The reason that it took me seven years to receive my AAS degree was because when I was in high school I went to a vocational technical academy. Which meant that technically speaking I was attending college and receiving college credits. At the time I was studying Accounting and Business and Finance. Also, once I did attend college due to the large number of people attending I could not get into the biology courses that I needed on the first semester. I also changed my major from Nursing to Respiratory Therapist which required other classes that I had not taken; requiring me to take more semesters to finish. Not to mention that I did not meet the minimum requirement for my TEAS exam three times which at that time was necessary to get into to
