Did any of you take longer than 4 years to finish UG?

Will you get dinged for taking longer than the standard 4 year route? (This is excluding schools that have co-op and typical take 5 years to finish UG, ie. Northeastern)

I'm behind due to financial reasons and from changing majors a few times (didn't know what I wanted to do career wise) so how would I answer the inevitable question during an interview as to why I took longer to graduate?

btw academic performance had nothing to do with it.

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^Agreed, no one shits on a kid that worked hard to get through school. I did it.

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