It’s the final stretch of spring quarter, but who else feels like spring quarter has been going super slowly? The quarter system is slowly killing me, but I only have three more years left of this!
PROS
1. You can take a variety of diverse topics that actually interest you
2. Say goodbye to bad professors and classes in an instant
Semester system forces you to be stuck with a bad class for 15 weeks, but you’re only stuck in that class for ten in the quarter system!
3. You start school later than all semester students
4. You can specialize in different things
5. You can take more classes throughout the year
Conquer those pre-reqs and GEs!
CONS
1. Before you know it, it’s already week 7
Time is either going way too fast or way too slow.
2. That feel when you just ended midterms, but you have finals right away
Literally, some people have midterms every single week until finals week, and some people start midterms week 3.
3. Lectures are jam-packed with information
Professors make us learn the same amount of information within a shorter time period.
4. Breaks are weird
After ten weeks of classes and exams, we are given one measly week to recover before we have to get back into it all over again.
5. It’s incompatible with the schedules of internships and study abroad programs
Most internships and study abroad programs follow the schedule of the semester system, so we have a smaller pool of internships and programs to choose from.
If you work well under pressure and enjoy pursuing a variety of things, consider the quarter system! If you like to take your time with things and investing in a few things at a time, consider the semester system!
