The ultimate secret behind taking summer courses is... to not to! Whether or not you want to get ahead on your degree, save yourself while you still can. I signed up for both Psychology and Marine Biology courses this summer and I loathe my daily six hours of school I voluntarily paid and signed up for. I wish someone was decent enough to tell me exactly how straining summer courses are, so get ready to learn the 7 secrets behind summer courses.
1. It goes ridiculously fast!
I'm not joking. Think an entire chapter covered in a day. Think of the chapters as being filled with at least thirty pages of vocabulary. Think of an entire semesters worth of work in just 6 weeks!
2. Information Overload
You're always studying because there is just too much to learn! These tests are insane.
3. Take only one!
Two is a lot. I can't stress enough how stressful these classes are, to be comfortable and still have a summer with relatively free weekends. Take one, m'kay? M'kay.
4. It's Hot 🌵
You know that environmentally eco friendly building your school takes pride in? Yeah, that's fancy speak for no AC. Think about it, sweaty bodies in a confined space with poor window circulation. You should be getting flash backs of high school B.O...
5. Coffee 🍵 abuse is 10x's stronger
Thanks to my handy dandy Psych class I am aware that coffee is a psychoactive drug called a stimulant. Nevertheless, "I'll take a Short (8 fl. oz.), Tall (12 fl. oz.), Grande (16 fl. oz.), Venti Hot (20 fl. oz.), Venti Cold (24 fl. oz.) and Trenta Cold (30 fl. oz.). Make it iced and I'll survive the long study nights as well as the early mornings."
6. Hunger like you wouldn't believe.
After school hunger is almost all consuming. Whenever I get home, my parents already expect me to raid the fridge as well as eat like a beast.
7. Lonesome.
Class. Homework. Sleep. Repeat.
Weekend. Study. Tired. "Sorry I can't hang out, I'm exhausted."
There is One Joyous Exception:
When class is canceled. You almost feel bad when a professor is hacking and sniffling through a lecture...almost. Meanwhile, summer seems so much sweeter, because for the rest of the day you can do whatever the hell you want. You scream FREEDOM! As passionately as Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
