How long did it take you?

[monquin]

I only have about 15 credit hours toward my undergraduate degree and I am 24 years old.

How long did it take everyone else to get their undergraduate degree?
I really want to kick it up a notch and try to get my UG degree in less than 4 years...

Anyone have a story of how quickly they finished their UG degree to encourage me? lol

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[Quik]

I only have about 15 credit hours toward my undergraduate degree and I am 24 years old.

How long did it take everyone else to get their undergraduate degree?
I really want to kick it up a notch and try to get my UG degree in less than 4 years...

Anyone have a story of how quickly they finished their UG degree to encourage me? lol

I finished mine in 4, but was a bit behind going into my senior year and completed 60 of the 180 necessary credits (trimester units) that year. I also finished the academic requirements for my masters in one year. It seemed the more full my schedule was, the better I did.

If you are going to school full time and not having to accomodate around your work schedule, I would say completing the rest in 3 years is very possible.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

my degree will have taken 8 years (off and on, working, family, change of majors, etc.) but my wife completed her undergrad in 3 and her masters in 1. she did have a few (not many) AP classes, she usually took a full schedule during the summer (2-3 classes), and she was an accounting major so she had no labs. She got her MAcc also so again, no labs. Unfortunately those suck down some major time.

 

[murfettie]

4.
could have finished in 3 since taken tons of college class since 16, chose not to.. enjoyed college too much.

 

[Dianyla]

I had one year of undergrad, 15 years ago. Most of the classes I took were premed prereqs that I had to retake/repeat due to being too old and/or incomplete grades. I went back to school 5 years ago to resume my original dream of pursuing a career in medicine.

Right now, I'm in my sixth and final year of my Bachelor's degree. I certainly could have finished sooner if I weren't working a demanding full-time job and doing all of the other volunteering/extracurricular activities. But, better to go slower and be a better prepared applicant, IMO.

 

[Dayzie]

*deleted for being long and not particularly relevant*

 

[TriagePreMed]

3 years for me. I took night classes at a community college when I was in High School and then took summer school twice.

 

[NuttyEngDude]

after my first year i was on track to graduate in 3 years, then i decided to slow down a bit and do a coop every other quarter. total time was 5 years

 

[CaptainObvious]

By the time I actually finish my undergrad, it will have taken me an entire career. 25 years. I started young - both work and family. I took some college courses here and there, but most of my education focused on my paramedic cert. and continuing education in that area and then non-college firefighter based professional learning, conferences, hands-on-training, so that I may excel in my chosen career. (I actually just finished 2 professional AS degrees within the last year just because I wanted to.) Now that that career is coming to an end, I am paving the road for Act II of my life with this possibly irrational, definitely hare-brained idea of applying to med school. Even if that doesn't happen, I'll still create options for myself by having the Bachelors at retirement.