This man is now my hero. Seriously though, I'm graduating a year early with a single B.S. (mathematics) and I thought I was doing well -- but I'm not much more

This man is now my hero. Seriously though, I'm graduating a year early with a single B.S. (mathematics) and I thought I was doing well -- but I'm not much more busy than an average student (mathematics has low credit requirement). I'm tempted to try to slam through the requirements super fast now -- especially since, as a regular student, I only have about two hours of homework a week. However, my college has various requirements (e.g. so-called colloquium, a thesis, a "comprehensive" course) that are only offered at specific intervals. It's designed to allow graduation in four years. I wonder if this is a relatively new phenomenon? edit: after a little research I see that I would end up paying about the same amount even if I cut off an extra semester, since my college charges $875 per credit over 24 a semester -- I would be taking about 30. Since it doesn't save me much money, I don't see the point. That idea ended quickly.