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It all depends on where you go to school whether it's "the norm" or not. At my school, you have to petition to get a 5th year, and it has to be because of a thesis, taking graduate courses as an undergrad, or changing your degree program (ie, BA to BS). Even so, you have to take a minimum number of credits (we don't do credit hours, 1 class=1 credit, 4 a semester/ 30 to graduate) and those credits will allow you to graduate in four years. Also, there are so many classes available to fulfill concentration requirements that there's always a class you can take any semester to fill a certain requirement. Most people don't even take summer classes.
Oh yeah...my personal reason for dipping in 4 years is finances. Brown is a damned expensive school, and my parents foot the bill. So, I really don't want to burden them with a superfluous year. Plus, I'm actually kinda tired of this place, and dipping in a year and a half is sounding more and more wonderful...
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