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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you sound ridiculous. I didn't start college until I was 22 for financial reasons. I paid my way through and didn't graduate until I was 27. Guess what? I don't feel behind at all. In my mid-30s, I make more money than a lot of my friends who graduated at 21 or 22. The degrees that are easy to graduate early with are also the least marketable. Do you really think that you'd be more employable getting a literature degree at 21 than you would be getting a computer science degree at 22?  Just try to look into the future a little. If, in 10 years from now, you're working at Starbucks, will sacrificing a worthwhile career just could graduate college "on time" have been worth-it? But if, in 10 years from now, you're working a 6-figure salary and living in a nice house, are you still going to feel bad that you were always a year behind in school? Don't lose sight of the bigger picture over minor details like this. The company I work at doesn't care that I graduated from college 6 years late, but they do care what I have to offer them.[/quote]

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