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I was able to finish in four years (could have been 3.5, actually) because i had an assload of advance credits. 8 hrs spanish, 4 hrs french, 3 hrs history, 6 hrs english, 3 hrs physics, 3 hrs 'tard math. So basically I was a sophomore before I even started. LSU has a program called Spring Testing where HS seniors planning on attending and that have a certain ACT score (25+) can come take the placement tests. Thats how I got my language, math and science credit. The rest came from AP (I rocked the english language test - go me!). So i had very few general ed requirements to mess around with.
My boyfriend had much less advance credit than I did (he didn't take as many languages in HS, or AP tests), and he nearly didn't graduate in 4 years. Stupid "well rounded" general ed crap kept him from getting a minor in computer science, with his major being electrical engineering. He was going to try and do the minor but it wouldn't fit with all his general ed stuff. The school refused to substitute a 3000 level programming class for a 1000 level psych class. Its so stupid. He was asking to get credit for an easier class after taking a much much harder one. So he just gave up the minor and finished in 4 years.
Actually, a lot of my friends finished in 4 years. TOPS (similar to the Georgia HOPE grant) was a great incentive - after 8 semesters the money runs out!
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