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NotAnEvilRobot
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06 Feb 2017, 5:07 am

Does anyone else go to a college with a quarter system? I'm wondering if it's too fast paced for my liking. I end up getting prerequisites done faster, I think, but I think it's also more stressful than a semester system.


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08 Feb 2017, 3:46 am

My university has quarters. I think it's ridiculous. Semesters make more sense.


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08 Feb 2017, 4:16 am

NotAnEvilRobot wrote:
Does anyone else go to a college with a quarter system? I'm wondering if it's too fast paced for my liking. I end up getting prerequisites done faster, I think, but I think it's also more stressful than a semester system.


The quarter system is very fast paced, which might be fine for east GEs but not ideal, in my opinion, for more involved courses. I went to a community college on the semester system, and then transferred to a university on the quarter system, and I found that I preferred the semester system.