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I did my undergraduate degree in 10 years. So, what took so long? Well I did it on a part time basis while I was in the military. I started while I was stationed in Illinois and was transfered to Maine. I couldn't go to college there as I had to go to Louisiana for six months of school for the military. When I went back to Maine I found out I was getting transfered back to Louisiana.

When I got back to LA, I started back in college and took night coursed until I got married. Then I got of the military and went to Massachusetts for a year, went back in the military and went to North Carolina, Thailand, and Florida before returning to Louisiana. When I got back to Louisiana I started back to college part time and finally finished my degree 10 years after starting.

About 4 years to finish both the undergrads and another 3 to finish the two M.A.'s

8 years, I did my first 2 years then took about 5 years off, then finished the rest in 1 year.

4 1/2 years. There was the whole thing about getting rejected from student teaching (thanks a lot Pfeiffer) and then I had to go another route to get my undergrad.

Right now I am studying in Grad School to become an Occupational Therapist.

About 4 years to finish both the undergrads and another 3 to finish the two M.A.'s

My MS Ed. took about 2 1/2 or 3 years as I went 3/4 time without any breaks including the summers. I was fully motivated on that one as the VA check was enough to cover all my college expenses, my wife's part time college expenses and some left over. :D I was motivated to completer before my GI bill expired.

It took me 5 years for a number of reasons...

First off, I had entirely switched programmes after my initial first semester. I skipped the summer semester for that year. I took credits out of order which messed up my general time table so I had conflicts and I had to tale stuff at odd times. For my last credit I went to night school for it.

what?! f that sheet.


the primary function of colleges is to restock the ruling class.

everyday functions of running society are a distant 2nd,
sorry to say

what?! f that sheet.


the primary function of colleges is to restock the ruling class.

everyday functions of running society are a distant 2nd,
sorry to say

Yea.... umm which mental institution did you get out of? I'm in Grad School and I am not part of the 'ruling class'.

4 1/2 years. There was the whole thing about getting rejected from student teaching (thanks a lot Pfeiffer) and then I had to go another route to get my undergrad.

Right now I am studying in Grad School to become an Occupational Therapist.

Cool. My Doctor sent me a PT/OT yesterday. After the evaluation the therapist said, "There is nothing I can do for you because you are doing everything right. Your leg is healing fine."

That was great news because I didn't know why the Doctor was sending me to a therapist for the problem I was having with my leg.

Cool. My Doctor sent me a PT/OT yesterday. After the evaluation the therapist said, "There is nothing I can do for you because you are doing everything right. Your leg is healing fine."

That was great news because I didn't know why the Doctor was sending me to a therapist for the problem I was having with my leg.

Occupational Therapist mainly deal with people who has suffered from physical injuries (like your leg), or mental ones (stroke, etc), and they rehabilitate them, which can either be back to their full function or near full function.

4.5 years + 1 year for Honours. But that's because I'm doing two degrees at once.

Still working at it.

I made the BS in 4. Had a good adviser that kept everyone on track. Worked summers and made enough to pay for everything and buy a new car (payed cash). That's when the nation had a good economy.

Then took a grad class for fun the following fall and spring. Then was offered a grad assistanceship where they paid me to go to school. So put in two more years to finish the MS.

Assuming I don't fail anything during my 4th year and we don't count the year I'm taking off for an internship, 4 years.

My MS Ed. took about 2 1/2 or 3 years as I went 3/4 time without any breaks including the summers. I was fully motivated on that one as the VA check was enough to cover all my college expenses, my wife's part time college expenses and some left over. :D I was motivated to completer before my GI bill expired.
When I was teaching college students I always loved to see a vet walk into the class. They were always serious about learning and somehow were able to transmit that to the other students.

The last thing a college teacher wants to see when s/he walks into a class is a room totally made up of 18 year olds. It's really hard to teach when the whole class is either recovering from of thinking about their next bout of "brown bottle flu", sex experimentation, egomania, homesickness or any of a number of other illnesses that vets and older students have outgrown.

Five years. I slacked off for the first three, was put on academic probation after my third year, worked my ass off for the next two years, miraculously got into graduate school.

The last thing a college teacher wants to see when s/he walks into a class is a room totally made up of 18 year olds. It's really hard to teach when the whole class is either recovering from of thinking about their next bout of "brown bottle flu", sex experimentation, egomania, homesickness or any of a number of other illnesses that vets and older students have outgrown.

