>         That's interesting, in my university (university of Toronto) it
>         pretty much
> isn't possible to "lighten your load", your schedule is given to you and
> pretty much fixed, you can't drop courses and take them the next year.
> Pretty much the ONLY way you could do this is to fail certain courses.
> Another school in the area is similarly restrictive. I'm kinda surprised so
> much flexibility is given in other schools. TTYL

Sounds like the University of Technology, Sydney (Where I go) is the most
flexible. Engineering degrees are advertised as 5 years (But you get a
Bachelor of Engineering and a Diploma of Engineering Practice) but you can
take up to 10 years, without using a leave of absence. They are pretty into
the whole "Work and study" thing. Two compulsory 6 month internships. Every
3 semesters a subject has to be taught as a night subject. You can take as
few or as many (More than 24 and you won't get "Special Considerations")
credit points a semester as you want, without needing to notify anyone.
Can't remember the exact statistics but something like 60% of all students
are employed in Engineering by 3rd or 4th year.

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