Graduating a Semester Early or Not

[thegreat267]

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I have 16 more hours left until I graduate, and I was wondering whether or not I should graduate a semester early. I am an officer in three clubs, which I probably will have to resign my senior year if I decide to graduate early. I don't really have any plans for the semester off. I really just want peoples opinions.

Thank you for your time.

Stats:
3.8 Ogpa
3.8 Sgpa
21AA 21TS 23PAT
Plenty of Shadowing, volunteering, and research

 

[743291]

Title Says it all.

I have 16 more hours left until I graduate, and I was wondering whether or not I should graduate a semester early. I am an officer in three clubs, which I probably will have to resign my senior year if I decide to graduate early. I don't really have any plans for the semester off. I really just want peoples opinions.

Thank you for your time.

Stats:
3.8 Ogpa
3.8 Sgpa
21AA 21TS 23PAT
Plenty of Shadowing, volunteering, and research

I would personally graduate, and use the time off to travel if you can afford it; or getting some more shadowing hours that could never hurt.

 

[LuckBloodandSweat]

Go for it. I'm considering it but my stats are probably gonna be bleh (no more than 3.55 ogpa 3.45 even if i get 3.9+s this semester and in the fall which i feel like i can).

 

[thegreat267]

I'm still trying to decide. The only thing is that I would have to quit my clubs, and I don't know how that would look on my application.

 

[Tman26]

Title Says it all.

I have 16 more hours left until I graduate, and I was wondering whether or not I should graduate a semester early. I am an officer in three clubs, which I probably will have to resign my senior year if I decide to graduate early. I don't really have any plans for the semester off. I really just want peoples opinions.

Thank you for your time.

Stats:
3.8 Ogpa
3.8 Sgpa
21AA 21TS 23PAT
Plenty of Shadowing, volunteering, and research

If you graduate early, just make sure that you continue to fill your time with work/community service/shadowing. Dental schools do look for continuity.

 

[MolarBear11]

I graduated a semester early and quit my clubs too, but it didn't matter bc I wasn't an officer in any of them my senior year.

 

[thegreat267]

I graduated a semester early and quit my clubs too, but it didn't matter bc I wasn't an officer in any of them my senior year.

What did you do in the semester off? I feel like if I took a semester off it will be very unproductive

 

[distressstudent]

Depends if you're getting financial aid or not.
If you don't, definitely graduate early.

 

[mystery84]

Imo take the semester off but continue to be productive. Some schools may ask you what you did during that time. Volunteer if you have an organization or cause that you believe in, it will make for good material for the interview and just cause its awesome to give back to the community. If you have any hobbies pursue them, travel if you got the money to do so, or get a job so you can have the money to travel to your interviews!!

 

[thegreat267]

Depends if you're getting financial aid or not.
If you don't, definitely graduate early.

I am on scholarship, and so I just contacted the scholarship office to see if I can combine my scholarship into one semester. I wanna know all my options.