A couple of people I knew from high school have done the career student route, and for them I know that grades were a problem. There grades were high enough to stay in school, but too low to consider grad school.

Laziness is probably also a factor.

Tommy: You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard: I know, they're called doctors.

Sorry, just had to contribute that.

Also, there's a guy at Hillsdale who we all know and love who I believe is beginning his 6th year, maybe his 7th. He played football and now coaches and is just taking forever to get through his major, which he changed at least once.

The people I know were barely smart enough to make it out of undergrad.

A good number of my friends graduated in four years; in fact, many graduated in less time, or finished multiple degrees in four years (dual degree program, BA/MA ,etc.).

That's how it was with my friends. I know very few people who stayed on for 5 years unless they were getting there Masters as well. I had one friend who amazed me the most because he triple-majored and still graduated in 4 years.

I'm actually a double major with a minor, and barring some horrendous screw-up, I'm out in 4 years, perhaps even in December of my sr. year (if that's the case I'll pick up another minor). If you don't take a "full" schedule (note: not a "full time" schedule..a FULL schedule) of about 16 credit hours, there's a chance you'll be here a while. I took 20 credit hours last quarter, and I've had no less than 18 since getting to OC. I'm 2 credits away from my art degree (Independent Study, and Senior Presentation seminar) and i'm through 2/3rd of my journalism degree. Gotta get working on that art-history minor.

Graduating in four years isn't that easy here either. I knew one person who graduated in less than four -- other than that, about one-third to half my friends graduated in four and the rest are taking 4.5 to six (the six are mostly pharmacy students, though, soo . . . they don't really count -- but five years isn't uncommon at all).

It really does depend on the school. When I went to Minnesota my freshman year, it was really easy to get classes. Even as a freshman, there was only one class I wanted that I wasn't able to get into, and I would have been able to get into it for my sophomore year. Here at Wisconsin? I have senior standing, and there are STILL classes I can't get into.

My ex-boyfriend's housemate was in his 7th year of school when he graduated. Too much partying!

I had a double major and graduated in 4.5, and the .5 was only because I was drunk my last semester and ended up with two incompletes that I had to finish.

Were they in a race? :eek:

I went past 4 years because I only took 9-12 hours per semester. Tuition was kind of expensive and financial aid did not cover it all. I was not in a hurry to graduate though.

There was a guy at UF who started college in ***1981*** and was still there throughout all my years there. (I started in 1996 and graduated in 2000 with a double major and then graduated from the law school in 2003)

He had a bachelors degree, some post-bacc work, masters degrees, had a little bit of law school, did an exchange program to london, and at some point got at least one PhD, maybe two, I forget. Last I heard he had managed to get some kind of grant and was a TA for a few classes. I am pretty sure he is still at UF.

It was insane. I don't think he could survive out of the college environment. He had all these grand ambitions to take over student government and it just got comical...watching him try and campaign to undergrads that were two decades younger.

I knew him from Blue Key, and he always seemed a bit little off kilter.

I wonder who generally foots the tuition bill for these Lost Boys?