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Their stories reveal the trade-offs of early graduation: Every semester saved in tuition is also potentially one less semester to gain the internships and connections that help launch careers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The next day, she was placed on administrative leave and told her contract would end after the semester.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

His mother died while he attended the University of South Carolina, and his father died of a heart attack during Graham’s first semester of law school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Some said they are learning more in a single month within the fast-moving startup ecosystem than during an entire semester in lecture halls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

At the end of the semester, after the elections, we were to turn in a scrapbook with all the articles about the campaign published in the Santa Maria Times, the local newspaper.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Lee then focused on graduating early, packing his remaining coursework into two dense semesters — taking seven classes during one of them.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Instead of taking on summer internships or job-shadowing opportunities between semesters, he worked a retail gig to pay for college.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

But what looks to some like abandonment feels to others like a new beginning – and that makes me excited to see how high the women in “Rooster” might fly in coming semesters.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

MIT, for example, allows undergraduates to take up to four semesters off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

I wasn’t a straight-A student, but I was always trying, and there were semesters when I got close.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama