OT: How do some student-athletes finish a bachelors so quickly (to transfer)?

Submitted by chuck bass on

Not specific to UM, maybe not even applicable to UM, it's just I've read so many cases of student-athletes transferring into graduate programs and sometimes they're only third years. How does this work? It's become somewhat uncommon for non-athetes to complete a bachelors on time in four years. Is their respective university allowing them to take an absurd amount of credit hours (inc. custom independent courses?) and/or are they applying outside online courses to their bach requirements? Is there a specific accredited online college these student-athletes are using? I vaguely recall reading a student-athlete claim he was wrapping up like 30 online credit hours in a term to transfer into a grad program by June.

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Slippery Monkey

April 20th, 2018 at 9:31 PM ^

Athletes generally get early priority for scheduling their classes. Setting your schedule is a lot easier when you're not fighting the masses to register. Couple that with taking classes year round, finishing g your degree in three years isn't terribly hard. Having advisors to help direct what classes you should take when is a big advantage also. Don't get me wrong, still difficult and good on them for getting through.

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Bluecamo

April 21st, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^

the reality is a lot of them are on campus and taking classes year round. allows them to get ahead but also take a lighter class load, credits wise, while in season.

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