Vihzel
Destroying Balls Everyday
But I'm one of the younger kids in my grade, as people are now turning 22 and I just turned 21 not a month ago. I still got time. Or that's what I keep telling myself.
Still, I can tell you one thing: setting yourself up for three years to graduate around the 3.5 margin or above, whether you plan on working after you graduate or applying to graduate school, it's the best feeling in the world. It's better than any high, buzz, rush you'll ever get. I'd kill for that feeling right now.
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I always get on the soap box when it comes to issues like this.
You DEFINITELY have time. There are much older people that are just entering medical school and they're in their 30s and 40s. My anatomy teacher back in high school didn't go to UCSD (U of Cali - San Diego) for medical school until she was around 47. It wasn't because she wasn't smart enough or just didn't care before. She just had different circumstances, like having a child at 22. That definitely changed her plans.
My current GPA is 3.73 in Environmental Management. I am definitely neither graduating in 3 nor 4 years. It's going to take me about 6 1/2 years total because I'm not just doing that major, but also French and Italian majors. I MUST study abroad for at least 1 year in both countries to really make the most out of my degrees. After that, I'm spending another 2 years in South Korea to teach English, while working on my Korean. I wont actually start working until I'm 26 or 27. Don't despair in that you couldn't graduate early or perhaps "on time", if that's your situation, because in college, there isn't a time limit to education. Graduate in the time that is best suited for you.
I hope this makes you feel better! I was a bit depressed at first knowing that my friends were either going to go on to graduate school or start their careers while I was going to just still be working on my BS and BAs. They were going to graduate basically together and I had another few years ahead of me. I could just drop my BAs, but for my education, I really desired them. I love French and Italian and so for me... 6 1/2 years of undergraduate work was perfectly suited for me.