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What does impaction mean in this context?I'm just relaying our experience with Cal-Poly mechanical engineering which was not atypical among other mechanical engineering friends he had. He carrier a full schedule for 4 years then a lighter one his 5th while he did his senior project. Some other engineering programs at SLO like materials engineering had a much higher 4 year graduation rate but mechanical was pretty close to a 5 year program for the majority of graduates in that major at that school.
The program is designed for 4 years but due to the impaction of the program it is quite difficult to get all the course requirements in the 4 tear time frame. I belive the 4 year graduation rate was around 47%. So doable, but not guaranteed.
It never hurts to ask the 4 year graduation rate FOR THE MAJOR at the school as they can vary quite a bit for the overall published statistics of the entire university.
Did you pay by the credit hour or semester? At OU you used to pay by credits but they switched a few years ago..that impacts the 4 year graduation rate too