Is going to school on-line considered a full time student?

Question

Is going to school on-line considered a full time student?

Answer 1

HI ANDY I DONTTHINK THAT IT IS CONSIDERED AS AFULLTHIME STUDENT AND PEOPLE WHO    DO COURSES OF DISTANCEEDUCATION ARE NOT CONCIDERED AS FUULTIME STUDENT HOW CAN AN ONLINE STUDENT CAN BE CONSIDERED WHAT TYPE OF QUESTION IS THIS

Answer 2

Not sure it applies to onilne schools.

Answer 3

If the number of classes you are taking on-line are equal to going to a building to take them as a full time student, yes, going on-line is considered being a full time student, no matter how much time it actually takes you to do all of your lessons.  Beware, though, because most schools through high school have physical education requirements, and most on-line schools don't give PE classes by computer, and if the 'system' judging your school hours also wants a PE class, you may need to sign up for a face to face class that gives you that to be judged full time.  So ... research the people who are judging your 'full time' status, and if you don't 'count' just go out and get whatever classes you need to become full time.  

Answer 4

Not in most cases. My sister was trying to buy health insurance last night and in order for her to be considered full-time student the stipulations were that the classes were not online or home correspondence courses.  

Answer 5

It completely depends on how many credit hours you are taking.

Answer 6

As long as you take 12 hours/credits, you are considered a full time student (online or not).  Just check w/ the college you're planning on enrolling in and ask.  Couldn't hurt to be safe.

Answer 7

Yes, you are considered full-time if you are registered for 12 hours as an undergrad student online or 9 hours as a graduate student online.  Depending on whether you are perusing an undergraduate or graduate degree, the number of hours required to be full-time are different.  

Answer 8

I'm not sure it applies to online studies.  But I know that you have to be registered for a certain amount of credits in a semester to be considered full time.

**ADD**

Not sure why you're trying to determine this, but I did find out that the U.S. Federal Government (for tax and Social Security purposes) considers a full time student "one who is enrolled in 'non-correspondence' courses...."    So that means you have to be in actual classes, not online (as far as filing taxes or getting benefits from the Feds).