?It?s a bittersweet symphony to be graduating,? said Steve DeFrancis, 26, a biology major from Mesa, Ariz.
?It?s just another step in the game since I?m going to graduate school,? said Peter Robinson, 24, a political science major from Kent, Ohio.
?It?s nice to finally finish and get out into the real world,? said Jeff Herrington, 24, a communication studies major from Vancouver, Canada.
?I?m excited to get a real job and not be poor anymore,? said Ken Harrison, 24, an advertising and marketing major from El Dorado, Calif.
?My time here at the Y only comes to three years but they?ve been sweet,? said Alonzo Riley Brinkerhoff, 24, a geology major from Vernal. ?Got a wife and diploma too!?
?Three years,? said Camille Durrant, 26, a graduate student in geology major from Pleasant Grove. ?That is the average time period for a master?s in geology.?
?Five years ? the program takes that long and I only took classes fall and winter and worked full time summers,? said Keeli Baum, 22, a wildlife and wildlands conservation major from Pleasant Grove.
?Five years,? said Adam Cuppert, 26, a construction management major from Long Beach, Calif. ?Changed major three times.?
Jessica Snow, 24, a public relations major from Orem said it took her five years to graduate.
?It?s about time,? said Blair Brown, a chemistry major from Calgary, Canada. ?I graduated as premier wangsman.?
?I?m in a five-year program, but it took me six years because I spent one year looking for a wife,? said Bryan Dunn, 25, a graduate student in accounting from Vancouver, Wash.
?It took six freaking years for a four-year degree,? said Brian Carlsen, 25, a zoology major from Payson.
?Forever,? said Branson Brinton, 28, a finance and business management major from Salt Lake City.
?I?ve loved every minute at BYU,? said Jennifer Stagg, 23, a broadcast major from Sandy.
?It took me longer than I wanted to graduate but it is finally here,? said Ron Aguilar, 26, a marketing and advertising major from Bakerfield, La. ?It only matters that I graduate. After seven majors I finally found my passion.?
?I?m still single, do I get my money back?? said Marissa Codde, 22, a microbiology major from Livermore, Calif.
?Good-bye college; hello debt,? said John Weber, 26, a chemical engineering major from Sacramento, Calif.
?How do you spell mechanical?? said Matt Bloxham, 26, a mechanical engineering major from Ferndale, Wash.
?BYU had helped me see how much more is available to learn in life,? said Curtis Memory, 24, a mechanical major from Bealeton, Va.
?I did a minor also because English is a short major,? said Lindsay Bertrand, 22, an English major from Dallas.
? that?s the normal time it takes,? said Amy Redd, 23, a community health major from La Habra, Calif.
? because that?s what the plan is,? said Suzy Headrick, 22, an audiology and speech language pathology major from Medina, Ohio. ?I only took five credits this semester. I could have graduated earlier but I decided to stay to keep my on-campus jobs.?
?Five years and one spring term because I got a double major and a minor because I love the classes,? said Candice Simpson, 23, an elementary education and English an a second language major from Vancouver, Wash.
?Five years because I changed my major three times ? changed then into different fields,? said Katie Davis, 22, a dietetics major from Salt Lake City. ?There wasn?t a lot of overlap from communications to business to dietetics.?
?It?s been four years, plus a couple of spring or summers, because that was the only way to fit it all in and get all the courses done,? said Julie Stringer, 22, an information systems major from Farmington, Utah.
?Five years because if you have a major that requires prerequisites it can take you a year to figure out what you want to major in, then a year to finish those prerequisites,? said Natalie Williams, 22, a public relations major from Tempe Ariz.
?It took me nine semesters because I was an elementary education major but I switched after my sophomore year,? said Alicia Sleight, 23, an advertising major from Richland Wash.
?It took me three-and-a-half years for my undergraduate because I took a really heavy course load,? said Alaina Despain, 24, a graduate student in social work from Tempe, Ariz. ?Then it took me two years, including spring and summer because it is a structured program.?
?It took me a total of six years but only four of school because I took two years off for a mission and an internship,? Rebecca Little, 23, a business major from Auburn, Wash.
?I graduated high school in 1997 and it is great to finally be graduating from BYU,? said Katherine Pentz, 25, a theatre studies major from Colorado Springs, Colo.
