There's a lot of university programs that take longer than 4 years to graduate from. Especially if you go into graduate school. Or have to take a break because of the whole pandemic or life in general. Or even just take the classes slowly because of money. It's super shitty to mock someone for not graduating in 4 years.
NAYRT if you take a major alongside/after an undergrad, doesn't it take about that much? in my country getting a major can take like, 10 years so it's not that wild of a possibility for me lmao
I don't think that's enough to call a raffle shady anon, sorry OP
props to them for finally graduating! i'm guessing you haven't, or you wouldn't be surprised to hear it took 9 years to graduate. i started college over 9 yrs ago and still haven't graduated, and i know folks older than me who are still working on their degrees.
higher education ain't cheap, and it can have a lot of stops & starts as you get older and have to balance work, life, family, AND school. and that can be further complicated by mental or physical health issues. you might even need/want to get an entirely different degree when you're already several years into your current degree.
economic/political upheaval can also knock you off track as the effects ripple out. and like the AYRT mentioned: we're like 2.5 years into a pandemic that's disrupted fucking... everything. they might've just needed a fucking break.
the raffle isn't shady, but OP kinda is for their weirdly judgemental comment. let them "fish for compliments" lol they deserve it
I was a STEM major with a foreign language as my minor and if I hadn't dropped out at year 4 due to lack of money it would've taken me 8 years total. That's if I didn't need to retake any classes. Or if any of classes were only available during a certain season.
on top of what everyone else is saying, not everyone is a full-time student. I know a couple people at work who attended night school for up to 10 years while working full time in order to get a degree related to business or finance. I've known more who had to drop out for financial reasons and were saving up to go back.
Bro.... My major would have taken me 10 years to get full qualifications in (PhD) if I hadn't had my ass kicked by illness (Ironic, given my major was Virology)
That being said, the major doesn't matter- maybe RL made them put their education on hold, and what that happens, it's REALLY hard to get back in because the schedule and routine is hard to get back into, or it's hard to get loans figured out.
So what if it took nine years for a Bachelor's or a four year program? It's still worth celebrating, given how SHITTY the world is right now.
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(Anonymous) 2022-04-16 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)if you take a major alongside/after an undergrad, doesn't it take about that much? in my country getting a major can take like, 10 years so it's not that wild of a possibility for me lmao
I don't think that's enough to call a raffle shady anon, sorry OP
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(Anonymous) 2022-04-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)higher education ain't cheap, and it can have a lot of stops & starts as you get older and have to balance work, life, family, AND school. and that can be further complicated by mental or physical health issues. you might even need/want to get an entirely different degree when you're already several years into your current degree.
economic/political upheaval can also knock you off track as the effects ripple out. and like the AYRT mentioned: we're like 2.5 years into a pandemic that's disrupted fucking... everything. they might've just needed a fucking break.
the raffle isn't shady, but OP kinda is for their weirdly judgemental comment. let them "fish for compliments" lol they deserve it
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(Anonymous) 2022-04-17 06:36 am (UTC)(link)That being said, the major doesn't matter- maybe RL made them put their education on hold, and what that happens, it's REALLY hard to get back in because the schedule and routine is hard to get back into, or it's hard to get loans figured out.
So what if it took nine years for a Bachelor's or a four year program? It's still worth celebrating, given how SHITTY the world is right now.
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