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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes  Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 10 of 70 14 May 2011 at 1:32am | IP Logged | |||||
I'm curious how you're actually accomplishing that. I think I remember reading in another post of yours that you're now 14, correct? How are you fitting in regular high school and a full-time college course load in order to complete a doctorate by 18? R. == Edited by hrhenry on 14 May 2011 at 1:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 11 of 70 14 May 2011 at 1:39am | IP Logged | |||||
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I only do the summer semesters for college and I'm doing my basics which give me usually
3 or 4 credits per class, thus I will have a good start by the time high school is done. Edited by Akao on 14 May 2011 at 2:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tennisace Newbie United States Joined 5615 days ago 39 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Croatian, French | Message 12 of 70 14 May 2011 at 1:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah I'm just gonna say bratty. I do understand what you're feeling and how you wish things were different. But you're complaining about being in a school with 5 students. Just imagine if you were in that larger high school. I've always been one for a public high school education (maybe because mine was pretty decent) so when I hear things like this it bothers me. I do think it is impressive what you are doing with the college courses however.
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 13 of 70 14 May 2011 at 1:50am | IP Logged | |||||
I think your math is off. Most colleges require a total of anywhere from 120 to 128 credits to earn a Bachelors. A full-time student needs to carry a load of around 18 credits per semester to graduate in 4 years. I don't know what college you're attending summer session at, but a lot of colleges set the maximum credits per semester at 18, although I've heard of some accepting 24 per semester. I'm not even considering a Masters, which normally takes another 1.5 to 2 years. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 14 of 70 14 May 2011 at 2:20am | IP Logged | |||||
Likely I have mixed up some names or something. I'm not sure about what the results will be because I'll still be going after High School, but the point is I'm trying to get a bunch of credits in before I actually start going there. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 15 of 70 14 May 2011 at 2:48am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, you mixed up names. The order is: Bachelors - usually completed within 4 years. Masters - usually completed within 1.5 to 2 years. and Doctorate - most people try to complete this within 3-4 years, but I know of one person that took 8 years to get her Ph.D. in psychology, because she was working full-time as well. I should point out that earning a Masters doesn't automatically qualify a person for entrance into a doctoral program. There's candidacy, the coursework and, what usually causes the most grief and time-suck - the dissertation. That usually doesn't happen until at least the 3rd year. It's a daunting process. This isn't meant to discourage you, by any means. But you should be realistic in your expectations and your reasons for wanting to complete a doctorate. For an idea of everything involved, here's a link to Harvard's graduate program in English. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 14 May 2011 at 2:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 16 of 70 14 May 2011 at 2:55am | IP Logged | |||||
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Well obviously the degrees would be nice for job hunting but really a huge reason I
wanted to start college now is because they actually teach material I don't know there. It will definitely be the first challenge I've had in a long time. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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