<p>Let's have an open discussion:</p>
<p>Q: What are the advantages of graduating early, in 3 years? People say college is such a good time and that you should spread it over 5 years ..</p>
<p>but wouldn't saving that $24000 and one year of time be a more "successful" plan?</p>
<p>hrmm, you get.. one more year of salary.. but do you learn the material as well as if you had spread it over 4 or 5 years?</p>
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<p>I think you learn the same amount of material regardless of how much time you spend in school.</p>
<p>The more you "take the courseload easy", the more free time you have, and the more you will slack off. You won't use the extra time to study more or find opportunities to learn more IMO.</p>
<p>For example, if you were to struggle through a computer programming class, even if you had days to complete an exam, you would not be confident in your answer without using a compiler.</p>
<p>I'd be saving 40k so it'd be a dream for me to graduate in 3 years =]</p>
<p>^apartments... summer sessions or CC classes in CA... advancing your unit counts in each quarter... overestimation of living costs by ucla etc.</p>
<p>It's all free for me, so money isn't a factor. But, I like having the extra time. Sure, I do slack off more, but I got a whole lot of experiences that really have defined me throughout my first year. I'm still taking Summer Sessions so I have just three classes per quarter. In the end, I can graduate in three years, but I'm taking a fourth year for a Spanish minor. </p>
<p>I cut off my high school experience, and I'm not about to cut short my college experience too.</p>