2007-01-24 00:10:20 · 5 answers · asked by bowwowgrl03 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Take the CLEP test to test out of basic classes - you will have to pay a minimal tuition fee, but it is much cheaper than the tuition and you can earn a lot of credit hours that way.
Most colleges offer correspondence courses and it is an easy way to get more hours.
Take a full load (18 hours) each semester, plus J terms (January, June and July) if they are offered. You can usually earn 6 hours or a bit more per term. Beware: this takes a lot of hard work and discipline.
Between the CLEP, correspondence and J terms, you can easily shave a year or more off college.
Note: CLEP is where you test out of courses you have not taken in college yet. If you are already a student and have taken an English course, you are out of luck. If there is a class you think you may be able to test out of, but aren't sure, spend a weekend with a textbook in that subject and see if you can learn the basics. I've seen it done.
2007-01-24 00:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by cottey girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most schools will allow you to go 18 hours a semester, at the most. Most schools also require less than 130 hours to get your bachelor's. 18*7=126, which implies that at a lot of schools, you can get your degree in 3 1/2 years without even worrying about summer school. However, this doesn't address the need to get a particular bachelor's degree. Some programs (like education and nursing) require 50+ hours of classes in the major with upper level classes requiring lower level classes in such a way that it's impossible to get your degree in less than 4 years. If you really, really just want to get your bachelor's in as little time as possible, avoid majors that require a lot of hours. Your remaining choices are still pretty good: you can major in Econ, sociology, psychology, or criminal justice at most schools for less than 30 hours (they're 24 and 25 hours at my school, which is a well-respected liberal arts university). As others have said, when you combine summer school with 18 (or 19 at some schools) hours per semester, you can get your degree very fast. Most schools limit you to 12 or 15 hours during the summer. Thus, if your school has a low number of required credits (less than 125), a high per semester maximum course load (19) and summer semester maximum course load (15), then you can graduate in 2 1/2 years, if you always get all the courses you need (but taking a major with a low number of required hours will help with this, since your overall degree requirements are less strict).
2007-01-24 08:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by Charles Fahringer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you take enough AP classes, you can knock a year off already. Then, take the full load of courses allowed, including summer school, and you can graduate in about 2 1/2 years or less.
2007-01-24 14:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lots of people do - just go through the summers and save a year-and-a-half. Take an extra course each semester, too, and you can do it in two years.
2007-01-24 08:16:02 · answer #4 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. take more easy subjects and go to summer school. plan to go all year and be done with it. take rotc and get more benefits faster. take navy or coast guard if you can find it. good start in life. and time to think things through. whatever you do stay away from people who want to drink and date.l
2007-01-24 08:16:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