm sure it depends on the school you plan to attend and what state school you want to go to, but typically a full time student takes 16 credits. For a first year student most classes are about 4 credits each, so a full time student would be taking four classes at four credits each which would give you a total of 16 credits per semester. A semester is typically 16 weeks long. If it starts the first week of September it usually ends mid-December. Then, the next semester usually starts at the end of January. If a school uses semesters as opposed to tri-mesters there are 2 semesters per year, then there is usually 1, 2, or 3 summer sessions. Some schools also have tri-mesters which are a little longer and then they go all year round including the summer and there are three tri-mesters per calendar year. You should definitely check out the state school web site which is sure to have this information for you. Good Luck!

Go talk to your financial aid officer. They will know. The amount is different from school to school. At my school twelve credit hours is considered full time.

At least 12 credit hours as an under-grad and 9 hours as a graduate student. A semester lasts about 4.5 months (summer semester being the exception of about a month and a half) and there are 2 semesters (3 if you count the summer semester) in a year.

I am not sure about the credit i think you should check on your university websites. 1 semester = 16 weeks 1 year = 3 semester ( Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer Semester)

At-least doing fall and winter session

Most colleges consider full-time 12 credits or more. Depending on the college, the semester is 16-18 weeks and there can be up four to six semesters in a year - winter (sometimes 2 sessions), spring, summer (sometimes 2 sessions) and fall.