<p>Is this accurate?</p>
<p>I though 45 was the traditional amount for schools on the quarter system (4/quarter with a few quarters of 3...no summer quarter).</p>
<p>I ask because 35 seems awfully low, but if that's the case, then I'm very excited.</p>
<p>Dartmouth usually has three classes per quarter. You’re on campus three quarters a year for four years. That’s 36 classes, on average.</p>
<p>Wow, that’s amazing!</p>
<p>With AP credit, you can take a handful of 2-quarter classes, which is krayzee!</p>
<p>You’re limited to 3 terms of 2 classes.</p>
<p>wait you’re limited to 3 terms of 2 classes even if you have enough credits for graduation?</p>
<p>Yes, just like you are limited in the number of four class terms you can take. Pretty common thing to do is finish up the 35 by senior spring, and then stay on campus that term either just hanging out or finishing a thesis or whatever. You still pay the same if you take 2 classes or 4 classes.</p>
<p>^^^^that’s what i did. i finished up my credits my senior winter, then stuck around campus and hung out with friends. and worked a couple of sweet campus jobs. it was fun.</p>
<p>Generally how many AP credits does one get or take to ensure that one is not stuck with very tough classes by skipping intros, a lot of people may qualify for 7 - 9 credits but do they really take so many?</p>
<p>Xanatos, so when you finished your credits Winter quarter of Senior Year, you didn’t take any classes in the Spring?</p>
<p>you should read carefully the department websites for APs you’ve taken. Dartmouth (like most elites) will allow many AP’s as placement or pre-req credit, but limits use as graduation credits.</p>
<p>mohinakundu - yes</p>
<p>itsjai - not sure what exactly you’re asking. i took 7 AP classes in high school and got 5 credits when i went to dartmouth. This is because not every department grants credits, regardless of your score on the AP exam. For example, you can’t get a credit for AP Physics from the physics department, no matter what your score was, but you get the option of taking an honors intro physics class instead of the regular version if you took AP Physics (not necessarily a great idea, but that’s another issue).</p>
<p>Wow. Is that normal or only exclusive to Dartmouth, Xanatos…</p>
<p>…not taking any classes Spring quarter of senior year if you’ve already fulfilled all of the degree requirements?</p>
<p>Umm, as far as I know, yeah…I mean, people graduate early all the time at different colleges. That’s essentially what I did, except I did it one term early as opposed to a year early like some and I stuck around on campus to hang out.</p>
<p>And by the way, three classes a quarter is absolutely plenty, especially if you’re a science major.</p>
<p>Even though courses last only 10 weeks, they are intensive and generally cover the same amount of material as semester-long courses at other schools. Thus 35 credits is essentially 9 courses per year, or 4 or 5 courses per semester, which is standard at many schools with a “one course = one credit” system.</p>
<p>Yeah, I bet it’s tough, but 35 classes is very light in comparison to Northwestern and Stanford which require a whole additional 10 classes for graduation.</p>
<p>^^Their classes go at a slower pace than ours do. Take, for example, the general chemistry requirement for pre-meds. At Dartmouth, students take 2 terms of Chem – Chem 5 and Chem 6. At Northwestern, pre-meds take three terms of GenChem – Chem 101, Chem 102, and Chem 103. Stanford is a similar story. Same with physics. At Dartmouth, we take 2 terms. At NU and Stanford, students take 3 terms. And the same with orgo. 2 terms at Dartmouth; 3 terms at NU and Stanford.</p>
<p>What about for kids who don’t take science classes?</p>
<p>you still need 35 classes across a range of distribs and your major in order to graduate.</p>
<p>Well, obvi, but are other classes at a faster pace than those at Northwestern and Stanford?</p>