I know. I taught in a Technical School for 11 years. Hard folks to keep motivated. :(

Five years. I slacked off for the first three, was put on academic probation after my third year, worked my ass off for the next two years, miraculously got into graduate school.

It wasn't a miracle that you got into grad school. Give yourself credit woman; it was you hard work that got you in.

It wasn't a miracle that you got into grad school. Give yourself credit woman; it was you hard work that got you in.
I think that the fact that my supervisor is quite short on graduate students probably has a lot to do with it.

Undergrad: 2.5 years.
Masters: 1.5 years.
Ph.D.: barring mishaps, 5 years.

Provided I don't fail anything this year, it'll be four years when I graduate in June.

Well, I originally was going to get done in 3.5 years, BUT since there are stupid attendance policies, I failed two morning classes, not for not doing the course work, or doing poor on tests, but because I couldn't wake up in the morning to got to the two classes. With that being said, I still could make it out in 3.5 years, (so this time next year) but I might as well just go that last semester to graduate with all my pals.

Four Years

4 years, classic stuff

4 years.

the primary function of colleges is to restock the ruling class.

Cool, I'm going to rule the world once I graduate? And I thought it was just an excuse to drink between high school and a management job.

I've been in university for 5 years now - 3 on engineering and 2 on economics. I've got another 2 years until I graduate.

Probably 5 years - my college has a program where I do a fifth year and get a masters.

AA degree 2 years.
BS in history ed 2.5 years hopefully. They wont let me in to start it until 2008

BS in English education will be completed as of May '08

Yea.... umm which mental institution did you get out of? I'm in Grad School and I am not part of the 'ruling class'.

i guess that would be the last school i attended.
thank gawd i escaped. if you want to learn, hang out at a library.
and democracy is in the streets.

Otherwise it would be completely "free" to anybody who wanted to learn.
and payment would you having more of an education to offer society/your community.



Cool, I'm going to rule the world once I graduate? And I thought it was just an excuse to drink between high school and a management job.

I've been in university for 5 years now - 3 on engineering and 2 on economics. I've got another 2 years until I graduate.
and of course, it is not all clean cut like that either.
there is a "hierarchy" of colleges/universities of sorts.
a community college will not get you that job on the set of the oval office.

and of course, it is not all clean cut like that either.
there is a "hierarchy" of colleges/universities of sorts.
a community college will not get you that job on the set of the oval office.
So going to Harvard will? Do you want to start work on a list of all the graduates from Harvard who never ruled over anyone?

So going to Harvard will? Do you want to start work on a list of all the graduates from Harvard who never ruled over anyone?

You're not really addressing his point here, I think.

So going to Harvard will? Do you want to start work on a list of all the graduates from Harvard who never ruled over anyone?

Sure it will, but it's not automatic.
And I suppose one does have a choice.
One could take a path similar to that of the Frances of Assisi's of the world.
(or like non-religious icon of your choice)

I only had 8 semesters but they spanned 9 actually because I took one off so 4.5 years.

tough one

I started in 1998 on a four year course, in 1999 I went part time due to ill health and then in 2003 I had to change uni. I left with a Dip HE so my degree at the second uni took 1.5 years but I'd done 5 years part time before that. That was a BA Honours degree - not sure how that fits with the US system.

Just started my PGCE so I had to put my masters on hold for that. Again I'm studying part time so it will be 2 years for that.

With one major and one minor it would have been realistic to have finished it within three years. With the extra major, and some intentional delays on my part, three years and two quarters.

You're not really addressing his point here, I think.
The point is that universities (or rather, the top unis) exist to stock up the ruling classes.

Going to such a uni is not a way to become a person great and/or important enough to affect the lives of many. Being such a person is a way to go to such a uni.

So his version implies that they create the individuals that "rule". In reality, those "rulers" exist long before they go to university, and their stay there simply serves to give them the skills they choose to learn.

I spent five years getting that near-worthless piece of paper.

Four years.

The point is that universities (or rather, the top unis) exist to stock up the ruling classes.


I think it is rather that the top Unis exist to justify the ruling class, not stock them.

And from a certain perspective that is exactly what they do. It's not like they actually produce anything useful.

