<p>If he was just taking a bunch of basic english courses, then he can just not go to class but rather work on his essays instead. Maybe he knows enough about writing that going to lecture is pointless. Also, it implied that he got a 3.5 overall, doesn’t mean he was able to do that well with 62 credits. He went to grad school in columbia. Now he got accepted to Yale for PhD - not a joke. I find it shocking too, but apparently he did it.</p>
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<p>Actually, students on the quarter system take the same amount of credits, but less classes. 1 class=4-5 credit hours, so we usually take three/four classes.</p>
<p>Is it only on CC that you’d find somebody like me saying this?
…but… * swoon * :p</p>
<p>62 credits = the education of an average NBA player. 62 credits != one semester.</p>
<p>i think his going to yale has more to do with him being famous than his academic performance</p>
<p>I googled this topic, and the only source I could was this interview: [‘Milk</a>’ actor James Franco cracks the books](<a href=“http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=118423]'Milk”>http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=118423)</p>
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<p>I’m not saying that the source is bogus, but if it took him 2 years to complete a degree AFTER he initially completed his freshman year and dropped out, then it took him 3 years. </p>
<p>I don’t know the UCLA system, but it sounds like it’s a trimester system? And would it presumably take 120 credits to graduate?</p>
<p>Then, if it took him 3 years, and he took 62 units in one trimester then he averaged:
(120-62)/(9-1) = 7.25 units/quarter for the other trimesters. Even if he took 150 credits like some of us, then he’d be averaging 11 units/quarter for the other semesters. Why so little if he can handle 62?</p>
<p>That sounds like pretty drastic variance among semesters. Or, more likely, it sounds like crap.</p>
<p>Someone from UCLA correct me if I’m misunderstanding how your system works.</p>
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<p>It’s 180 to graduate, not 120.</p>
<p>(180 at a school with a quarter system is equivalent to 120 at a school with a semester schedule. It’s the same reason why 62 credits at ucla is the same as ~41 at a semester-based school)</p>
<p>^^^I see. (180-62)/8 = 14.75 units. Which apparently is equivalent to ~10 units in semester terms (according to your 2/3 conversion above). That still sounds like a light load–10 units is part time student at UW Madison. </p>
<p>Why would you have 62 credits one semesters and an average of less than 15 for the others?</p>
<p>It’s more like (180-62)/5 = 23.6 (2 years = 6 quarters)</p>
<p>It says in the article he took between 20 and 62 credits a quarter.</p>
<p>Also, 180 is the minimum. He could’ve taken more than that. Just like I’ll graduate with ~135 credits, when I only need 122 for my major.</p>
<p>Also, his classes from his first attempt at UCLA (1996) may have expired. Or they just weren’t applicable to his major anymore.</p>
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<p>You’re making valid points and you’re helping me understand the UCLA credit system, thanks. But your assumption at the end of your post (quote 1) was used to calculate the credits/semester (quote 2). </p>
<p>I’m not sure there’s a good reason to invalidate a 14.75 unit/semester assumption just because there’s a chance that his credits weren’t applicable.</p>
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<p>to get into PhD programs, you’re dealing with professors who are obsessed about their works, not admission officers whose common interest is to glorify their university.</p>
<p>" Then, if it took him 3 years, and he took 62 units in one trimester then he averaged:
(120-62)/(9-1) = 7.25 units/quarter for the other trimesters. Even if he took 150 credits like some of us, then he’d be averaging 11 units/quarter for the other semesters. Why so little if he can handle 62?"</p>
<p>His units vary probably because he has his movies projects too. I guess he plans out to so he can still be an actor while being an UCLA student.
I just love this guy, crazy hot, great acting, and love academia. What more can u ask ?</p>
<p>For those who are confused, here is a little help from a UCLA student.</p>
<p>62 units at UCLA= around 41 semester units. However, that is 41 semester units in 10 weeks (thats how long a quarter is), not around 15 weeks like a semester is. 62 units= 62 hours in class per week. Also, it is 180 units to graduate (equal to 120 at semester schools). And he couldn’t have done more than 216 since that is the maximum number of credits allowed. Anyways, I just wanted to say that the average load is 16-17 units and the maximum load (without needing special permission) is 19 units so 62 is pretty impressive.</p>
<p>This is a bit of a bump, but it’s soo funny how people are calling James Franco a loser. He probably had to tweak his schedule that way to balance being in movies.</p>
<p>hey noobs who didn’t even read the article, lemme quote a few things
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<p>who cares, it’s english</p>
<p>exactly.</p>
<p>Isn’t Franco at yale now? whether or not he’s a true scholar, he’s still pretty boss.</p>
<p>I just googled James Franco and wow! He’s also an actor! I was like… “I’ve seen him before.” Then I realized that he was Peter Parker’s best friend whose dad was the Green Goblin.</p>
<p>He probably took some of that green dope in Spider man.</p>
<p>I don’t know why, but for some reason I really want to one-up this guy. It seems very possible if as many books as possible were read on the summer vacation beforehand. If only they gave a reward for most credits in a semester (and a good GPA as an outcome to boot).</p>
<p>All he needs to do on his paper assignments is write “I’m James Franco…thanks.” I would probably give him an A for that.</p>