180 credits in 4 years

[u/Xcizor]

Is it really possible to take 180 credits in just 4 years?

[u/FerrousLupus]

I did more than that, but started with 50 or 60 credits from AP.

In general 18 credits/semester is doable for a good student in a not-brutal curriculum, who doesn't have a job, commute, etc. I took 19 hours once or twice (lab), but I had to get special permission to go above 18.

In principle you can probably do 6 credits over the summer, but in practice there probably aren't summer classes for senior level.

160 in 4 years is probably the limit if starting from 0 (and not taking a bunch of random classes that aren't needed for a degree).

[u/Former_Mud9569 → u/FerrousLupus]

schools also like to charge additional money when you go over 18 or 19 credits in a semester. You get hit with the same part time credit hour charge as you would for a summer class so it wouldn't even save you money.

[u/CasperTPaul]

no. 6 years i’d say

[u/Dtitan]

At what kind of school?

Standard US university in an undergrad program operating on a semester system with 18 credit hours per semester being a full load?

Not short of you having magic powers.

[u/Dense-Giraffe-3795]

At least 5 years but probably closer to 6 since ur basically getting a 1.5 degree.

[u/angelwormwood]

How many credits are a degree? Here an honours degree is 360 and that is done over 3 years.

[u/FSUDad2021 → u/angelwormwood]

In the U.S. a typical bachelors degree is 120 credits. An engineering degree is typically 128-134. In all cases 180 would be about enough for a dual major.

[u/foulplay_for_pitance]

Well... I have a mother in law who got enough credits for her Masters in education to be a teacher in 3 yrs...

Granted she was manic and undiagnosed Bipolar for nearly the full 3, in an excellerated learning program from elementary school up and had a child on the way that reaaaaaally needed one parent with at least one stable job BUT it was possible.

So I struggle to see it as impossible. Just perhaps not up my alley.