Summer Classes led to successful outcomes

By Eboni Lacey

Let’s be honest: nobody wants to waste their summer going to school just like they did in the spring and fall. Yet, nobody wants to pay for classes that give them low grades nor become a super senior or even a super duper senior, either. Though summer school may cut into your vacation and relaxation time, it is a chance for you to catch up on classes and receive a higher grade as you take lower credit hours.

Summer courses lead to opportunity. It gives you an outlet to the stressful normal college setting. Think of how much better an assignment of yours could have been if you had more time. Summer courses give you that extra time that you need. It allows more teacher to student interaction and quicker access to the library and labs due to lesser students on campus.

When I chose to become a double major I had two options: either take summer school for two summers or graduate in five years. Then I thought about it. Do I really want to be here another year paying money for a meal plan, tuition, lab fees, student fees, loans and other expenses on top of that? My answer was an obvious no.

Summer courses are cheaper, easy to manage and give more time to truly focus on the curriculum that can boost your grade. They also only take eight weeks or fewer to complete. So what if you miss out on a little summer vacation time. The benefits of taking summer classes are far better than the time sitting on your butt like a couch potato or partying for late hours without any worry of missing your morning class. Summer classes give students a chance to get a head start of the courses needed to put on that cap and gown.

Some students are fortunate enough to graduate on time without having to partake in summer enrollment. And to you all, I say “good for you.” Yet to those majors that need around 60 credit hours or more to graduate (and you all know who you are) then there is no way you can graduate without taking at least one summer course. So I say you can be lazy or smart. You can be lazy and take 12 hours each semester and worry about graduation whenever it comes around, if it ever does come around. Or you can be smart, take a summer class and stay on top of your academic success and your graduation time. So please don’t make the wrong choice.