<p>“This means that the usual four year degree will take about 6 years at best.”</p>
<p>This is a huge exaggeration. I know a lot of people graduating this year, and at least 90% of them are 4th years (in other words they don’t need extra time to graduate). And the rest are either 5th years or 3rd years (graduating a year early), but out of like 70-80 people I know that are graduating, none of them are 6th years.</p>
<p>“This means that the usual four year degree will take about 6 years at best.”</p>
<p>AND, there are a lot of programs in place to make sure you are on track to graduate, such as “expected cumulative progress”. Maybe it is true that it is hard to get the exact class, at the most convenient time, with the easiest professor, or the exact section you want, but likely you can get all the classes you need, you might just have to take an 8am class or class on Friday.</p>