<p>In the middle of college…</p>
<p>Could it be a good idea?</p>
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<li>This idea may be more applicable to state universities, where the cost of the potential of having to spend another year at the university is not going to be too high.</li>
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When you think about it - there are those times that you just want some more time to say, take a light load one quarter and to merely explore. No, I’m not talking about study-abroad programs or the like - I’m just talking about making a book list and taking a very light load one quarter so that one can have time to say, read those books. </p>
<p>Sometimes, reading books in the middle of college can be very enlightening and inspiring (it can inspire a change in path, especially by a person who has never had much of an opportunity to open oneself up to outside books for his grade school years, after which the person is suddenly exposed to the resources of the university library system - it just contains so much!) And yet, many of the resources go unexploited because students are just so busy during the time that they are in the university. The problem is that many people just don’t have the time to read them while they are taking a full course load. And summers may not be such an option -where the student may not have access to the library resources.</p>
<p>Why not? I’m taking 10 credits instead of 16 next semester just because I don’t have that many classes left…I planned it that way since the last few are the hardest for my major. I’ll be looking forward to having more time to spend working and at ECs. (and reading too, but I do that a lot in the summer) I couldn’t graduate any earlier just because of prereqs.</p>
<p>If it wouldn’t cost you much more, or set you back in graduation, then it sounds like a fun plan. If you end up needing another semester to graduate, you should think hard about that because that’s another semester you won’t be earning a salary, have more college costs, etc.</p>
<p>As for not being able to read much in the summer…there are tons of public libraries that will be glad to order you a book from another library if they don’t have it. If someone lives in the middle of no where, then that’s another story. Also, you could stay for the summer at your school and just take one class, leaving lots of time for reading and stuff. (I’ve done this two summers now as I have a steady job at school)</p>
<p>Go for it.</p>
<p>And the possibility of spending extra time in college at a state school is just as likely as spending extra time at a private school. I go to a small state public and it’s not that uncommon to hear of people entering their 11th semester. Stuff happens, you may end up dropping a class that you didn’t intend to, ect. It happens.</p>
<p>Yeah, true. I think that it could end up one of the most rewarding experiences in a state school (where the additional money isn’t much). There is no greater feeling than realizing that the university libraries are yours for the taking for an entire quarter/semester.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about doing it at some point. maybe second semester this year.
I have several community college and local university classes, so depending on how many transfer I should be able to take a lighter load when I take some of my harder courses.</p>