re: How long is too long to be an undergrad? + opinions

Mostly, it's D unless your are looking for a specific type of employment where that may matter. it can impact your starting pay a little, switching jobs at some point will typically remedy that if you do your job well.

I was 28 when I got my BS. Married, kids, worked 30-40 hours per week, though an early lack of seriousness about school and lack of preparation for what college would be like (was able to coast through HS and still finish near top 10%, very high test scores but didn't really know how to study) were the real reasons I was delayed.

Nobody really cares about any of that, the key is to get your first job out of school then keep your eyes open for the right job after that. by Job two, where you went to school is primarily about what team you pull for unless you're in a research environment, employers are looking at your past job performance and the urgency of their current needs.

If you didn't withdraw, you're kind of starting in the hole, GPA wise, which may delay your getting out of the CC route.

Good luck and keep plugging away, what are you studying?

Got my undergraduate degree in 4 years. Anything longer than 5 is slacking.

Started college at 22 and finished at 26, and I would say 28 wouldn’t even be a bad age

Worst part about it is freshmen classes. You’re basically taking classes with HS kids

I'm graduating in Dec and I'm 33. It's never too late. Did I want to be 33 with a college degree, or did I want to be 33 without a college degree?

I didn't start until a few years ago though

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If I go to an SEC/out of state school, probably business-finance, econ, or history, if I go to a Texas school, probably history, econ, or geology.

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If you're thinking about getting a degree in history, you could save a lot of time by just emptying your bank account, throwing the money into a river and applying for a job at Applebees. It'll give you a head start on your career.

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d) I'm over thinking it and it doesn't matter where I go or how long I'm an undergrad for

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Everybody's path is different. I got burned out when I was in college after three years. I was going for a Biology degree and just didn't have the drive anymore so I joined the military, got my undergrad degree in accounting at 27, MBA at 29, and now have a job that I love. As long as you are moving forward and aren't stagnant, then who cares how long it takes you.

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Get your degree.

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Terrible advice. The type of degree is what matters, not that you have a degree. You'd do better to learn a trade like plumbing than get a degree in Gender Studies.

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Collegedropout

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I stopped going to class near the end of the year because I got a pretty decent job and I was feeling burned out on school

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Go to Ole Miss.

You all sound like you deserve each other.

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-I know exactly what I want to do

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No you don't. Just go look at your threads started list. You go from asking about politics to a liberal arts vs a business degree to going to live on a mountain for a year to going into oil and gas (which might be the worst time to enter that industry in the last 30 years).

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You are not making a good case for why I should have just gone to an SEC school

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Not following you here.