I suspect they are referring to the idea that 12 credit hours is
considered full time, and most engineering programs require in excess of
120 credit hours to graduate, which would be 10 semesters (5 years) if
you just barely go full time.

However, the programs are such that a student who has no outside
responsabilities can easily spend the 40 hours per week that a 14-17
credit hour per semester schedule requires.

The University of Michigan EE program suggests the following
credits/semester: 17 17 17 17 15 16 15 14

You'd think that tuition alone would make many students choose to stick
to the schedule and graduate on time.  In state tuition alone is $8,000
for me.  The difference between 8 credits and 12 credits in cost is
minimal, so graduating a semester early is like getting an $8,000 bonus.

-Adam

Herbert Graf wrote:

>        Hmm, I don't know what universities you are referring to, but the one I
>went to, and the ones my friends have gone too, all advertised their EE
>program as 4 years, and all completed it in four years (except for one who
>switched from CE to EE after 3rd year, he had to take courses that weren't
>offered in a way to allow him to complete in 4 years so he ended up
>completing it in 5). FWIW my GPA is above 3.
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