Originally Posted by Tsunade

"The whole "I need to stay with my year" " i myself find that a bit stupid but i just cant get over it really haha . But i do hope it passes with time.
"4 years seems not to be the norm, but rather the exception." lol , ahh but there's no way i'll allow myself to take a day more than 4 years

Then you're still missing the point that everyone is trying to convey to you.

4 years for most people is doable, but sometimes it's smarter to spread it out over five, or take a year for coop to gain experience.

Co-op, for example, makes a huge difference. Why would you not add an extra year to your degree when it can make the difference between having a good-paying job vs not when you graduate? It makes your degree worthwhile.

And if you're failing courses or having a hard time and getting low marks, taking an extra year can make a huge difference in your GPA, and then you'll end up graduating with knowledge and a GPA that you can be proud of, rather than wasting those four years.

The tortoise and the hare

Originally Posted by starfish

Then you're still missing the point that everyone is trying to convey to you.

4 years for most people is doable, but sometimes it's smarter to spread it out over five, or take a year for coop to gain experience.

Co-op, for example, makes a huge difference. Why would you not add an extra year to your degree when it can make the difference between having a good-paying job vs not when you graduate? It makes your degree worthwhile.

And if you're failing courses or having a hard time and getting low marks, taking an extra year can make a huge difference in your GPA, and then you'll end up graduating with knowledge and a GPA that you can be proud of, rather than wasting those four years.

The tortoise and the hare

lol ahh i just got my 3 year dream crushed ... i'm NOT letting you to take this away from me

Didn't read the whole thread but as I just graduated, I'll give you my experiences.
Out of my close friends (outside of my eng friends), I am the only one that got a job straight out of university. Everyone else is going back to school so they can get a job. If these friends of yours are not in engineering, they are "probably" going to be going back to do other things after this degree. I say probably because it depends on the program etc etc. You may come out of school at the exact same time And you were able to travel. so bravo!

edit: 4 years is also very doable. Co-op isnt "needed" but I'm sure it could've helped me in the job search department

Originally Posted by Rstevenson

Didn't read the whole thread but as I just graduated, I'll give you my experiences.
Out of my close friends (outside of my eng friends), I am the only one that got a job straight out of university. Everyone else is going back to school so they can get a job. If these friends of yours are not in engineering, they are "probably" going to be going back to do other things after this degree. I say probably because it depends on the program etc etc. You may come out of school at the exact same time And you were able to travel. so bravo!

edit: 4 years is also very doable. Co-op isnt "needed" but I'm sure it could've helped me in the job search department

Hey congrats for your job !
I sure do hope too to get a job right after school and you're right ... not everyone among my friends would be able to get jobs right after they graduate but even if they do , i want to make sure i'll with that . I will work on my mentality more and try to be more realistic.
Thanks for sharing your experiences !