Did you graduate college on time?

My situation is a little unique in that it took me 5 total years to graduate, but given the fact that I switched universities and wound up going out of state, to a university that did not grant me any transfer equivalencies for the courses I already completed, and I had to repeat every course, which meant starting all over, I actually finished in just 3 years. This is not common though. Now days, it takes most students about 5-5 and 1/2 years to graduate with a Bachelor Degree. This can be due to a number of reasons including courses that have limited openings, courses that are only offered a certain semester, illnesses, etc. If it takes you 4.5 years to graduate, that is certainly not a problem!

I did graduate on time but my brother will not. It is what it is. If you have to graduate in 2012, then so be it. It is not about how long it takes. If you are graduating late because you failed many classes then that is something you should address (the causes of the failure) so it does not carry on into your career later.

I did but it took my son an extra year so don't feel bad about it.