To: CatoRenasci
>>In our day, about the only reason people didn't finish in four years was the draft, pregnancy or finances
I was at Ga Tech a little after the time of your college carrer, late '70's/early 80's.
At Tech, 4 years was unusual, but it was because passing 200+ quarter hours of a difficult technical curriculum was just damned hard to do in 12 academic quarters. IIRC, most majors required around 203-206 quarter-hours, which is almost 17 hours per quarter on average. And many classes had 3-hour labs, which counted for 1 quarter hour and required substantial out-of-lab write-ups.
But your point is well taken, I don't think much of the reason for longer time-in-school to graduate today is due to academic rigor of the curricula.
To: FreedomPoster
When I was in the Army, my roomate was a Georgia Tech graduate. He did it, in some sort of engineering, in 4 years, and was the driver of the 'wreck' for two of those years. Smart guy, hard worker, could party effectively.
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04/01/2003 6:40:07 AM PST by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Mesopotamiam Esse Delendam)
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