<p>I've got a 4.0 from my current college, and I'll be a junior in the fall, thinking of giving it a try.</p>
<p>Yes. Winter transfer. It’s very challenging adjusting, though I haven’t made up my mind whether the coursework is tougher, though it’s definitely more interesting.</p>
<p>Coursework isn’t likely that much tougher in kind (for most classes). It’s the quarter system that’s the killer.</p>
<p>I’m curious about the quarter system. How does it work? </p>
<p>(I’m considering transferring for the fall quarter.)</p>
<p>Just like the Semester system, except faster. (i.e. a quarter is a full term, usually equivalent to a semester. Science and language sequences still take a full year. Mid terms start week 3. You’re in school, all told, more time. And you never have finals after breaks- a term is done before each of your (shorter) breaks)</p>
<p>Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining it!</p>
<p>is it ultra competitive?</p>
<p>@arbiter: I am comparing apples to apples, because I come from a quarter school. ;)</p>
<p>To others — I, and many people I know, love quarters and wouldn’t have it any other way. Even the most abysmal classes with the most awful professors end pretty quickly since the term is only ten weeks.</p>
<p>Huh, what’re the odds? I will say, not to denigrate your old school, that of the “comparable” quarter system schools, few take a comparable course load. AS you know we have 4 (+/-1) a quarter, compared to Dartmouth’s 3 (+/-1)</p>
<p>Variable credits at UW-Seattle where I come from. Full load = 15 credits; one math class = 3 credits, one language or writing class = 5 credits. So, if you majored in math, 5 courses was a full time load, and if you did writing or language stuff, 3 courses was full time. I did a little of both, so I usually ended up with 4 classes.</p>
<p>^Stanford does the same thing.</p>