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Meet Johnny Lechner, full time college student for 11 years

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By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
 
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
I would like to see him do 11 years at MIT with a B average. I wonder what his student load amount would be for MIT out of state for 11 years?
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MIT is private (so no "out-of-state" rate) and I believe they have a ten-semester limit.
 
wow...at least he is commited to something. I think the end of the article answers the question why:

"Some girls say it's weird that he's still here, but the bottom line is they all want him," Zinda said. "Everyone knows him and there's a certain excitability about being friends with and dating Johnny Lechner."

BINGO
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
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You're forgetting the QUALITIATIVE aspects of his college experience. Not everything is measured in numbers. Do you measure your success in life solely by how much you make? Not many people do.
 
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy has got to have soo many herpes by now, especially with all the girls that want to date him according to the article.

I wonder what classes he is taking. If they are advanced engineering and science classes, i give him mad props for sticking to it, but if they are all intro humanities classes, this guy is a freakin loser and needs to quit being a bum
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He's not a loser if he's taking science courses but he is if he's taking humanities courses? Sheesh. :disgust:
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Yes, he is, since on is hard and frustrating and the other is easy and party laden.
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Don't get me started...if you go to a school with a top-notch liberal arts program you will work as hard, if not harder, than students in engineering or biology-track programs. Each has their own merits and each is difficult in their own manners. I'm a humanities major and I can say honestly that I cannot do the work in the sciences, but conversely, those in the science lack the ability to excel in top-level humanities courses.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience in the humanities but unless you want to go and knock schools like Amherst, Swarthmore, and Haverford and say their programs are "easy" you need to reevaluate your position and reconsider the fact that your opinion may be based on misinformation.
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This guy isn't exactly excelling at ivy league liberal arts schools. My own personal experience at a state school was that liberal arts programs were *much* easier then then engineering or science program. I have no problem with that - it's a legitimate choice, and you should pursue what interests you. But let's be honest - the average liberal arts program is far easier in terms of work & time required then the average science & engineering program.

 
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Originally posted by: Armitage
By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
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You're forgetting the QUALITIATIVE aspects of his college experience. Not everything is measured in numbers. Do you measure your success in life solely by how much you make? Not many people do.
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Did I mention pay? I only mention the debt because it's a burden limiting what he can do from here.

As I said, college was fun. But, at least for me, not particularly rewarding, at least as an undergrad. I find my work career much more stimulating & rewarding then my undergrad career. And as nice perk I have the money to not live in a rat-hole college apartment, I can travel and pursue hobbies and such that are out of reach to college students. And I have a family which is far more rewarding then partying 2 or 3 nights a week, thought not in quite the same way 😛
 
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Why do so many in this thread even care what he does with his life? Is it affecting you in any way?
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Well, if that was the criteria for participation in threads, ATOT would wither & die pretty quickly.
I don't care what he does with his life, but I'll comment on it anyway 😛
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Why do so many in this thread even care what he does with his life? Is it affecting you in any way?
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Well, if that was the criteria for participation in threads, ATOT would wither & die pretty quickly.
I don't care what he does with his life, but I'll comment on it anyway 😛
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You've got a point there because my comment was directed at those who were calling him a loser, etc. but I didn't make that clear. As for the article itself I found it interesting so I "cared" for it in that regard too.
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
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I know people who are in that much debt for less than 4years of school and they only have a BA too.
 
Originally posted by: kami333
Originally posted by: Armitage
By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
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I know people who are in that much debt for less than 4years of school and they only have a BA too.
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Do they still have that much college debt at 30 coupled with an entry level salary?
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: kami333
Originally posted by: Armitage
By my math it looks to be about 10 hours/semester - hardly nose-to-the-grindstone stuff. And I'll go ahead and say it - particularly in the liberal arts.
Maybe he had to take a few semesters off to get away from all that pressure??

shrug - it's his life. College was fun and all that. But 11+ years and only a B.A. & 30K in debt to show for it?? Wow.
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I know people who are in that much debt for less than 4years of school and they only have a BA too.
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Do they still have that much college debt at 30 coupled with an entry level salary?
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2, they took the long way to (and through) college.

Personally, I think people worry too much about the whole 4yrs in college -> graduate and land nice job -> house at 25 -> marry at blah blah business. I graduated in 4yrs and took a 17k/yr job compeltely unrelated to my major/field just so I could live in Europe, that has really messed up my plans😛
 
What a slacker.

But as far as tuition goes "The slacker tax doubles full- time tuition at UW-Whitewater (12 to 18 credits) to $4,816 a semester. With the surcharge, Lechner is paying $2,810 per semester for his seven-credit load." is basically paying with peanuts compared to private schools.
 
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