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Originally posted by another HSBBWebster: (in another thread)
I assume that the counselors know what they are talking about when they recomend only 12 units. If after the first year they feel they can handle more, they are allowed to take more.
Absolutely they know what they are talking about. They know all about how to stretch out the college experience so that they can get as much as possible out of each student. The number one rule of business is to get as much out of each customer as you can, because it's a lot more expensive to get new customers.
How come parents aren't more questioning about this? I'd be kicking my sons arse if he was lounging around on 12 hours a semester. Colleges would tell you that 9 hours a semester turns out the brightest students in the world, if they thought they could get away with it. Then they'd tell you that the average student changes majors 11 times in his college experience, so don't worry Mom & Dad, your son has only changed his major 7 times, he must be a far above average student, you should be very proud!
Saw a great interview today on www.thestreet.com. The interviewee was monetarily breaking down (very loosly) the financial dynamics of college and the job market. His conclusion, 95% of todays college students are not making fiscally good decisions to go to college. When most people were asked about the top three reasons to go to college, education was not one of the answers. He maintains that education is much more easily gained now, than in the past, and most of America is not going to work for big corporations, so there is no need of the degree. Although I am not advocating not going to college, the argument was quite compelling.
I do believe that college institutions are there for the betterment on college institutions. I don't understand why the same skepticism applied to any major purchase isn't applied to colleges?