anybody take a lot of useless classes and graduate late?

[skim milk]

how many credits did you graduate with?

I think I got myself in the most pathetic situation
I changed my major couple times like a normal undergraduate student, nothing wrong with that... but this didn;t happen until my junior year.
The majors were completely unrelated so I have nearly 60 credits of courses that doesn't count for anything from the first two years.
That's not the problem...

I then decided to go study abroad for my "senior year" and I'm taking business classes even though I'm not a business student. I just wanted to visit and live in my home country and experience what it feesl like to be a college student here. Plus I got to see my relatives and other family members.

So... I have already racked up 106 hours thus far... I need 120 to graduate but I still need to take 16 classes to complete the core

add 16 hours to that 106 from studying abroad.. then if I stay another semester, I'll take 12 additional credits that don't count towards the degree.. = 134 hours.
Then I need to take about 16 classes = 50-60 credits

I'm looking at ~200 hours when I finally graduate for a 120 degree.

I guess the good part of this is that I get to enjoy college life more.. since I didn't get to really experience it
Plus, there's so much more I wanted to do in college... so I have 2 more years to do it.
I suppose it is better to get a degree in what I want even though my graduate date is pushed way back.. then to try to finish some degree that doesn't mean anything to me at all. Right guys? 🙁

😕

 

[yobarman]

On the bright side, you have learned a lot right? I think its important to get the most out of your college education, and even though you changed your major, you prolly learned a thing or two about the majors youve dropped. And yeah, 2 more years? Party it up like its 1999 Mr. Van Wilder.

 

[mercanucaribe]

You wasted time AFTER you realized you wasted 60 hours before? 😕

What is your major anyway?

 

[Ameesh]

you sound lazy, why dont you sack up and get a job go start working.

 

[agnitrate]

Way to waste money. If your parents are paying, you're a dick. You remind me of Tommy from Tommy Boy. If you're paying, you're not being too smart with your money.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Way to waste money. If your parents are paying, you're a dick. You remind me of Tommy from Tommy Boy. If you're paying, you're not being too smart with your money.

and if he's taking financial aids we all hate you because you have our money.

 

[acemcmac]

if I can graduate in the spring, I will graduate with exactly 1 credit more than I need, and thats b/c Calculus 1 is a 4 credit instead of a 3 credit course :laugh:

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
What is your major anyway?

it's an interdisciplinary major called Quantitative Science, combination of engineering, mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
I'm also minoring in Mathematics and Economics

I truly feel that this major is a good fit for me and my minors are what I enjoy studying.

Originally posted by: Ameesh
you sound lazy, why dont you sack up and get a job go start working.

no way... I'm 20-21 years old... I admit I was lazy, unmotivated, depressed and all during the first couple years of college. I messed up but I learned... and studying abroad has really opened my eyes, I'm a different person

Was I really supposed to know what to study as a freshman and not make any mistakes along the way? I had bad studying habits in high school and it followed me into college

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Way to waste money. If your parents are paying, you're a dick. You remind me of Tommy from Tommy Boy. If you're paying, you're not being too smart with your money.

I'm on a scholarship and grants
I'm probably the opposite of what you think and opposite of Tommy from Tommy boy... the reason why stuff like this bothers me is because I'm an ambitious person. I know I can achieve more and be in a much better situation that my current one so that's why I'm so hard on myself

 

[serialkiller]

I did petroleum engineering for 3 years... then i realized I hated engineering and the people in it. So I finished up with a BS in mathematics specialization in Scientific computation... took me 2 more @rse busting years after the 3 years in engineering .. so a total of 5 years in college... not bad if you ask me....... I think you should make up your mind and graduate asap.... your lucky you get grants and scholarships... my parents made too much so I was disqualifed from "Free money"... and since they didnt pay for anything, I had to hold a job and pay for everything... yes that means tuition, books, rent, util, credit cards, cell bill, car, motorcycle, insurance for both vehicle, etc....

Hookem

 

[Reel]

I finished with about 180 credits for a 125 credit degree. I had 2½ years at one university then transferred and finished my degree at another university. On the plus side, I paid no money for credits at the new university due to the state scholarship. For my masters, I am looking at 33 or 36 credits for a 30 credit degree. I am a computer engineer by education but my educational background is far more extensive due to all these extra credits on my record. I have a bit of knowledge in many fields. I feel like a renaissance man.

 

[DaWhim]

all the classes are useful; I made them useful. all are for my major or minor requirement + general ed for graduation. now, I will need 20 or so useless credits so I can graduate. this is because all I have been doing is for my gen ed, major, and minor. I need 150 credits for my BA/MA degree.

 

[jammur21]

Its not a waste if you're getting minors in Math and Economics too

 

[fatty4ksu]

frito=attention whore

 

[aidanjm]

there's not much you can do about it now. no point crying over spilt milk. and maybe it isn't even 'spilt milk' anyway, because you did get to broaden your horizons, get an over view of a lot of different subjects, etc.