<p>I'm an incoming freshman and I have 32 units of AP credit, equivalent of a year right? So can I graduate in 3 years?</p>
<p>Someone told me that I will have to take courses in summer sessions if I want to graduate in 3 years, even with a year of AP credit already. Anyone else know about this situation? Thanks A LOT!</p>
<p>By the way, I'm majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.</p>
<p>EECS is hard. You may be able to if you jam pack all your semesters with prerequisits. You may have to take some difficult classes at the same time rather than spreading it out. But why? Enjoy college. It only comes once.</p>
<p>EECS is hard subject-wise, but there's not a lot of upper div requirements. Most of the EECS majors I know finish all their required courses in 3 years and just take an extra year to do whatever....take electives.</p>
<p>AP credits (in terms of number) don't really help unfortunately, except it can get u out of Reading and Comprehension requirements and Calculus.</p>
<p>I do have a 5 (probably) in Calculus BC. So I don't need to take Math 1A and 1B. I don't know whether I'll get a 4 on the English AP Exam to satisfy the first half of R&C, though.</p>
<p>I see that it's possible to graduate in 3 years but it requires hard work and less free time, but I'm planning my schedule now: is 23 hours of lec/dis/lab combined per week too much? I sleep 7-8 hours a day. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Why rush? Why?</p>
<p>You don't want to do this. </p>
<p>Trust me.</p>
<p>Ya man... Why rush? College is suppose to be the best time in your life!!! Why do this... You will never experience college life ever again.. Make it a lasting and enjoyably memory!!</p>
<p>I think you can quite easily graduate in 3 years.. There's not a whole lot of upper divs for EECS.. </p>
<p>And yea, you could take the opportunity to take more EECS classes, not just the minimum required. Or perhaps take courses outside of your major.. for example, I know quite a few EECS people taking coureses like econ or math..</p>
<p>I think it is useful to do in 3 years - you save money and you save a year. And about enjoyment, you can still enjoy that extra year!</p>
<p>Orochi:</p>
<p>3rd-year (to be 4th-year) EECS major here.</p>
<p>Can you graduate in 3 years? Yes.</p>
<p>Will it be easy? Getting a 5 in Calculus BC certainly helps. It's doable without summer sessions.</p>
<p>23 hours of lec/dis/lab combined per week? Class hours are the least of your concerns. It's time spent on projects that really kills. Two semesters ago, I spent an average of 40 hours a week, for 7 weeks, on one project for one class. That was an extreme exception, and it isn't something for you to worry about at all, but it illustrates the point.</p>
<p>I came in with about 35 AP units, so you could say I was in your situation. I had no reason to leave early, and instead took a light load my first two years. PM me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>dood, live up college why you can, you'll regret graduating early, hell, i'll regret graduating on time</p>
<p>Thanks, guys!</p>
<p>I think I'll go through the first semester taking my planned classes and see what is best for me.</p>
<p>I can't agree more. As long as it's not too stretching, I'll give it a shot.</p>
<p>I transfered into EECS from Engineering - Undeclared, and am going into my 4th year after this summer. With the amount of AP credits that you have, it shouldn't be hard at all to graduate in 3 years. I came in with about 29 AP credits, have been taking 12 - 13 units (3 classes, 12 units being the minimum you can take) my entire college career (no summer school), and am currently about 3 classes away from graduating. Assuming you're able to skip Math 53-54 and 2 of your humanities classes (say from AP Econ, History, English), it shouldn't be a problem. However, I completely agree with everyone that you should evaluate whether or not you want to graduate in three years. Take your first semester easy, and then decide after that. You may even find yourself taking 12-13 units a semester and planning classes so you can stick around for all 4 years. I recommend it :)</p>