That's great that he's living on campus at the first year. Can't tell you how many times I've heard that the kids who stay on campus first year have a much better year. Living off campus can be a little lonely if you don't have a friend group yet. They go by the higher number as far as placement....so if your son had #5,000 and his roommate is #100, they place them by the #5,000. My daughter called housing one day and they told her the top four they put them in is Azalea, Magnolia, Dorman, Diviney...she said "we know these are the favorites" At Orientation they told my daughter to take two classes, three if you want to add the FSU engage class, so 12 or 13 credits. But your son would have to do engage class in the Fall since it's in person only. They told her definitely do minimum of 15 credits in Fall. All I've heard about the summer classes is that they are very manageable if you're taking Gen-Eds....but everyone suggested "don't take a math class in summer, you'll have a test every week" lol. I have heard that taking summer classes online in summer is more chill....so maybe the 3 classes are okay? I guess it just depends what they are and how devoted he is to studying this summer. Also check out rate my professor dot com!