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It is not advisable to take more than six credits per summer session. Some schools have two summer sessions where students can pick up 12 semester hours. Most students who take three courses during one summer session wind up either dropping one, or sacrifice their GPA on all three. Of course it also depends on what courses they are taking. In other words, taking public speaking, is much different than taking human anatomy/physiology. Still, all I am saying is, use good discretion.

For Financial Aid purposes, you'll need to take 12 semester hours (even though it'll be like taking 24 during a regular semester) to be considered a full time student and receive all your grant money for summer semester. With the recommended course load being 6 credit hours, that will put you as a half-time student, leaving you with half of the potential financial aid.

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For colleges and universities that operate on a regular semester system, it is possible to take 12 credits during the summer if the school offers two summer sessions. In other words two courses per semester. If the institution offers one summer session then, six credits would be appropriate. Still, it depends on what type of course your taking, its complexity, whether very time consuming, etc. Evidently an accounting course would be more time consuming then a course in social recreation. You just have to make sure you do not overload yourself.

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