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Originally Posted by *spark*
Most (if not all) of the four year Engineering programs already have between 37-40 units per year. This means that if you try to spread it out over 3 years you'd be overloading by A LOT. Even if you do take some courses over the summer there are only a few that are even offered, and even summer school has a maximum number of units you can take. Also you have to realize that a lot of courses have prerequisites that make it impossible to take it in 3 years, and trying to get permission to get them waived and to overload every year (especially if your grades are suffering) is a big headache. Plus you'll run into a whole lot of timetable conflicts that are gonna be impossible to solve.
So the short answer is no, you really can't finish in 3 years in engineering.
You also have to realize that the engineering programs are hard enough as it is. Trying to overload and do summer school every summer will only lead to a bad gpa and you will likely burnout. You really have to think about how the stress will affect your health.
But anyway, the fact that you took 2 years off from high school isn't a big deal. I know quite a few people who entered university a few years later than most people. And 2 years isn't a big age gap. There are no deadlines in life of when a person is supposed to graduate from university.
The only issue you seem to have is your parents/relatives giving you a hard time about it. But if you try to please them then you're the only one who's gonna suffer. (And you're probably never gonna please everybody, trust me. Everyone has their own opinion on what you're supposed to do with your life.)
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I understand that summer school has its limitations and trying to convince the faculty to allow me to overload school term would be really hard but i'm just gonna have to give it a shot. I tried to convince myself to let things take their time but i really couldn't do it. I also know that my social life may take a hit but i guess one must sacrifice something to gain something else.
And besides i have my first year to make myself comfortable to univ. .... and i also figured that instead of taking courses in summer i can just stay home and learn the core material so i wont have to worry about them when school starts and i'm taking overloading.
I know that i'll almost certainly end up disappointing someone but i'm one of those people who'd do anything to make people like them (like chandler-f.r.i.e.n.d.s)
.... I just have to try and make it work .
Lets see what i'm made of .