I had such high test scores that I actually tested out of needing to take college level English classes. When I go to apply to graduate I was told that I didn’t have enough credits and I explained that’s because I didn’t need to take English. I was then informed you still need a certain amount of credits to graduate so while I didn’t need to take English I needed to take something. I was forced to take a bowling class over the weekends to make up the credits in time in order to graduate. You pay for each credit a class is worth so I felt like that was such a waste of money.
The original reasoning was because they want to think they are giving you a more well rounded education or giving you other life experiences as to not leave you with such a narrow scope of education. It’s a nice idea if it weren’t for the crippling cost of school and inability to guarantee that your degree will land you a job that will pay off your student loans in addition to costs of living.
Fwiw at least at my undergrad it was a flat rate full time. 12 credit hours was minimum. So this was to encourage you to take another 3 or two 2 hour classes or something, they weren't charging you more for the extra hours.
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u/kkkilla 1d ago
I had such high test scores that I actually tested out of needing to take college level English classes. When I go to apply to graduate I was told that I didn’t have enough credits and I explained that’s because I didn’t need to take English. I was then informed you still need a certain amount of credits to graduate so while I didn’t need to take English I needed to take something. I was forced to take a bowling class over the weekends to make up the credits in time in order to graduate. You pay for each credit a class is worth so I felt like that was such a waste of money.