This gives you a couple of advantages over your peers. Take advantage of your extra credits to take a light course load; enough to qualify as a full-time stude

This gives you a couple of advantages over your peers. Take advantage of your extra credits to take a light course load; enough to qualify as a full-time student but with a bit more free time than others to work on pet projects or take advantage of all of the other great things that you will be surrounded with.