Most people graduating college early are NOT rushing.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a five year masters program. I'm wondering if she can finish undergrad a semester early and can get her masters in four and a half.

My guess is The 5th year may start in the fall semester depending on the college, so she’d have a semester off before starting. Still saving money if that’s part of the goal.

I carried her into Pentagon Federal Credit Union at ten days old and started a 529 plan. We're covered for the five years.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a five year masters program. I'm wondering if she can finish undergrad a semester early and can get her masters in four and a half.

What Masters program is 5 years?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a five year masters program. I'm wondering if she can finish undergrad a semester early and can get her masters in four and a half.

What Masters program is 5 years?

https://www.gradschools.com/degree-guide/what-fifth-year-masters-degree-program

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a five year masters program. I'm wondering if she can finish undergrad a semester early and can get her masters in four and a half.

What Masters program is 5 years?

DP. I think that PP meant 4 + 1 to get Masters, not 5 years after the Bachelors. lol. I say this because my kid is getting MS degree along with undergraduate degree. Just had to do extra courses as an undergraduate.

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Honestly, for the most part, I wouldn’t even call it rushing even if you graduated in early with no AP credits. Any non-STEM degree is easy to get in 3 years.

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Anonymous wrote:It is so bizarre when people come to this board to work through their insecurities.

Like okay?

I graduated in 3 years because I was ready to move on and start working. I didn't feel rushed, it was right for me. I had some friends that were like: 'wow! I'm so not ready to graduate. Can't believe you are doing it sooner.' But I did not feel judged by them. They were supportive queens.

Did you graduate high school with at-least a year of college credit?

I did not have any credit going into college. I stayed for the Summers and took courses, and took extra classes during my last two semesters. It was an elite school. Spreading it out like that actually made it not that stressful.

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No one said they were.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the only colleges that will accept all those college credits taken aren’t very good. So people who have a choice between starting with freshman status at a top college and sophomore/junior status at a lackluster college are just shooting themselves if they choose the latter.

UVA accepts a lot. I know many that graduate early.

UVA is not elite

It’s better than most universities in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the only colleges that will accept all those college credits taken aren’t very good. So people who have a choice between starting with freshman status at a top college and sophomore/junior status at a lackluster college are just shooting themselves if they choose the latter.

UVA accepts a lot. I know many that graduate early.

UVA is not elite

It’s better than most universities in the country.

That is not the definition of elite.

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Of course they’re not rushing. Colleges only encourage their students to take four years so they can milk out as much money as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course they’re not rushing. Colleges only encourage their students to take four years so they can milk out as much money as possible.

Summer sessions also cost money.

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people think AP classes aren’t the equivalent of college classes.

They are equivalent to community colleges. It’s still high school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the only colleges that will accept all those college credits taken aren’t very good. So people who have a choice between starting with freshman status at a top college and sophomore/junior status at a lackluster college are just shooting themselves if they choose the latter.

UVA accepts a lot. I know many that graduate early.

UVA is not elite

It’s better than most universities in the country.

UVA is fir ignorant rednecks.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course they’re not rushing. Colleges only encourage their students to take four years so they can milk out as much money as possible.

Most American college students are so dumb majority of them graduate in 5 to 6 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course they’re not rushing. Colleges only encourage their students to take four years so they can milk out as much money as possible.

Most American college students are so dumb majority of them graduate in 5 to 6 years.

Most dumb UMC college students still graduate in 4 years.