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Here's the problem with skipping a year...

It sounds easy right? 4 years of college, I'll do one online from a local CC and save some bucks. The problem is that many majors have labs and studio classes that have to be taken in sequence. For example, architecture. You have a design studio every semester and they have to be taken i sequence and you can't double up and take 3rd year and 4th year studios at the same time. By taking a year off you may clear out an english or math requirement but you end up taking longer to graduate.

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Posted: 08/24/2020 at 1:07PM

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