Views of Time Off

UVAMalex09
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:26:40 +0000

Taking a year or semester off is all right and a little common, but only taking half the course is dangerous. Many colleges have a strict number of credit taken to be called a full-time student. At my school, you HAVE to graduate in four years (or five years for engineers) unless you get permission from the professors teaching your future classes, your advisor, the dean of your college, the dean of students, and the university president to be able to stay an extra semester.

I would believe that grad school might look down on the light coursework but they might be all right about the semester/year thing.