Well, let's see....I began at the tender age of 16, and then the lure of drugs an alcohol that permeated the dorms required that I take "some time off;" a time that I used to keep drinkin' and poppin', and then I had a wreck after a long night of drinkin' (but no poppin') and went to jail for two days, where I stayed in a state of catatonia until my friend bailed me out.

Soooo.....then I went back to school to finish my philosophy degree and---"hiatus" included---it ended up taking me 6 years. Now I'm working on my MA in philosophy, and I can only hope that shit will be thrown at someone else this time around.

This is the era of the Seth!

:D

Six years. Did 3.5, then took a year off to work, then came back and found that some of my pre-requisites had expired, meaning I had to take some classes over again. So just about six, much to my frustration at the time. :p

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Soooo.....then I went back to school to finish my philosophy degree and---"hiatus" included---it ended up taking me 6 years. Now I'm working on my MA in philosophy, and I can only hope that shit will be thrown at someone else this time around.

This is the era of the Seth!

:D

Do you work? Just wondering, as a friend of mine is starting to panic over what to do with his Philosophy degree. :p Gainfully employed at least, right? ;)

I spent five years getting that near-worthless piece of paper.

It wasn't even real sheepskin? :(

Do you work? Just wondering, as a friend of mine is starting to panic over what to do with his Philosophy degree. :p Gainfully employed at least, right? ;)

Well....sorta. I'm going to get an assistantship by next semester it seems, and then after that I'm going to get my Ph.D (which you really need, no ifs ands or buts, if you want to do anything in philosophy). There's not too much you can do with an M.A., usually, and since I haven't even earned THAT yet, I'm probably the wrong person to talk to.

I do know that my best professor had a three-year "cooling off" period working for UPS that was ended when he FINALLY got a position at a private University.

Well....sorta. I'm going to get an assistantship by next semester it seems, and then after that I'm going to get my Ph.D (which you really need, no ifs ands or buts, if you want to do anything in philosophy). There's not too much you can do with an M.A., usually, and since I haven't even earned THAT yet, I'm probably the wrong person to talk to.

I do know that my best professor had a three-year "cooling off" period working for UPS that was ended when he FINALLY got a position at a private University.

Yeah, I think that's common. My friend is prett torn between getting the M.A. or taking the LSAT and going to law school. The way he describes it, the odds of getting work as a professor of philosophy at a major univerity aren't so hot either, with the process of application and "job talks" where the department sits with perhaps hundreds of other candidates before choosing just one. But it's a passion with some people, and it's inspiring to see some go for it. :)

I skipped out on classes most of my senior year of high school so I could take courses at the local community college, then took a further 2 years to complete my associates degree. Then I moved to New Zealand and spend a further 3 years to get my bachelors degree.

A combination of part-time and taking semesters off, plus the minor issue of changing my major every single semester (yes, that 'minor' comment was sarcastic) led to a longer than expected time before getting a degree.

The only reason I graduated when I did was due to my accidentally having the same major two semesters in a row (I tried to change majors but was informed, after the deadline for changing majors, that the major I requested was canceled). That was it - all it took before I got tactful but insistent letter letting me know that I had completed my degree and that they encourage me to get on with the rest of my life.

BA Hons, 3 years.

i have no degree in anything. i just study everything that seems to me likely to be useful or that i find interesting, any and every way, and at every opportunity that i can. the day i stop doing so is the day this bag of bones i walk arround in will have ceased to be functional; i.e. "dead".

i do have, i suppose if you add up the college credits of the classes i've taken, as if they were all still valid, maybe enough for some sort of associate degree or something, but there's been so much time between opportunities i've had to do any such thing, that most of them no longer are.

(i DID matriculate at UNR in 71 when i got out of the usaf, which i joined in 68 to avoid the viet nam era draft)

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A long ass time. 14 years? I think thats right. But there was a lot of crap, like homelessness, in between.

5 years for the BA, but that was because, even though secondary ed majors do not have electives or need to add a minor beyond a teaching minor, I thought that getting in some classes I was interested in and adding an outside minor was fun. As it was, I was scrambling to get done in 5 years and ended up with my final semester having 7 full classes.

My MS was supposed to be 2 and a half years long, but I did it in two because I insanely thought that taking 5 grad classes a semester wouldn't be any problem.

4 years. I could've done it in 3.5 but I'm a slacker.:p