Any reason (other than the likelihood of suicide) to not get a bachelors in 2 years instead of 4?

[etalns]

I am considering doing my degree in two years (so 8 consecutive semesters) if my school offers the programs I need to finish each summer.

Anyone have any comments of why this would be a bad idea excluding the whole likelihood of killing yourself thing? Would employers dislike it, or like it? or be indifferent towards it?

I just want to get into the working world!

 

[loup garou]

College is fun, rushing through it is not.

 

[kyparrish]

If it lets you get your Masters in 4 years, then it sounds good to me. Unless you get a nice pimp job w/ a Bachelors.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: loup garou
College is fun, rushing through it is not.

I still manage to have fun while I am at school. I would be having the same amount of fun during the year without the extremely fun summers!

It would allow me to be done my masters a lot earlier than I otherwise would have been able to be.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
If it lets you get your Masters in 4 years, then it sounds good to me. Unless you get a nice pimp job w/ a Bachelors.

It wouldn't, as I will need to have some work experience to get into good schools. However, I will have a two year headstart than I would have had otherwise.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: loup garou
College is fun, rushing through it is not.

I couldnt agree more. In fact, I drug a 4 year program out for 6. And while I may be a bit behind my peers in terms of financial standing and whatnot, I wouldnt trade it for the world.

Trust me, college is fun. Even my worst semesters werent that bad. This real life thing sucks. Someone needs to stop the world cause I want off.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: loup garou
College is fun, rushing through it is not.

I couldnt agree more. In fact, I drug a 4 year program out for 6. And while I may be a bit behind my peers in terms of financial standing and whatnot, I wouldnt trade it for the world.

Well, the "college fun" fact aside. Are there any other reasons?

While it is fun, I would prefer to be out of school working.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

I don't think I would get burnt out, knowing how quickly I could be done my degree.

I have some great opportunities that I could pursue once I was out of school, but I wouldn't be able to pursue them until I had a degree.

Not to mention, I actually enjoy the learning to a degree. :S

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: loup garou
College is fun, rushing through it is not.

I couldnt agree more. In fact, I drug a 4 year program out for 6. And while I may be a bit behind my peers in terms of financial standing and whatnot, I wouldnt trade it for the world.

Well, the "college fun" fact aside. Are there any other reasons?

While it is fun, I would prefer to be out of school working.

Well, college is fun fact aside it would actually be preferable. The sooner you get into the real world the sooner you can work towards those goals you cant really reach for until you have a good steady income. Which obviously the real world provides.
So, you'd have a 2 year head start on home ownership, 2 year head start on 401k etc etc.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: loup garou
College is fun, rushing through it is not.

I couldnt agree more. In fact, I drug a 4 year program out for 6. And while I may be a bit behind my peers in terms of financial standing and whatnot, I wouldnt trade it for the world.

Well, the "college fun" fact aside. Are there any other reasons?

While it is fun, I would prefer to be out of school working.

Well, college is fun fact aside it would actually be preferable. The sooner you get into the real world the sooner you can work towards those goals you cant really reach for until you have a good steady income. Which obviously the real world provides.
So, you'd have a 2 year head start on home ownership, 2 year head start on 401k etc etc.

Do you think employers would look down on it in any way? or masters schools?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

I don't think I would get burnt out, knowing how quickly I could be done my degree.

I have some great opportunities that I could pursue once I was out of school, but I wouldn't be able to pursue them until I had a degree.

Not to mention, I actually enjoy the learning to a degree. :S

Listen, you are going to get burnt out. It doesn't matter what kind of motivation you have behind you.

Right now I work 35 hours a week and take 17 credits. It's manageable, but between class and work, I have very little time to go out with my friends, and I'm usually pretty beat during the week.

Assuming you take 20 credits a semester (if you get approval), that means you would have to make up at least 40 credits during the 2 summer/winter terms. That's 10 credits in each of those terms, which is quite a bit. Maybe not during the summer, but 10 credits during the winter is a bunch. In my school that would equate to about 8-9 hours (3 classes) of school a day, M-F for the month of winter break.

 

[Sentinel]

You can try and do that, I have no flipping idea why though. I enjoyed my college experience, all 4 years of it.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

I don't think I would get burnt out, knowing how quickly I could be done my degree.

I have some great opportunities that I could pursue once I was out of school, but I wouldn't be able to pursue them until I had a degree.

Not to mention, I actually enjoy the learning to a degree. :S

Listen, you are going to get burnt out. It doesn't matter what kind of motivation you have behind you.

Right now I work 35 hours a week and take 17 credits. It's manageable, but between class and work, I have very little time to go out with my friends, and I'm usually pretty beat during the week.

Assuming you take 20 credits a semester (if you get approval), that means you would have to make up at least 40 credits during the 2 summer/winter terms. That's 10 credits in each of those terms, which is quite a bit. Maybe not during the summer, but 10 credits during teh winter is a bunch. In my school that would equate to about 8-9 hours (3 classes) of school a day, M-F for the month of winter break.

I currently do about 18 hours of class a week. But, I don't work (parents/scholarships are going to pay me through my 4 years).

I am currently taking 2.5 credits a semester. (One full semester course is .5 credits here)

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

I don't think I would get burnt out, knowing how quickly I could be done my degree.

I have some great opportunities that I could pursue once I was out of school, but I wouldn't be able to pursue them until I had a degree.

Not to mention, I actually enjoy the learning to a degree. :S

Listen, you are going to get burnt out. It doesn't matter what kind of motivation you have behind you.

