Bachelor's in 3.5 years or bachelor's and master's in 4?
Bringing in early high school and college credits allows you to finish a bachelor's degree in 3.5 years with a lighter schedule, or stay a full four years to earn a master's as well. However, planning for the combined path carries the risk of not being admitted into the master's program if it is highly competitive.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1taking lighter junior and senior year schedulesDid this help you?
- 2planning for a summer internship in the home countryDid this help you?
- 3relying on high school transfer credits and heavy course loadsDid this help you?
- 4Working for an established company to get real-world experience firstDid this help you?
- 5Practicing on one's own property or neighbors' yards while self-studying from booksDid this help you?
- 6Skipping formal education unless aiming for a specific professional licenseDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“i'm currently s sophomore attending one of the top feeder schools for accounting firms. because of the credits I brought in from high school and taking lots of credits during freshman and sophomore year, I now have two options: earning my bachelor's in 3.5 years with lighter junior/senior year schedule or earning my bachelor's + master's in 4 years.”source ↗
“the only thing i’m concerning now abt getting the masters is the risk of not getting in since im not sure how competitive the program is”source ↗
“I wanted to ask you what do you think is a more suitable option for someone who wants to begin in the business as an autonomous person: To do a bachelor’s degree in a prestigious school of a third world country (Argentina) or to do it online as an associate’s degree?”source ↗
“My only problem with the BA is that it has many yearly classes, if I fail one, I will be stuck in this school for many years”source ↗
“What do you suggest? Doing full 5 years of bachelor’s degree or just 3 of an associate’s online program?”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 2Is a master of accountancy worth it under the new 120-credit CPA rule?
- 3Should I get an MBA or a specialized masters degree?
- 7Is getting an EdD actually worth the time and money?
- 16Industrial engineering or accounting?
- 2Do I need a degree to open a restaurant?