How many of you graduated college in 3 years or fewer?

[tfinch2]

For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

I had to write several publishable-grade papers for my economics minor. That's not exactly a cakewalk for someone who's majoring in CS

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

Senior seminar and thesis for one major and undergrad research for the other, yeah. But neither were very intensive, from my point of view, so I think some majors have it worse.

 

[pcnerd37]

I move to college next week. Its supposed to take me 30 months or less to get a BS in Computer Science.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: pcnerd37
I move to college next week. Its supposed to take me 30 months or less to get a BS in Computer Science.

They advertise that? I find that hard to believe...

 

[RbSX]

My school's BA is 3 years long, you can get a BA (Hons.) with 4 years of work.

I'm finishing my degree in 3 years and then I've been picking up commerce courses instead of taking a minor so I can transfer right into my 3rd of 4 years for a commerce degree at my school closer to home.

 

[cliftonite]

6.5 years and 2 schools

<--underachiever

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

mine was optional, I choose to do it because it was very easy to comply with the standards.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

Yup. Publishable primary source driven research paper for my BA in History. I think mine was 34 pages in its final version. Also had to do a capstone psychology paper after my sophomore year that was pretty intensive and ended up over 20 pages with some ridiculous number of sources.

 

[eLiu]

Could've done it in 3 years, but I decidied to double-major instead. So 4 it is

 

[saymyname]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: saymyname
Took me 6 years or so. I'd question the quality of a 3 year education.

I think it may depend on what your major is. But if you can take and pass the same classes in 3 years that may take somebody else 6, is there a quality difference?

It's all about the amount of courses required and the number of prereqs. Someone taking Quantum Mechanics would need 5 semesters of math and about 4 or 5 of Physics courses that would have to be taken one after the other before even taking the class. On a quarter system 3 years is doable, but then you still have all your other classes, general ed, and my biggest problem- courses that were only offered every two years or only in the fall.

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: tfinch2
For those that did it faster than 4 years, did you have to do any type of senior thesis or undergraduate research? I do

Senior seminar and thesis for one major and undergrad research for the other, yeah. But neither were very intensive, from my point of view, so I think some majors have it worse.

My senior project (a mini thesis) took a year and I wasn't allowed to start until I was a senior. One semester and summer of data collection and then a semester to work with the data and write it all up.

 

[her209]

I don't think its a fair comparison. Majors differ in terms of difficulty. Schools differ in terms of class difficulty. There is even a difference in terms of how a professor teaches a class and tests.

 

[Martin]

My school's engineering curriculum is pretty strict, so it can't be anything but 4 years (no summer classes or extra classes allowed). It will take me 5 years though, since I worked for 1 year between 3rd and 4th years.

 

[ed21x]

barely finished in 4.5 years