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it's alright, the current national average time it takes a student to get their bachelor's degree is 5 1/2 years!

I don't know anyone who is taking 4 years. Everyone I know will be done in five.

took me 4.5 years because the derps in the beginning were like - ONLY TAKE 4 CLASSES YOUR FIRST SEMESTER SO U CAN TRANSITION~*~*~

by the end of things i was busting 18-21 credits a semester get me da FUCK outta there

I know the national average is like 5 years, but that's so weird to me because everyone I know did it in 4.

same here bb

i was 40 credits away from my B.S when i had to stop and transfer to a community college for an A.S just so i could have something to show post high school

I did it in 4, but I was an oddball who never switched majors

I went to Northwestern. Nobody could afford it for 5 years, so almost everyone graduates in 4.

In the UK, most of us are done in 3, sometimes 4 years depending on the course you take.

I'll be done with my Bachelors before I turn 21, thank God.

I couldn't afford another year, and I'm in the UK, no idea how people in the USA afford it.

Well I do know, because I see the student debt comments around here.

But yeah, we usually only take three years over here. Sometimes 4 if it's a Sandwich Degree.

I figure we probably have a lighter workload over here though.

I did it in four, but I had decided my two majors in my sophomore year and busted my ass, including back-to-back summer classes, to get out of there.

Edited at 2013-01-15 08:31 pm (UTC)

In Croatia it's obligatory to do it in 3 years

I technically finished in 3 (with only 1 AP class) but I stayed an extra year so I didn't have to get a job/so I could study abroad and not worry about ruining my GPA.

IKR? I still have yet to get mine. Too be fair, I basically dropped out for 2.5 years. But it's disheartening seeing people who were freshmen when I was a senior now applying to grad school.

im about to do it in 4 years (graduating this summer) but its only because my major is environmental economics and doesnt have as many required classes as some others. like some of my friends are still struggling to get their required classes and they are the upperclassmen.

4 years is the standard here.

I did it in 3 years, but technically 4. I switched from law school to cultural anthropology after my first year. A lot of people switch from law school (or psychology) to a different major though.

I did it in 5, only because I transferred and some credits couldn't roll over.

my parents would kill me if i spent 5 yrs doing my bachelors bc my school is so expensive.

i did, but it all went by kind of fast & im jealous of people who took things slower and/or went to grad school & had more fun

although its nice having less loans

i did it in 3.5 years...my last semester of college was spent taking "fun" classes lol.

I think a lot of it depends on what your major is/which college you're going to. A friend of mine is going to a state school, and she said it's pretty much impossible getting into a lot of the required classes (esp. for the popular majors) because so many people are trying to get into them - and then you can't take other courses in the major because you need those pre-requisites, etc.

Meanwhile, I'm a double-major in English and history with a concentration/minor in creative writing, but I was able to juggle that with French and the honors program requirements because I haven't had a problem getting into any classes. Economics/communications majors, on the other hand, can't seem to get into anything here.

I did mine in 3.5, but I had some transfer credits from AP and dual-enrollment classes in high school.

Everyone I know who got their Bachelor's in 4 years were in Communication, English, Psych, Sociology, and general Liberal Arts concentrations. I thought that was interesting. People who took more than 4 years, like myself, were in Biochemistry or Engineering and had a minor in another science or changed majors. I don't see the big deal with taking a little time to get your degree.

I'm doing mine in 4.5 years.

It's taking me 10 years to get it done. I went to CC part time for six years while I worked part time and took care of my grandmother. I transferred to a four-year school in 2009 and it's taking me nine semesters to finish up my BA due to budget cuts and not being able to get my classes for graduation.

:/

I did mine in 4

im legit sure that it will take me more than 4 years to earn my bachelor degree. I dont know how i feel about it tbh.

everyone in my country is done in 4 years except med school.

My scholarship lasts only eight semesters. I don't have a choice. :p Thank god for those AP credits, tbqh.

