120 units, 3 years?

vicissitudes
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:34:17 +0000

Yes it’s definitely possible. The people who want to do it tend to fall into these two categories:


They’re naturally above average in intellect and therefore think they were awesome in high school. They come to Berkeley and want to take 20 units per semester to prove (to no one in particular) that they’re awesome. They promptly get their ass kicked by Berkeley and realize this was not a smart way to go.
They’re major nerds whose self-esteem in high school was mainly built on how many more APs they took than their peers. They don’t have much of a life because they’re not sure how to get one. They actually do finish school in 3 years because that’s all they did.


This is of course, the extremes. I’m not trying to be insulting but honestly this is what I’ve come across.