College students: Feel like you have to meet a deadline to graduate?

[ed21x]

you're suppose to take out a hefty loan to pay for college, and then pay it back slowly once you have a full time job. Doing both work and school will only cause you to do worse on either activity. And political science is suppose to be doable in 4 years, 4.5 years tops as evident by all your classmates.

 

[henryay]

I really wish I took another year in my engineering program. It would have helped my GPA alot.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: ed21x
you're suppose to take out a hefty loan to pay for college, and then pay it back slowly once you have a full time job. Doing both work and school will only cause you to do worse on either activity. And political science is suppose to be doable in 4 years, 4.5 years tops as evident by all your classmates.

Yeah except when you can't get loans because

1. You dont have a cosigner for private loans
2. You arent eligable for Federal Loans(long drawn out story)

 

[MemoryInAGarden]

I'm trying to avoid loans and having to actually pay for education as much as I can. If I can consolidate things into four years, then I won't be out a penny for a bachelor's degree. Otherwise, I'd probably just pay for it out of pocket, as tuition/fees/books has always run about $2k/semester. If I can come out of my undergraduate education, this leaves me set up a lot better for graduate school and I won't have nearly the debt to pay off once I'm done with my education.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: ed21x
you're suppose to take out a hefty loan to pay for college, and then pay it back slowly once you have a full time job. Doing both work and school will only cause you to do worse on either activity. And political science is suppose to be doable in 4 years, 4.5 years tops as evident by all your classmates.

I wouldn't necessarily say this is something you're "supposed" to do. Some people go that route, some don't; undergraduate education is usually flexible enough to allow you to follow either route.

As for the person saying that the average IQ is 100: this is true, and there's nothing wrong with that. You'd likely be quite surprised to know the types of knowledge and processing required to reach a score of 100.

 

[Syringer]

Sort of, but my mom was completely insistent that I graduate in 3 years, but I ended up taking 4..