<p>Would it be possible to graduate in 3 years from the school of engineering esp. after transferring 8 pre-matriculation credits?</p>
<p>I believe you need 9 pre-matriculation/summer session credits to graduate a year early. With engineering, it would be especially difficult, since you need more credits and have more class requirements. You would definitely need to take summer classes. You could probably graduate a semester early. </p>
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<p>You could do it, but you would need summer classes.</p>
<p>are summer classes full time classes or just part time?</p>
<p>You enroll on a class-by-class basis, so they can be either.</p>
<p>if a student graduates a semester early, would he still have to pay for the second semester?</p>
<p>No, you wouldn’t pay for 2nd semester.</p>
<p>What are the 8 pre-matriculation credits in question?
I think that might make a difference.</p>
<p>to all those who replied (and in particular ellopoppet, who seems quite knowledgable): do you know if the same applies for the college of arts and sciences?
I have been thinking of trying to obtain my undergraduate degree in 3 years- however, the tufts bulletin states that: </p>
<p>"the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science is awarded after four years (eight semesters) of full-time study and with successful completion of the equivalent of thirty-four credits. (Study in summer school at other institutions does not count toward the residence requirement under this policy.) </p>
<p>does this mean that one must stay absolutely for 4 years in order to obtain this degree?</p>
<p>^ that is unlikely. if the 34 credits are completed in 3 years, then what is the point of staying for another year?</p>
<p>For engineering, I believe you can have up to 8 pre-matriculation credits. For arts & sciences, I believe that number is 5. To graduate a year early, based simply on the course requirements listed on the Tufts Engineering webpage, would seem extremely difficult and might require a few summer classes upon an extensive 3 year curriculum. It’d probably be easier for arts & sciences due to the increased flexibility of the degrees. However, I believe that, either way, a year early would be a difficult feat regardless.</p>
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<p>This is a tricky subject, and has actually been the cause of some concern on campus (though very muted). Long story short, you do need to stay on campus for eight semesters UNLESS you have 5 (or 9) AP and/or Tufts summer session credits AND you apply for advanced standing the second semester of sophomore year. You aren’t automatically granted advanced standing. Taking extra classes every semester will help you get your requirements out of the way, but that alone won’t help you graduate early. </p>
<p>For arts & sciences, graduating a year early would be much easier than it would be as an engineer, but still really difficult. I don’t know anyone who’s done it. A lot of kids double major, do a demanding major and minor, or take multiple languages. When you do that, there simply isn’t enough time to take all the classes you need in 6 semesters. Graduating a semester early is a lot more common, but still doesn’t happen often. Plus, most kids want to stay for 4 years. No one wants to graduate and leave their friends, who are having a blast in their last semester, to get a real job and have to be an adult. College is awesome, and Tufts is awesome. </p>
<p>I’m hoping this answers your question. Here’s an article I found published in the Daily a few years ago, which can probably supplement my information.
[Requirement</a> keeps students on campus - Tufts Daily - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsdaily.com/requirement-keeps-students-on-campus-1.2048243?pagereq=2]Requirement”>http://www.tuftsdaily.com/requirement-keeps-students-on-campus-1.2048243?pagereq=2)</p>
<p>I know an Arts and Sciences student who just graduated a year early. He had a lot of AP credits coming in and I know that at least one summer he did not take courses at Tufts but may have elsewhere. So it is doable, at least for A & S.</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but my understanding is that they’re capping the number of AP’s incoming students can use (not sure how many), making it more difficult to obtain advanced standing.
I do have a friend who came in with around 9 APs and graduated in 3 years with Math/Physics (got advanced standing at the end of soph year).
I came in with 5 AP credits and it looks likely that I’ll be able to graduate a semester early with a double in ME and Math, but I took six classes each for four semesters. In most engineering disciplines it would be difficult to graduate early as there’s some sort of senior design/research/capstone requirement that have a lot of pre-reqs. You’d have to come in as a freshman and pretty much plan your whole 3 years to make sure you can take everything early enough.</p>
<p>From what I’ve read, A&S students can have 5 AP credits and Engineering can have 9. I’m curious though. How hard is it to double major engineering with math? I was thinking (all just postulations) that I might do ChemE with math. Is it worth doing?</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I’m actually graduating in 3 years from A&S, and finishing my last classes this summer. I came in with 3 AP credits, and have done 3 summer sessions (each summer is split into two sessions). It’s doable, but you have to plan in advance, though not necessarily as far back as sophomore year. I changed my status from junior to senior towards the middle of my first semester of junior year (which then became my senior year). </p>
<p>It’s kind of annoying to jump through all the hoops to fulfill the residency requirements, especially because I had already taken 34 classes before this summer, and I wish it was something I had known coming into Tufts… I don’t think it would have changed my decision to come, but it would have been nice to start planning earlier…</p>
<p>If you guys have more specific questions, I’ll do my best to answer.</p>
<p>To double major in an engineering and math, you’ll probably use all your “free” electives unless you decide to take extra classes. That said, it’s definitely doable, especially coming in with a few APs.</p>