How likely is it that I will graduate in 4 years?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Hello</p>

<p>So I'm planning on attending UCSD in the fall(Sixth College), but I've been hearing that a lot of people don't graduate in 4 years, so basically I was hoping my APs and whatnot would give me a better chance. Its really important to me that I graduate in 4 years since about half my tuition is going to be covered by a loan that I'd have to pay back(the longer I'm there the worse it'd be). So I'm doing Structural Engineering and I got the following AP Scores/Community College Courses</p>

<p>Basic Level Physics (community college)
Philosophy 1 (community college)
AP English Language (3)
AP Chemistry (4)
AP Calculus (4)
AP Comp Sci A (4)</p>

<p>Then I got three more this year(AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Statistics), and I should get at least a 3 on all of them.</p>

<p>Basically, how many of these will count and credits will get transfered? Will all this make it easier for me to graduate in 4 years?</p>

<p>Another quick question, I'd also like to minor in finance, management, or economics along with my major in Structural Engineering, I was wondering if with the current overcrowded state of UCs is that a lot harder to do?</p>

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<p>i just went on the campus tour this past weekend and they said that 80% graduate within 4 years. and that is starting with zero credits. i’m sure that graduating within 4 years isn’t too difficult, but due to the cuts, you might end up having to take some unfavorable classes to fulfill units/GE.</p>

<p>sorry, don’t know about your other question.</p>

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<p>If you have that many units coming in you’ll be completely fine. However, if you’re going to double major in management science (we do not have a finance major) or econ and structural engineering, you will have a very difficult time graduating in 4 years. Not because of overcrowding but simply because those majors are both fairly demanding and require a lot of classes. </p>

<p>Most of the people that take 5 years to graduate are transfer students, double majors, and some engineering majors.</p>

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<p>I’m not looking to double major(I don’t know if I can handle the workload along with an engineering major), but do you know anybody that’s minoring in econ or management? How is it for them? Any information would be great.</p>

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<p>Oh sorry I read that wrong!</p>

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<p>Another question about AP Tests, I just read somewhere that they were due on April 1st? Can anyone confirm that? Because I’ve gotten no emails telling me to send AP scores or anything.</p>

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<p>No, they’re not due until July or August.</p>

<p>ETA: July 15th. <a href=“http://registrar.ucsd.edu/studentlink/apfaq.html[/url]”>http://registrar.ucsd.edu/studentlink/apfaq.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Either they misstated or you heard wrong.
The 4,5,6 year graduation rates are 57%, 80%, and 85% respectively for freshmen who entered in 2004.
As a reference, the 4 year rate for mighty Cal is only 65%.</p>

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Also, the above statement implies that 80% of incoming freshmen have zero credits, which is extremely unlikely.</p>

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<p>I was looking at assist.org website to see how many Coomunity college courses can be utilized to fulfill my GE requirement at Warren college. I was disaapointed to find out that other then the “Culture” course there is none. So dissapointed – Look like all other uc’s provide plenty of options when it comes down to accepting Community college course for GE requirement. What is going on with UCSD? Looks like you have better chances of graduating in four years from all other UCs when compared to UCSD.</p>

<p>I was hoping to get me GE credits done during summer somewhere close to home ( Orange county community colleges) to allow me to graduate in four years without being stressed out. I am an incoming freshman to the engineering program.</p>

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<p>Honestly, don’t worry about not graduating in 4 years. They have 4 year plans for most majors, and many resources (such as major/college counselors) who are there to help. Yes, the “culture” GEs are usually not covered, but that’s like ~2 classes anyways. Not to worry. I wouldn’t recommend doing a minor or anything if you are going into engineering and worrying about graduating on time though.</p>

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<p>Do those who graduate in 4 years take summer session classes?</p>

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<p>Sometimes I feel like people think that if they graduate in 4 years or not is like a coin flip. If you plan it out right, you should be able to graduate in 4 years.</p>

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<p>The answer is no. Just kidding. I agree with what KingsElite said, just plan and execute. Make sure the plan is a good one, check with your advisors.</p>