Lots of people go to college for 3 years. 📂 Archived Message Posted by doubledown on July 16, 2026, 10:11:33, in reply to "With all those credits is he planning to graduate in 3 years?" They're called dropouts. Previous Message My oldest daughter went in with a bunch of credits from high school. Not certain if enough to be a full sophomore, or just 2 or 3 credits shy. She ended up taking a class from the local community college each summer she was home to lighten her load and she finished in 3 years. Saved some money that way. I'm hoping my second kid (HS senior) will be in a similar situation. Previous Message starting to hit us that we'll be empty nesters in like a month! Also, he'll be on his own. Can't believe it. Bonus LAMK: he's entering as a credit-hour sophomore. 33 credit hours. Wouldn't have to take any general education classes at all if he didn't want to. Message Thread: Shit getting real: we're with mini in Gainesville at his college orientation (UF Preview) and it's - ATL July 16, 2026, 10:04:19 I also will be an empty nester on Aug 20th. - Tuscy July 16, 2026, 10:21:14 With all those credits is he planning to graduate in 3 years? - EffinIllini July 16, 2026, 10:10:37 Depends on how John Sumrall's football program is going. ;-) More seriously, I want him - ATL July 16, 2026, 10:21:28 He probably could, but why? - KingTalkyTiki July 16, 2026, 10:15:06 Yep. My daughter is in the same boat as Mini. We told her to study abroad for a year. - Desert July 16, 2026, 10:39:18 Yep. My son was in a similar situation. Could have graduated at least a semester early. - DocWalk20 July 16, 2026, 10:34:43 That's exactly what I told my daughter when she told me she was going to finish undergrad in 3 years - EffinIllini July 16, 2026, 10:19:44 Helps if the tax-payers are helping to pay your way I guess. ;)* - KingTalkyTiki July 16, 2026, 10:24:51 Mrs. ATL finished Emory in 3 years but that was mostly due to how expensive it was for her parents.* - ATL July 16, 2026, 10:22:18 Makes sense. - EffinIllini July 16, 2026, 10:25:01 And that makes great sense with grad school plans + being able to use the scholarship for it* - DocWalk20 July 16, 2026, 10:35:53 That's cool. Yeah, mini has some kind of partial scholarship too. And is on the waiting list for the - ATL July 16, 2026, 10:33:09 Lots of people go to college for 3 years. - doubledown July 16, 2026, 10:11:33 "DROP RULE 2A". I saw that once. Freaked me out, turned out to be a mistake.* - Stu July 16, 2026, 10:12:35 « Index   Searching