<p>what are the pros and cons of staying in undergraduate school for 5 years or 4.5 years instead of the period of time?
anyone know anything about this</p>
<p>I may be wrong, but: doesn’t this depend greatly on your major?</p>
<p>Depends what reason(s) you stay for the extra year?</p>
<p>This all depends on a number of factors, most importantly the degree. If you’re getting a second degree or something during the 5th year or you’re unable to finish all required class off in 4 years, then an extra semester might be in order. In general it is not worth it to add on another major or minor that will add time onto your degree as they are not really worth it.</p>
<p>The simplest way to figure out whether it’s worth it is: Marginal benefit of extra year to you / Tuition.</p>
<p>So if tuition is $12,000 and you think the extra year will give you $14,000 of benefit in terms of career placement and other factors, then it would be worth it. Obviously with more expensive schools it becomes very hard to justify an extra year under any circumstances.</p>
<p>Yes, use marginal benefit and opportunity cost to figure this out on your own under your own situation. You do this stuff all the time, but this is just in a grander scale.</p>
<p>I know a lot of engineering majors tend to take an extra year to finish up undergrad.</p>
<p>Required Hours:</p>
<p>English major - 120 hours
Engineering Major - 135 hours</p>
<p>There’s a big reason engineering majors will stay longer than 4 years, that’s a whole extra semester required to graduate. Not to mention engineers will retake some or even many of their classes.</p>
<p>I think it depends on your reason. Say one who would like to ease their work load, then it may take a extra year.</p>
<p>i’m in engg and taking an extra year. not because i lightened my courseload, but because i switched majors twice.</p>