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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child graduated from UMD a semester early and there were two cons.  Housing the last semester was a little tricky to coordinate and there was no December ceremony.  [/quote]

My DS will graduate from UMD in Computer Engineering in two days one semester early.  He will finish his finals on Friday and he can't wait to leave UMD and start traveling for the next six months in Europe, Asia, and South America, with the tuition/room/board that we will give him, on top of a 50K cash gift from my FIL.  There will be a job waiting for him when he comes back from the trip.  There is no need to spend another useless semester in school for undergrad.  [/quote]

How nice for your kid, but most of us don’t get to play with $75k straight out of college

I am 46 and still haven’t made it overseas[/quote]
dp.. yes, it is nice for that ^PP's kid.  Why do you have to be so nasty.  OP was asking why would people graduate early, and the ^PP responded.  No need to be nasty.

DC went into college with 58 credits (not unheard of for their peer group of very high achieving kids).  They are planning to graduate in 4 years with a dual degree and +1 masters.  DC wanted to push themselves to do it in 3.5 years, but I told them not to do that and just take the full four years.  There's no reason to graduate so early with that many degrees.  But, I think DC just wants to start working and not be in school anymore. They prefer working to being in school, at least that's how they feel now.  They may feel differently later when the reality of having a set schedule of 9 to 5, and no summer/winter/spring breaks bites.[/quote]

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