<p>Fall 2010 is my 8th semester here at UF and I only need to take 2 more classes to graduate the degree program for my major. However, I would like to stay another semester for a variety of reasons. For one, it would allow me to bump up my GPA and increase the status of my honors, diversify my extracurriculars a bit as well as allow me to complete a minor I really want to complete (one of the classes needed is only offered in Fall and the other in Spring).</p>
<p>Now I hear you only really have 8 semesters to finish up a Liberal Arts degree, but aside from pestering you, does the college take any action against you if you stay on for another semester? Aside from financial aid? Can they kick you out of the program altogether?</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I should be talking to an advisor about this since they’ll be obviously wanting me to finish up ASAP for the purposes of the college. Hope you guys can help me out here :)</p>
<p>Short answer, yes, they can (and will) kick you out if you’re deliberately delaying graduation without any reason. My friend tried that, and they just locked him out of ISIS. Then he had to go to the department, and they registered him for the class he needed to graduate, and wouldn’t let him take anything else. </p>
<p>If you want to try that route, you should really talk to somebody before trying it, because it can become a real issue. I’m not really sure how to work around it though.</p>
<p>Or you can pray they don’t realize… but with automated systems…</p>
<p>I spoke with an adviser today to confirm this. What he said basically mirrors what you’re saying, so it looks like I’m graduating this semester. Yikes!</p>
<p>Maybe do a formal petition with the college’s rules committee requesting a variance from standard practices. Give the reason you really need the minor, but it would be a financial hardship for you if you can’t stay extra semester to graduate because if the college makes you graduate after 8 semesters financial aid such as Bright Futures scholarship will be cut off at graduation and it would cost you out of pocket to do the extra semester for minor courses.</p>
<p>If you have Bright Futures left, they will pay for up to 15 hours of grad class credit, assuming you have 15 hours of BF left AND have not used up 8 semesters/four years. For those who earned DE or AP or IB credit, you get one semester of graduate or post-baccalaureate hours during your final semester but I believe it has to be prior to graduating AND ONLY IF YOU SPENT LESS THAN 8 semesters. </p>
<p>In state tuition does not cover the cost of an education, and the legislature has determined that one cannot just stick around and not graduate, and take classes over and above what is need for a major and pay instate tuition. There are allowances for a double major. You may be able to stay and pay a surcharge. I remember reading about 150% of the cost of instate tuition.</p>
<p>time to head out into the real world…no need to be afraid ;-)</p>
<p>not sure if I should post this or not…oh well…here is a bit of truth for ya!</p>
<p>your college education is “almost” always just to open doors for your “real” on the job training; once that door is open, what you did in college does not mean much, you will be judged by what you do after that.
It can be a bit of a shock but the number of times I have had to deal with “new grad” engineers that want to start talking about what they had in college, bla bla…
and when I ask the simple question of “did you do what that senior engineer told you to do?” I get the “I did not see any reason to do it”; well…I show them the door.</p>
<p>two most important things to always learn at college:
1: learn to learn
2: learn how little you really know</p>