Currently in my 4th year and already 1 semester behind before the semester started. I failed my acct exam last week and now it looks like i will be 1 year behind. So instead of graduating in Spring 2008 and what i thoguth would be fall 2008, i will graduate in spring 2009. I might even be a 6th year senior if i keep on failing.
I really dont get how most people graduate on time when the workload just gets harder and harder unless of course you are really bright. I consider myself average in terms of intelligence but i am lazy.
I have a lot of friends who study accounting and they think its a shame that i am so behind when they graduating on time which would be in spring of 2008. However, none of them really live it up really and some friends tell me i should be only focused on studying. I should not be doing anything else at all. What kind of life is that right?
Some guy said he regretted studying so much to be on time and regretted not living it up in his last semester.
Thoughts?
2007-10-19 12:06:03 · 15 answers · asked by fow 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
August 2002 - October 2007
BA, BSc, and MA
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2007-10-19 16:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just manage your time well and it's not so hard. Well, not for me it wasn't or maybe I'm just bright. The key is to not do anything half-way. If you're going to make time to spend with a friend, then do something worthwhile instead of sitting around watching TV all evening. If you're going to study, then study hard, don't just pretend you're working.
I graduated in engineering in 4 years with a job and a social life all the way through. You can do it if you want to, but you can't get lazy about it. There were students in my class that weren't the brightest either, but they worked hard and weren't lazy, and some graduated in 4 years also.
You could indeed have a life and stay in school. On that extreme, I know someone that is entering his 7th year as an undergraduate because he takes maybe 10-12 credits a semester, fails his courses, and keeps switching majors.
That said, taking longer than 4 years to graduate is nothing unusual nowadays no matter what you study. But it should be because you're struggling with the material, you need to work, or other extraneous circumstances. Laziness is not an acceptable excuse to me.
2007-10-19 12:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I finished my honours BSC in three years with a lot of hard work and no regrets. I still enjoyed social activities however within reason and always put my studies first. I was paying for my education myself and in all honestly could not afford to fail.
My masters took an additional three years, now at 28 I am able to relax and enjoy the finer things in life after settling comfortably into a career.
2007-10-19 12:13:05 · answer #3 · answered by smedrik 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one will ever ask you how long you took to graduate. I've hired and fired lots of people in engineering and IT. I couldn't care less how long they spent in college. I understand that missing one course can put you back an entire year.
Just get through it.
Here's another little secret: almost no one cares what your GPA is, either. When you graduate you will interview with companies who will ask you for your GPA simply because they have nothing else to judge you by. Your work experience will become much more important that what you got in Calculus.
2007-10-19 12:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by nicomp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took an extra year as well. Not because I was failing, but because (like you) I'm lazy and didn't want a full course load every year (so instead I had an 80% course load each year). I didn't mind - it's nice to take your time if you can afford it, and honestly, if i could turn back time, I wish I had taken a 6th year!! lol
2007-10-19 12:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by losershaven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother graduated from the Univ. of Miami in 4 yrs. In all honesty, it is harder to graduate a 4 yr school in 4 yrs. With work & studying, I hear the avg. student graduates in 6 yrs.
2007-10-19 12:10:58 · answer #6 · answered by *D* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tons of people take more than 4 years to get through college. Not a big deal. Enjoy life in college. You will miss it one day. If it takes an extra year or two, so much the better!
2007-10-19 12:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did because I went on a scholarship so I didn't have a choice.
If money is not an issue I think you should take as long as you want....college should not make you hate learning....and if getting finished in 4 years puts too much stress on you then do it in 5 or even 6 years.
2007-10-19 12:09:31 · answer #8 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well gee, you admit that you are lazy, yet wondering why your friends are graduating on time and you aren't? You can have a life and graduate in 4 years--plenty of people do. It seems like your problem is that, well, like you said, you're lazy!
I will enjoy living it up off of a stinking campus, with my salary, in my apartment, with my car when I graduate next semester on time!
2007-10-19 12:13:55 · answer #9 · answered by SMS 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm finishing in four as an accounting major at a very good business school and I barely spend any time studying and most of my time out with friends, partying, etc. It is possible.
2007-10-19 12:12:40 · answer #10 · answered by Kara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh geesh! Everybody learns at different rates!! Those people are ignorant that say you should be done already. Be proud that you have gotten as far as you have! I am in my third year and i still have 2 more years to go too, then 4 more years in medical school!!
2007-10-19 12:14:39 · answer #11 · answered by ~So much FUN~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