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The Best Four (Five, Six...) Years of Your Life

Filed in archive Financial Aid by Mark on February 09, 2004

If you're planning to attend college in Michigan, beware: Your education might take longer than you think.

For various reasons, students at Michigan collegeslinks need extra time to finish a four-year degree. Why? The Detroit Free Press identifies the following reasons:

� More students are working, leaving less time for classes.
� More students are cutting down on the number of classes they take to keep grades high.
� Students are changing their majors, making it likely they need additional courses.
� More students are taking remedial classes, especially math, because they didn't get enough in high school.
� More classes are required for some degrees, such as engineering and teaching.
And the result? Again, from the Free Press:

"The majority of students do not graduate in 4 years; they graduate in 6 years," said Robert Maurovich, vice president for student services and enrollment management at Saginaw Valley State University. "Students who graduate in 4 years are probably the exception to the rule."Of course, the longer you stay, the more you pay. Seems like a good deal...for the colleges.


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