I was able to have a lot of classes waved for the bachelor's, and the doctorates required separate research and dissertations but could be built on the same master's, which I completed in a normal length of time. So it sounds more difficult than it was.

[Although all of that said, Washington is right; he pretty much worked nonstop, because he was very motivated to succeed. It wasn't necessarily a good thing, though.]

It's a long time to spend in college, but having not attended high school it kind of balanced out.