I'm just curious... kind of feeling a bit insecure about how long it's taking me, I guess.
So... I'm curious about how long it's taken other people to obtain their Bachelor's degree, and why (and what the Bachelor's degree was in)...
Thanks for your info & help! ^^
2007-12-15 20:12:26 · 14 answers · asked by WinterRose 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It'll have taken me 5 maybe 6 years plus 2 years that I took off from university and spent overseas, so basically, I'll have finished my BA 7 or 8 years after I took my first undergraduate course. My major is Anthropology. Sometimes I feel crappy about it too, but not too many people have the experiences I had. Besides, I'm certain life and learning shouldn't be about material successes in the shortest amount of time.
2007-12-15 21:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by some female 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Actually what you are doing, getting a degree while maintaining a job is what an employer seeks. Shows responsibility. If ever asked about taking longer to get the degree, simply answer that you supported yourself while getting the education, they may hire you on the spot. Moreover, keep in mind, today even some a lot of full-time students are taking 5 and 6 years to get their degrees.
2016-05-24 04:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by machelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's no record, but it took me 13+ years to get my BA in German/Linguistics.
I dropped out in my sophomore year, raced my motorcycle,went into the Army, got out, worked, got a faster motorcycle to race, got married, worked more, had a baby, went back to school (in Germany), came back and worked some more, had another baby, went to school some more, went back to work, and finally finished the one requirement (Poli Sci) and graduated. I might have omitted a work/school cycle or two.
Don't worry about how long it's taking you. If we're talking more than a term, it's probably because you have something else going on, not just taking nine units instead of twelve. Hang in there, you'll be fine.
2007-12-15 20:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by going_for_baroque 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It took me 7 years to get my BA in Education. This is partly due to the fact that I had to work the entire time I went to school. I also had to do two quarters of student teaching which isn't the norm.
There are plenty of people who don't finish their Bachelor's in four years. I had a lot of emotional issues to deal with coming out of high school and just couldn't get my act together. Not every one comes out of a family that is good and kind and will pay your way through college. Still, when I finished, I had intense feelings of pride and accomplishment.
2007-12-15 20:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by MissBehavior 6 · 9⤊ 1⤋
At my uni, the maximum length of time you can take for an undergraduate degree is 10 years, but I don't know of anyone who actually has taken that long.
2007-12-18 00:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by toscamo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I enrolled in college during the summer of 1959, at the age of 18, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Education in 1965.
My husband, whom I married at the end of the summer of 1959, and who had two years of college, stayed in college for one year after our marriage, at which time he decided to leave college and work full time. After one year of working, he decided he would return to college. I returned with him. He graduated one year later, with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and became a teacher. I had become pregnant three months before his graduation. After the birth of our daughter, I returned to college for a year, quit to take a job for nine months, and returned to college to complete my Bachelor's degree in Education. I also became a teacher.
Seven years later, I was accepted into a Master's Degree program, and went to college again during the summers for seven years until I was granted a Master's Degree in Education.
Even after receiving my Master's, I have attended college classes and Continuing Education classes to try to stay informed about teaching methods and strategies.
Today, I am a substitute teacher in a large metropolitan school district, and am sometimes overwhelmed by the problems today's students have compared to what students faced forty years ago.
No matter how long is takes you to get your Bachelor's degree, you won't be able to just stand on that for the next 40 years.
2007-12-15 21:47:09 · answer #6 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It too me a little under three years.
2014-07-17 11:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's going to take me 7 years because I changed my major from biology to computer science
2014-02-26 13:37:42 · answer #8 · answered by Mo' Justice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did a LL.B- a Bachelor of Laws. Took me 3 years.
2007-12-23 15:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by iced out 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
different courses have different time scales in which you have to complete them by i did a bachelor of science = took three years
then bachelor of pharmacy took 2.5 years
2007-12-15 20:18:02 · answer #10 · answered by steven s 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