5 year college students and "start all overs" represent - Page 2

Eirene_DGP · #1 04-13-2003, 03:36 PM

If everything goes as planned, I will graduate May 10, which will be four years for me. Unfortunately, I didn't decide until my junior year that I wanted to be a teacher. As a result of that, after I finish here I will still have a few more courses to take undergrad and then begin the MAT (Master's of Arts in Teaching), which will take another 1 1/2 - 2 years to totally finish and be out there. I am only 21, and I honestly don't think I'm ready to go out there and work full-time and have a slew of responsibilities.

swissmiss04 · #2 04-13-2003, 03:48 PM

I came in w/ 23 hours credit and would have graduated next month if I had stayed w/ my original major. Now I'm in a 4.5 year program w/ 1.5 years to go. I don't understand why people push to grad in 4 or less when they didn't come in w/ credit. Now is our last chance to be young and irresponsible and we should all appreciate it while we can!!!!

DZTUBAGIRL · #3 04-13-2003, 04:13 PM

I am glad that I am not the only one in this position.

I started college in the fall of 1999. I went to Tenn Tech University for a year and a half majoring in music education. The spring of my sophomore year I transfered to Middle Tenn State University and majored in music business. Then in the fall of my junior year I went back home and went to community college. That spring I transfered to Morehead State where I am still at majoring in elementary ed. It is my 4th year this year and I don't think I will graduate for another year...hopefully. I don't think I will ever graduate.

Anne Marie

starang21 · #4 04-13-2003, 04:26 PM

6 years of school, but i guess i can't say shit because i'll getting my masters this may. does that count?

OUKate · #5 04-13-2003, 04:56 PM

Technically, I should graduate next spring. But, I pretty much took a semester off last fall for the WDW College Program. I've also finally found a major I like, and they don't have it at my school, so I'm transferring! Transferring as a senior...yeah, I'll never get out. But that's okay!

GiantsChic · #6 04-13-2003, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
My 3rd yr, probably gonna take me 5 as well. You basically cannot have a social life here if you wanna finish in 4 yrs

I have to disagree with this on some parts... although I'm not gonna lie- it's very common to graduate in 5 years or more here, and I'm happy for everyone who stays so committed... but it is possible to have a great social life and graduate in 4 years... I've been having a great time, and will be graduating in 4 years (there's always grad school, but you get the point

)

jonsagara · #7 04-13-2003, 05:15 PM

With one major change, it took me 6 years.

No regrets, though.

PrincessHeather · #8 04-13-2003, 05:29 PM

Yah for the five year plan!!!! You can add me to the list, which I don't mind either. I started school thinking I would be a Biology major then towards the end of my sophomore year I decided this was not what I wanted to go into, so I switched to teaching (which I love) But most of my pre-reqs I took for Biology didn't count for teaching so that is why it will take me 5.
But I won't be done: I will then have a year of credentials to be able to teach.
And then I want to get my Phd in psychology. (thats my concentration right now)

I guess you can say I love school!!

sugar and spice · #9 04-13-2003, 06:39 PM

Our school claims that 75 percent of students graduate within six years, like this is something to brag about.

I'll be here at least 5 years, because I'm majoring in something where it's very hard to get the necessary classes, and you have to take them in a certain sequence (English with a focus on creative writing) and I transferred from another school, so I lost a few credits that way.

Munchkin03 · #10 04-13-2003, 06:45 PM

The five year plan is nice if you have someone paying for your schooling, or you're going to a state school that's cheap. There was NO WAY IN HELL Mama and Daddy Munchkin were going to pay for a fifth year at this joint--they actually want to retire sometime this century. Which is fine...at this rate, I've sucked the marrow out of this experience we call college...and I'm ready to move onto bigger and better things, like grad school.

Why would someone want to get out of school in four years or less? MONEY. MONEY. MONEY. Some schools are expensive, and a lot of people are on financial aid.

My school, unless you've taken a leave or are doing a program that requires 5 years (like a 5 year masters or a dual BS/BA degree), requires you to get outta there in 8 semesters. We have a track...by the end of your freshman year, you must complete 7 classes, 15 by your sophomore, 23 by your junior year, and 30 by the time you graduate. (Most graduate w/ 32 credits--4 a semester). Plenty of people take soul-searching leaves, or time off to work. But, you have to complete a degree in 8 semesters. You can't even use AP credit to shorten your time.

Dionysus · #11 04-13-2003, 07:10 PM

I'm a 4th year junior (4th year in college-junior standing, not my 4th year being a junior...some people get that confused

). I still have another year or year and a half left. I'm thinking very seriously of flipping my minor to my major, if I have the funds to do so...that will take another few years.

Actually a little comes out of our pockets...currently. Financial aid and scholarship pays a LOT of my tuition. And, I will be paying off the finanicial aid down the line, not my parents.

NinjaPoodle · #12 04-13-2003, 08:03 PM

OK, you got popcorn for this story? It's a long one.

After I graduated from hs, I did 3 years at a JC as a physEd major, transfered to a 4 year out of state school for 1 year, lost units and dropped down to freshman standing, transfered back home to the JC and reclaimed my lost units and my JR standing, took 2 semesters off to work, back to the JC for an additional year, transfered to a in state 4 year school, lost interest in physEd, CHANGED major, stayed at the 4-year school but hated the program for my new major, went BACK to the JC, stayed and got my AA then found my DREAM program at the Academy of Art College in Photography and will graduate

in 1 1/2 years. No, i'm not going to grad school. I'm old, tired, I need a real job, and my bank account needs a real paycheck and I need a real vacation.

Trust me when I say, I'm ready to end my college CAREER!!

librasoul22 · #13 04-13-2003, 08:21 PM

Well, I am on the 4 1/3 year plan. Supposed to graduate in the spring to be 4 years, but ended up having to take ONE freaking class over the summer. Yeah, sucks to be me, but boy oh boy will I be glad to get out of here!!!

Hootie · #14 04-13-2003, 10:12 PM

This will be my fifth year in college and I'm not surprised it took me this long to graduate. I've had to work full time my whole college career and then juggle sorority, extra activities and school on top of that. I also took a semester off when I was engaged so technically I could have graduated in 4 1/2 years but 5 is okay too.

P.S.
I graduate this DECEMBER! YEAH! FINALLY!

Honeykiss1974 · #15 04-13-2003, 10:35 PM

I finished college in 4 1/2 years and I changed my major THREE times!