<p>I hear that because UCLA is so packed with students and large classes, people take a 5th year of undergrad just to get their requirements.
Is this because they weren't able to enroll in all the classes they needed?</p>
<p>I am going to be an Econ/Math joint major at UCLA and would NOT want to have to pay a 5th year of out-of-state tuition for any reason.</p>
<p>Is it common?
I want to graduate in 4 years!</p>
<p>false, no, and no</p>
<p>if you know your major and plan well, you’ll graduate in 4 years</p>
<p>unless you decide to switch into engineering, you’re definitely going to graduate in 4 years. it’s a myth that people can’t get into the classes they need. people get into the classes they need, just not necessarily at the times they want.</p>
<p>Even most of those in engineering (at least those who start as freshmen) graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>The most recent CDS shows a 69% 4-year grad rate for those entering in 2007. At Engineering Open House a few weeks ago, they said for engineering it is around 65%.</p>
<p>To clarify, I meant that unless you transferred from L&S to SEAS, you would definitely graduate in 4 years. SEAS students who started off in SEAS should also be fine.</p>
<p>It’s totally not uncommon to graduate within four years. In fact, I know several a few people that did so in less than four years. You need to be on top of your classes and requirements though.</p>
<p>There’s some odd discrepancy between four years and 12 quarters. The latter’s graduation rate is significantly higher than the former. For example, UCLA’s four-year graduation rate may have been 69%, but it’s 12 quarter graduation rate was 81%</p>
<p><a href=“UC student graduation rates hit a 20-year high | UCLA”>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/uc-student-graduation-rates-hit-246210</a></p>
<p>Even more noteworthy, it’s 13 quarter graduation rate was 89%. I have a few friends who stayed a bit longer at UCLA (extra quarter or extra year.) All did so by choice. All of them had enough units to graduate but wanted to stay longer for a variety of reasons (e.g. taking more classes, doing study abroad, etc.)</p>
<p>@beyphy I think the 12 quarter rate includes that extra summer</p>
<p>Im math/econ, so the major can definitely be done in 4 years. However you cant be taking the minimum load (12 units) all 4 years and expect to graduate on time. There are going to be some quarters where you are going to have to take 4 classes (about 15 units)</p>
<p>It might. All I can go on my experience as a UCLA student. None of the student that I’d met were prevented from graduating in four years from a lack of classes.</p>
<p>UCLA has minimum progress requirements that prevent you from taking just 12 units a quarter. See <a href=“http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/counseling/exp-cum-prog.html”>http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/counseling/exp-cum-prog.html</a></p>
<p>You can’t expect to take 12 units a quarter and graduate on time, but you can take 12 units/quarter for several quarters before you need to take more. </p>