?I have finished up in four years and I?m going to dental school,? said Jordan Pilling, 23, a neuroscience major from Calgary, Alberta.
?I started in Spring 2000 and finishing up this semester!? said Amy Penton, an economics major from Orange, Texas.
?Spring 2000-Fall 2005,? said Katie Larsen, 23, an art history major from Valencia, Calif.
?Fall 2001-Winter 2005,? said Lindsey Long, 21, a microbiology major from Olathe, Kansas.
?According to my wife, too long! About 3 years too long. For me it took a nice and relaxed five years,? said Jonathan Bacon, 27, a public relations major from Toronto.
?Nine semesters. That?s right sistah! Only one semester late! I started in Fall of 2000 and will graduate in April of 2005. I took off one winter semester to go to Ecuador and have been going ever since. Not bad for bein? a mama, eh?? said Michelle Woodbury, 22, a communications major form Richmond, Va.
?I don?t really remember not being in college, but the high school graduation tassel in my cars says 2000, so I guess it?s been five years. I spent two years at Dixie State College and here years here at the Y before earning my bachelor?s tassel!? said Chauntelle Plewe, 23, a communications major from St. George.
?As long as it took to find my wife ? forever. No really 4.5 years,? said Samuel Castor, 25, a communications major from Provo.
?Three years,? said Shirene Urry, 20, an advertising major from Salt Lake City.
?Six years with master?s,? said Becky Piper, 23, an accounting major from Lovespark, Ill.
?Six years ? MAC program (master?s with bachelor?s),? said Miluska Tjada, 23, an accounting major from Lima, Peru.
?Three years. I want to stay longer to keep learning. I am not ready to be leaving,? said Jenne Alderks, 20 a marriage family human development major from Stockton, Calif.
?Four years,? said Annalise Nash, 22, a sociology major from Lynnwood, Wash.
?Too long!? said Derek J. Boyle, 24, a psychology major from Shelley, Idaho.
?Master?s ? 3 years. Bachelor?s ? 9 years,? said Lisa Gregory, 40, master of public administration from Blackfoot, Idaho/Provo.
?I?ve done it in the four years. It?s been great, but I?m glad I?m done,? said Amy Sanderson, 22, a psychology major from Yuba City, Calif.
?One semester too long!? said Julie Babcock, 23, a marriage family human development from Idaho Falls, Idaho.
?Three and half years. It was a fun journey and I will miss it!? said Emily Hodges, 22, a marriage family and human development major from Valencia, Calif.
?I have been at BYU for three years, four years total,? said Dean Roggia, 24, an Italian and philosophy major from Ft. Benning, Ga. ?It was a fun experience, and I wish that they would cater to the students instead of the alumni, because it would be fun to have a college experience. I guess I?ll have to look forward to that in graduate school.?
?Well, I graduated from high school in ?98, I took a few semesters off to travel, served a mission and worked abroad for a year,? said Becca Lawler, 25, an Italian major from Waterville, Maine. ?So, in total it took four years at BYU, but I feel like I have been here forever.?
?It took me five years to graduate,? said Sarah Gardner, 25 a public relations major from Colorado Springs, Colo. ?I am happy that I changed my major four times and I am very happy that I did because I found a major that I have passion for it is better to take your time to find a major that you like rather than settling and being bitter for the rest of your life.?
?Technically it was less than four years, I went seven full semesters and one spring term,? said Saul Andrade, 21, a communications studies major from Cancun, Mexico.
?Five years, that?s not including my mission, I started in ?98,? said Meghan Stubbs, 24, a business finance major from Honolulu, Hawaii.
?Eight semesters. Spring/Summer helped,? said Edward Cannon, 22, a mathematics major from Ukiah, Calif.
?Four years. I?m not LDS. The religion classes ? there was a lot for non-LDS people,? said Kiran Altaf, 25, a communications major from Oslo, Norway.
?My first semester was Winter 2002,? said Stephen Winston, a communications major from Downers Grove, Ill.
?Five years. Education is more about the process than the product,? said Logan Miller, 24, an acting major from Vallejo, Calif.
?This is my super senior year ? so five years,? said Jennie Litster, 22, a musical vocal performance major from Las Vegas.