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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the AP classes taken in MCPS and going to OOS publics where they accept the APs makes it super easy to graduate in 3 years, saving tens of thousands of dollars, which in our case, can then go toward grad school[/quote]

My UMC MCPS grad also got credits for AP classes in UMD-CP.  He could finish in 2.5 years if he wanted.  Instead, he chose to double major in CS and Maths in 4 years. Also, since tuition was paid through merit scholarship, he wanted to utilize it for all 4 years, since getting these dual majors was costing him zero dollars. Grad school will certainly happen for him. [/quote]

I wish my niece had followed this path.  She got a lot of financial aid to attend a top public university.  She finished in 3 years with a film studies major.  I suggested that she consider doing a double major with something kind of practical, just as a fall-back, since her education was mostly "free" to her.  She refused to consider the idea.  I thought it was a waste of a year of free education at a top public university, but the brain of a 21-year-old is not fully developed.[/quote]

Are you an expert on her career path? Do you comprehend opportunity cost? The *loss of life is not free. The year of lost wages and experience is not free. You either dive into film all-in or you fail. What precisely do you think your film major niece could pursue in 2 semesters that would be so worthwhile so as to delay her life and career a year? I’m guessing she wasn’t only 2 semesters away from a chemical engineering degree. It would be absolute best-case something incredibly weak that wouldn’t make a bit of difference to recruiters — if she could even handle the coursework. [/quote]

*loss[/quote]

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