Career & Graduation Guide'
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"I think that Waseda was a good experience tor
me. and that it will help me in the long term — in get
ting a job after I graduate. But it didn't help me to ful
fill any requirements within my major," said Hishida.
"It is kind of frustrating watching my friends graduat
ing and getting on with their lives when I know that I
will be back here in Eugene next year quibbling with
professors over grades."
“I made my decision to stay on longer at school
in my second year of college," Warren said, “After I
had decided where I wanted to go. I did not want to
overload myself. I have no regrets."
However, the decision to attend college for five or
more years is a costly one. Not only does the stu
dent have to pay for the estimated costs to attend
college another year, the student is also missing out
on a full year on the work force. Just with salary con
siderations, the cost of a fifth year at college can run
into thousands of dollars
Like Warren and Hishida, many college students
choose to remain in college for extended periods of
time. Some students add a second major, and other
students enter into majors like architecture that
make it difficult to graduate within four years Unfor
tunately. as Scott Rudi and Tamara Vos said, some
college students just do not have the choice.
“I transferred from SOSC, and that screwed me
over.” said Rudi, an English major. "I went to Ash
land for two years. When I came to Oregon hardly
any of my credits transferred I took three terms of
Shakespeare — in Ashland where they live and
breathe Shakespeare — and it didn't transfer ”
Rudi said he transferred to Oregon because it has
one of the best Japanese programs on the West
Coast. He wants to study Japanese and eventually
teach English in Tokyo.
“I was put in a difficult position.” said Vos, a Busi
ness major. "When I came in, I thought that I wanted
to be a Math major. I enjoyed Math, and I still do. But
when I started to look at what I could do with a Math
degree, people were telling me that my only option
was to teach. Not wanting to do that, I had to make a
change By changing my major so late, it's forcing
me to stay in college another year.”
Herbert Chereck. an administrator in the Office of
the Registrar, explained that the question to why
students are coming back for more than four years
is a complicated issue
"You can’t look at how many years a student
'You can't look at how many
years a student takes to finish col
lege — many students take a year
or two off for financial or for per
sonal reasons — you have to con
sider how many terms a student
has taken at the University.'
Herbert Cheret k.
Registrar
takes to finish college — many students take a year
or two off for financial or for personal reasons — you
have to consider how many terms a student has
taken at the University." Chereck said.
Chereck believes that the University is getting bet
ter at graduating students, and graduating them
faster The quality ol incoming students at the Uni
versity is better than in previous years and Chereck
believes that these students are better prepared to
complete their education In four years Also with the
nsing costs at the University, many college students
are finding that they need to get out of school,
because of the increased tuition.
Chereck is concerned with the problems that stu
dents have in graduating, such as new class
requirements and incoming students being unable to
get the classes that they need But, with the exam
ple of many students, it is still conceivable to gradu
ate within four years of entering college.
"Of course," Chereck said, "there are lots of stu
dents who just don’t find their academic path as
soon as they could or should. And there are stu
dents who change their maiors during their junior
year But really the reasons why' a student stays in
school are endless."
However, some students who choose to come
back for five or more years may find it difficult to do
so in the future. Legislators in Oregon and Texas
are brewing policies to save money that would force
students who have met the requirements for their
major to graduate. How this would affect all fifth year
seniors is unclear
Regardless, the freshmen and sophomores of
today are making decisions now that will have a
major impact upon their future lives. With a fifth year
at college, that forty thousand dollar tassel can end
up costing a lot more
— Jim Davis
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