[delluminatus]

This man is now my hero.

Seriously though, I'm graduating a year early with a single B.S. (mathematics) and I thought I was doing well -- but I'm not much more busy than an average student (mathematics has low credit requirement).

I'm tempted to try to slam through the requirements super fast now -- especially since, as a regular student, I only have about two hours of homework a week.

However, my college has various requirements (e.g. so-called colloquium, a thesis, a "comprehensive" course) that are only offered at specific intervals. It's designed to allow graduation in four years. I wonder if this is a relatively new phenomenon?

edit: after a little research I see that I would end up paying about the same amount even if I cut off an extra semester, since my college charges $875 per credit over 24 a semester -- I would be taking about 30. Since it doesn't save me much money, I don't see the point. That idea ended quickly.

[BadCookie]

Two hours of homework a week? My God. I had more than 2 hours of homework per day per class when I was in college -- 7 days a week! I also majored in math. Amazing what a difference the school one attends can make, apparently.

[tikhonj]

It also depends on how much time you're willing to spend on homework. Several of my CS classes have conducted surveys on how long homework take; in every case, there was a significant spread with a long tail (some people spent 10+ hours on what took others 1).