Right now I work 35 hours a week and take 17 credits. It's manageable, but between class and work, I have very little time to go out with my friends, and I'm usually pretty beat during the week.

Assuming you take 20 credits a semester (if you get approval), that means you would have to make up at least 40 credits during the 2 summer/winter terms. That's 10 credits in each of those terms, which is quite a bit. Maybe not during the summer, but 10 credits during teh winter is a bunch. In my school that would equate to about 8-9 hours (3 classes) of school a day, M-F for the month of winter break.

I currently do about 18 hours of class a week. But, I don't work (parents/scholarships are going to pay me through my 4 years).

I am currently taking 2.5 credits a semester. (One full semester course is .5 credits here)

Well based on your system, you'd be averaging between 3-3.5 credits a semester, and closer to 22-26 hours of class a week.

A winter term would give you closer to 45 hours a week of class at 1.5 credits. Think about that.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Burnout

College also is a school of social growth.
Look at all the idiots comeing out of HS without a lick of common sense.

College lets them see/experience the real world with a safety line.

I don't think I would get burnt out, knowing how quickly I could be done my degree.

I have some great opportunities that I could pursue once I was out of school, but I wouldn't be able to pursue them until I had a degree.

Not to mention, I actually enjoy the learning to a degree. :S

Listen, you are going to get burnt out. It doesn't matter what kind of motivation you have behind you.

Right now I work 35 hours a week and take 17 credits. It's manageable, but between class and work, I have very little time to go out with my friends, and I'm usually pretty beat during the week.

Assuming you take 20 credits a semester (if you get approval), that means you would have to make up at least 40 credits during the 2 summer/winter terms. That's 10 credits in each of those terms, which is quite a bit. Maybe not during the summer, but 10 credits during teh winter is a bunch. In my school that would equate to about 8-9 hours (3 classes) of school a day, M-F for the month of winter break.

I currently do about 18 hours of class a week. But, I don't work (parents/scholarships are going to pay me through my 4 years).

I am currently taking 2.5 credits a semester. (One full semester course is .5 credits here)

Well based on your system, you'd be averaging between 3-3.5 credits a semester, and closer to 22-26 hours of class a week.

A winter term would give you closer to 45 hours a week of class at 1.5 credits. Think about that.

I need 19 credits to graduate.

Every 2 semesters I get 5 credits.

Every semester is composed of about 18 hours of class, no semester has more, no semester has less.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Qosis

I need 19 credits to graduate.

Every 2 semesters I get 5 credits.

Every semester is composed of about 18 hours of class, no semester has more, no semester has less.

If you're only in class for 18 hours in the summer/winter terms, how do they expect you to learn all the material in a month, as opposed to several months in the fall/spring terms?

It must be completely different in Canadian colleges.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

I need 19 credits to graduate.

Every 2 semesters I get 5 credits.

Every semester is composed of about 18 hours of class, no semester has more, no semester has less.

If you're only in class for 18 hours in the summer/winter terms, how do they expect you to learn all the material in a month, as opposed to several months in the fall/spring terms?

It must be completely different in Canadian colleges.

It is

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Qosis

I need 19 credits to graduate.

Every 2 semesters I get 5 credits.

Every semester is composed of about 18 hours of class, no semester has more, no semester has less.

If you're only in class for 18 hours in the summer/winter terms, how do they expect you to learn all the material in a month, as opposed to several months in the fall/spring terms?

It must be completely different in Canadian colleges.

It is

This is what my schedule would be if I wanted to take 3 Econ courses I need in the winter:

ECON306 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
MTuWThF... 9:00am-12:00pm

ECON315 Economic Development of Underdeveloped Areas
MTuWTh.... 6:00pm- 9:30pm

ECON340 International Economics
MTuWThF...12:00pm- 3:00pm

So essentially, I'd be in class for 44 hours of intstruction per week during the Winter term. That would only amount to 9 credits out of 120+ that I need to graduate.

 

[Siddhartha]

You will need to take 18 hours a semester plus two courses during the summer. To earn good grades with this workload requires discipline and the ability and williness to prioritize your life.

The upside is if you can do this you will be able to do well in almost everything that you strive for.

The downside is while you are studying in the library your peers will be experiencing new relationships and broadening their world. This aspect of the university experience is very important and valuable. I know people who never left home and their world view is not as wide or rich because of this.

 

[TallBill]

College is not the real world. But regardless making money is a good thing. Cram it out and get done and working.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
You will need to take 18 hours a semester plus two courses during the summer. To earn good grades with this workload requires discipline and the ability and williness to prioritize your life.

The upside is if you can do this you will be able to do well in almost everything that you strive for.

The downside is while you are studying in the library your peers will be experiencing new relationships and broadening their world. This aspect of the university experience is very important and valuable. I know people who never left home and their world view is not as wide or rich because of this.

Right on. College could be the best time of your life, why rush it?

 

[datalink7]

I personally couldn't do it because I needed to work 2 jobs during the summer to save enough money to actually go to school during the school year.

But I'm not sure I'd want to spend only 2 years at college. My 4 years were a lot of fun and I did a lot of growing personally my Junior and Senior year.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: datalink7
I personally couldn't do it because I needed to work 2 jobs during the summer to save enough money to actually go to school during the school year.

But I'm not sure I'd want to spend only 2 years at college. My 4 years were a lot of fun and I did a lot of growing personally my Junior and Senior year.

If money wasn't an issue would you have considered it?

 

[mugs]

At my college it wouldn't have even been POSSIBLE unless you brought a lot of credits in from AP/CLEP.

Employers might balk at hiring someone so young... maturity and all that.