Thinking about 5th year-in it at UCLA.

[asuhdds]

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So I was just looking at my Degree Progress Report to try to figure out how to plan my college career and I realized that unless I bust my balls cramming my 3rd and 4th year, I won't fulfill my Psycho-bio major requirements. I'm a 2nd year right now and I was wondering if it would be "bad" to graduate in 5 years instead of 4.

From my perspective, if I graduate in 5 years, I have more time to relax and get better grades in my harder classes as well as get 4 year's worth GPA into the Dental School apps instead of just 3 years. I'm a 2nd year and my cumulative GPA is 3.16...I messed around too much in my first year. I've been posting A/A-'s since the past Summer and if I can keep the ball rolling by my 4th year, I can have like a 3.6 GPA.

It sounds like a good plan to me, but can someone tell me if this is just wishful thinking.

 

[dizzle23x]

i did a fifth year and it was one of the best decisions i've ever made

 

[asuhdds]

was that supposed to be a pun..? 😉

 

[PChemGrad]

it took me 5 years to get my BS.
Nothing wrong with it taking 5 years.

 

[nate28]

5 years is fine, I did that. But if you take out my first year of school, which was not that productive, then I did it in 4. I want to get through school as fast as I can, and to help me do that I went to summer school. I think I cut out a year by doing that.