graduating on time vs graduating late

anabbear
Mon, 26 May 2014 16:59:29 +0000

I hate school, but the typical “school is not for me” excuse doesn’t make it okay for me to drop out. These days you NEED a decent degree. During my first two years of school I took 5 or 4 classes per semester but by the end of each semester I would have dropped one or two. I had a 3.0, the lowest my GPA has ever been, that Fall. I was advised by my counselor to take only two classes this Spring in order to pull myself together and take some time off. I worked and went to school, I took online classes and found them easier because you didn’t have to concentrate on someone rambling for a whole hour.

I’m 20 now and I graduated high school in 2012. I have 32 credits and I’m starting my 3rd year of school this Fall. I order for me to graduate on time with my class I’d have to take 5 classes a semester on top of taking 3 classes in the summer and 4 classes this summer. If I decide to graduate a year late I get to take only 4 classes a semester and 3 in the summer and 2 classes this summer. I’m doing finance but math can be a pain sometimes, so I’d rather do the latter.

Pros of graduating a yr late/cons of graduating on time:
-I can have time for internships while working at my part time job if I’m staying in school one more year because I’ll have the time with only 4 classes.
-I get more time to save to pay back my loan.
-I can get more on my resume
-I can get better grades

Cons of graduating a year late /Pros of graduating on time:

I don’t get to graduate with people from my year (doesn’t apply because I really don’t care)
-I could have been making real money with a real job already. (also doesn’t apply because no one seems to be having any luck finding good jobs right out of college anyway)