[Quiet Man Cometh]

Made it through my degree with no student loans! Of course any leeway that would have gained me is gone by my not having worked a real job since.

I've heard many stories about counselors not getting programs right, so I did everything myself and ran it through my school's degree tracker *and* the grad people first. I only actually spoke to a counselor once, in first year, when it was required.

I got stuck for languages since I didn't get the usual French instruction in high school that normally covers the arts degree language requirement. My uni had many, many languages to pick from, including an accelerated Japanese course for students going to Japan on exchange, but most of them were junior level courses (years 1 & 2) and I would have been short on the required level of senior credits to graduate. There were only two senior level languages, those being Danish and Swedish. Although my grandmother was Danish, I valued my sleep entirely too much to get up for the required commute so Swedish it was, not that I know enough to actually hold a conversation beyond basic pleasantries and a drinking song.