<p>“If you are on aid and don’t graduate in the first four years - you may find you can no longer afford it”</p>
<p>This is the part I found misleading. Taking a semester or two off, resulting in not graduating in the first four years, cannot result in no longer affording it where aid is concerned. Aid is for eight semesters, no matter how many years it takes (within limits I’d have to look up).</p>
<p>Taking one or two semesters off has no impact on the six-year graduation rate (assuming the eight semesters are indeed carefully planned), and does not affect aid. Major changing has a delaying potential at any school.</p>