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[quote=Anonymous]Transferring would be a disaster. Each university has different requirements for each degree. Transferring could easily add another 2 or 3 semesters!

Honestly, I don't understand how people would even know. He says his friends graduated, so who is left? Is he living on campus? I can see that being awkward if he's roomed with freshmen as most upperclassmen live off campus at most universities. But seriously, how does this even come up in conversation?

Person: Hi, I'm John. I'm a Junior. I'm studying Econ. What about you?
Your son: I'm Brad. I'm a senior studying English Lit. Great to meet you.

The next part of that interaction is never going to be...
Person: A senior? Nice. A traditional senior or a super senior?

Never. He cares more about this in his head than anyone else in person.

Shoot, I know some May grads who would kill to be back living the sweet college life right now instead of busting their butts at lame, menial jobs just to have money due to their promised post-graduation job offers being rescinded. My nephew is one such kid. He had a great offer from a tech company - one he'd interned with for 2 summers - and it was rescinded about 2 weeks from graduation. Not due to anything he did, but budget cuts and layoffs within the company. He found another job in late June but it was with a startup and upon starting, he realized they were struggling a lot. His second paycheck bounced so he bounced as well, ha. He's been working as a waiter and at a coding camp this summer. He's also doing freelance jobs for smaller local companies while interviewing for fulltime work. The only thing saving him is the fact that he's living at home with his parents so he doesn't have to pay rent and he's still covered by their insurance.   [/quote]

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