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How Long Did It Take To Get Your Bachelors Degree?
1. Working On An Associates Degree 9%  9%  [ 7 ]
2. Working On A Bachelors Degree 23%  23%  [ 18 ]
3. 3-4 Years 21%  21%  [ 17 ]
4. 5-6 Years 34%  34%  [ 27 ]
5. 7 Or More Years 14%  14%  [ 11 ]
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LAEMapsie
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19 Oct 2009, 3:11 pm

Took 3 years to get a BSc Computer Science, would have gotten a 3rd class honour degree, but I flunked a module :evil: :?



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04 Nov 2009, 5:15 am

Started in August 1998...and finished in December 2005. By the end, I'd joke that I started college sometime in the early 50s; it certainly felt like it.


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04 Nov 2009, 9:51 am

By the time I'm done with my degree, it will be more than ten years. I have to take it slowly with this, otherwise, I get overwhelmed so easily with so many classes.



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04 Nov 2009, 4:05 pm

I took my first college class in 1986. I got my B.A. in 1998 or 1999, I don't remember. I had about twice as many credits as I needed, but all in the wrong stuff, like "aviation management", and "the history of math", and "C++". Not too useful for a degree in Anthropology, which itself is not too useful.



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08 Nov 2009, 2:48 pm

It took me 4 years, however I also worked full time and held a position as a research assistant, successfully completing my own study. My job and my study were extremely related ot my interests so I loved it.

I graduated in May and hate being out of school. I didn't have time or money last year to prepare for graduate school so I am doing that now so I can attend in the fall. I miss school so much and try to supplement it by watching lectures online and reading textbooks, it's just not the same.



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20 Nov 2009, 2:06 pm

Sati wrote:
I should be finished in December, 5.5 years after I started. I went right after high school, but I took a semester off due to health problems and then went back part time AND changed my major, so I got pretty behind.


not bad, considering you're only 23.



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08 Jan 2010, 4:44 am

I was a ******* idiot. I saw college as more of a place to sort myself out and learn social skills. I, uh, took 6 years to finally obtain my AA, then 2.5 to get my BA. :roll:



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08 Jan 2010, 8:24 am

I went straight to uni to get my BEng after high school. I did 2 years full time and then the rest part time (because I was working almost full time). In all it was 5 years, plus 6 months for an internship - who offered me the job I'm still in today. Last year I was accepted into a film school and did a 1 year Screenwriting Graduate Diploma. I know I'll go back to school again later in life but I don't know why. I hate getting tested.