So you dropped a class this semester and you have to take a winter class. Or maybe you're just looking for a GPA boost. Either way, a winter intersession class always sounds like a good idea. It's winter break, you need something to do, and you've got plenty of time on your hands, right? I beg to differ. These are seven reasons to not take a winter intersession class.
1. It will ruin your break
Your break will no longer be full of relaxation and Christmas movies, but of panic induced by upcoming deadlines.
2. It's a lot of material all at once
Winter classes are 16 weeks worth of information crammed into four weeks. This means almost a weeks' worth of reading and videos and slides every. single. day.
3. Procrastinating is too easy
With midnight deadlines, it is too easy to put off three discussions, a quiz and a paper until 11:45.
4. There's homework every day
For most classes, it's not a short busy work assignment, but a lengthy discussion or quiz.
5. Every point counts
In normal classes, a bad quiz or skipped assignment doesn't hurt you that much, but in these condensed classes with so few points, one bad grade can easily bring your entire grade down.
6. All your friends want to hang out but you have homework
The only thing worse than having class is having class when no one else does.
7. You miss out on the true laziness of Christmas break
Winter break should be a student's time to shamelessly binge on Netflix and Christmas cookies with no obligations.
