The Best Financial Advice: Graduate in Four Years
On Campus: Advice to college students: Graduate in four years
As parents, be wise and add up the time your child will be your dependent as a college student. Pay attention to the classes they are dropping, the class loads they are taking and the majors they are changing. All of these event EXTENDS their time in college.
Many students are in no hurry. The life of a student is not that bad when you add up the hours they are in class per week – 15 to 18 hours if they are taking an average load of 15 credits. The rest of the time – FREE. yes, it is suppose to be for study but look at the coffee houses, the quad, student union, the basket ball courts… These kids have a lot of free time.
Now there are some students with on campus jobs, that are volunteering, doing internships in their school departments. But there is a majority of students that have too much time on their hands and they have a long Christmas break, Spring break and Summer break.
An option parents have is to pay for so many credit hours… Total. Then if they want to change majors, drop classes or fail classes, then it is on their nickel. They will feel the pain, not you.
Postponing the J-O-B has become an art. We have graduates that are 26 years old that have never had a job and they are not really that taken with this concept. So get smart parents and get them off the payroll so you can get focused on your needs.
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