Ultra career students
 

Forget about those 4.5-6th year seniors, do you know anyone who's been in undergrad for 7+ years?

I identified a few of them today.

About 5 out of 25 in the Drumline when I was in drumline...some of them were music majors, which has reasons why people take a long time to compleate- namely 1-Hour courses that actually meet about 10-15 hours a week:Marching Band especially, but also orchestra, the top band and choirs, opera workshop, etc.

Also, I just know a few people that it took them 2-3 years in a major to decide they didn't like it.

Because of the time I spent as a music major & then decided to change my major, its going to take me forever to get a degree. Damn those music classes that took up more than 20 hours per week but only gave me 1 credit hour.

Freshman year my friend's boyfriend was a fifth year senior. Sophomore year after they broke up, I still saw him on campus.

My old roommate's husband is starting his 7th year of undergrad...

I know someone who never could decide his major, so he kept taking different classes and not his GEs, so he didnt graduate until year 8 (triple majored in East Asian Studies, Chemistry, and Physical Education)

There was a guy who was a junior when I was a freshman and was still there a couple years after I graduated (and no he wasn't in grad school).

There was a guy who was a member of one of the fraternities on campus who was a senior when I pledged and by the time I was a senior was still hanging out and going to exchanges and other events. We could never figure out if he was still in school or just liked hitting on sorority girls...:p

One guy in my house has been in school for 7 years now...and has 3 years left before he gets is B.S.

Granted that he keeps getting activated, but ten years is a long time to spend in school.

I know a girl who was there for six years, plus summer classes - never changed her major or anything. It was bizarre.

Why not just go to grad. school instead of lingering as an undergrad. for so long?

Because they were really "cool" in undergrad and think that if they just stay in college they will remain "cool"....at age 28. It reminds me of Al Bundy...haha

Haha, that's hot. "Hey baby, come here and try on some shoes," said the balding sophomore with a beer gut.

Because that would involve un-fun things like work and effort...