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08-22-2005, 05:20 PM
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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.
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08-23-2005, 07:21 AM
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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.
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08-23-2005, 10:24 AM
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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
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.
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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.
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08-23-2005, 10:29 AM
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Freshman year my friend's boyfriend was a fifth year senior. Sophomore year after they broke up, I still saw him on campus.
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08-23-2005, 10:32 AM
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On commuter campuses it's not uncommon to see 5+ year students. It took me 6, but I was elementary ed major for 2 years, and finished my PR degree in 4 years.
DAMN PRE-REQS and electives.
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08-23-2005, 10:56 AM
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My old roommate's husband is starting his 7th year of undergrad...
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08-23-2005, 11:29 AM
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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)
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08-23-2005, 12:10 PM
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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).
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08-23-2005, 12:10 PM
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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... 
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08-23-2005, 12:12 PM
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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.
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08-23-2005, 12:25 PM
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I know a girl who was there for six years, plus summer classes - never changed her major or anything. It was bizarre.
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08-23-2005, 01:06 PM
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Why not just go to grad. school instead of lingering as an undergrad. for so long?
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08-23-2005, 01:09 PM
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Why not just go to grad. school instead of lingering as an undergrad. for so long?
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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
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08-23-2005, 01:10 PM
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Haha, that's hot. "Hey baby, come here and try on some shoes," said the balding sophomore with a beer gut.
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08-23-2005, 01:16 PM
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Why not just go to grad. school instead of lingering as an undergrad. for so long?
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Because that would involve un-fun things like work and effort...
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