I got mine in 3 years, Master's in 1.5 years... but I'm out of my mind

I had a few friends get done in 4, one of my friends in 3 because he took enough AP's in high school to start as a sophomore.

Me? I am graduating in May, after 5 1/2 years. I'd have been done in 4 had I not fucked around/taken a semester off/been able to get into every class I needed every semester. Applying to grad school for fall, though, TWO YEARS OR BUST.

It really depends on the school and if you go private or public. Most private school students graduate in 4 years, but the average for public schools is 5 years or so I think.

Eh I graduated and I'm making less than I did when I was in school. Most of my friends who have graduated aren't doing jack shit either.

In Europe everyone pretty much does it in 3 (except for Medicine and Law).

In ONLY 4 years? That's how long the programs are designed for.

ugh, i'm on 7 years. BUT, i haven't been in school for the past year because i just don't have the time to fit it in my work schedule...i'll probs have to do something online.

if i don't fuck it up somehow i should be done by spring 2014 after 4 years oop

i still have no clue how i managed to graduate in 4 years because
1. i transferred colleges
2. some classes didn't cross over
3. i studied abroad

4 years is the norm in my college, others in Ireland shift between 3-4 depending on your degree. The longest ones we have here are usually medicine/veterinary because there's that placement year.

i did it in 4 but i wish I could've stayed longer.

I have to do it in four years. If not, my school kicks us out of the school of biology. Which means, a schedule of hell.

I did mine in 3 years! Just graduated. Common for degrees in Australia to take 3 years, sometimes 4 dependant on what it is, or something like 6 if it's medicine. Some private universities offer degrees in 2 years if you pay alot. Im enrolled and ready to start my Masters degree next month (2 years). Wooooooop! I'll be 24 and have both, ready to take on the working world (apart from my part time job i have already).

I'm glad for all of the responses, but I wasn't expecting to see 42 notifications in my inbox lol

oh i did? i mean, i definitely took two winter sessions and two summer sessions but i managed.

Me and one of my roommates will be getting ours in 4 years. One will be 4.5 and the other will take 5 years.

I worked so, so hard to graduate in 4 years. I changed my major quite a few times, and had to take 6 credit hours over the summer, but I did it! I ended up with a lot of "loose credits" that didn't really fit anywhere, but I didn't have enough to make any minors. I don't mind though, because I wanted to be OUUUUT OF THEREEEEE.

lol i'll spend 6 years of my life on college to get my degree. i'd do anything to get it on 4 years like everyone else.

I finished my bachelor's in 4 years, but it'll be another 7 before I can fully work in the field I'm going to school for.

In Mexico that's the standard, around 4-5 years, but there are Universities that offer 2.6 years plan. Classes are intensive, 2 hours per class, 6 hours a day, 4 days a week, obligatory Language class, but of course just 2 weeks of Vacations in December and that's it... It's great! And our teachers are actually SO DAMN GOOD, they have classes in the Top Universities in Cancun and we pay like $120 per month, when in other Universities they pay like $500 per month and we have the SAME TEACHERS! It's amazing.

I got mine done in four years, but I went to a private (aka expensive) school and my scholarships were only good for four years. I was also fortunate enough to only have to work part-time.

lol everyone I know did it in 3.5 and I fucked up so I'm doing it in at least 4.5
ah to be the failure of my friends

in Mexico most of the time people get their bachelor's degree in 4-5 years. there are universities that allow you to finish it in 3 years (with 2 weeks of winter break/summer break), so it's faster!

i finished mine in 4.5 years which was the designated time to finish it. it wss AWFUL - lots of classes in the last year, thesis, lots of huge exams, but i took a semester abroad woop!

I always feel like I was such an over achiever because I finished college in 3 even though I started as a sophomore, but really, I just took classes year round. My school had fall, winter, spring, and two summer terms. Winter term was always the worst, I'd take 6 hours in 4 weeks and would literally be drowning in papers and tests every week. I just really wanted to be done with school.