<p>Are the students who take classes during the summer usaually the ones getting ahead, or the ones who failed too many during the normal school year? I ask because I am considering taking classes during summer and want to know if it's harder (because of the curve) or easier or what?</p>
<p>I’m under the impression that spring/summer classes are usually easier, but I have no proof to back this up with.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken any at Michigan, but from my experience at other schools and from what I have heard in general summer courses tend to be harder (depending on the subject) because you are going at a much faster pace and cramming a lot of material into a very short period of time. For most humanities and social science classes that’s not a big deal, but I’ve taken science, math, and foreign language and found they were more difficult due to the pacing.</p>
<p>Depends on the course that you take, the professor that you have, and how fast you can learn material.</p>
<p>I took two courses during the summer (math and science) and aced both of them. However, the material went at a really quick pace and I noticed a lot of students struggled learning the material in time. The curves for both of these classes were similar to those of a normal course in the end, but I would be optimistic and say the overall grades were better.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that several other summer courses were much easier during the summer and other times, I heard that the courses were terrible. </p>
<p>As for my recommendation, I would NOT suggest taking summer courses… at UofM. If you wish to take courses, take them at a community college. Much cheaper and not difficult. Summer should not be stressful and I felt stressed when I was taking my courses.</p>
<p>What if they’re not classes offered at a community college, for instance… Econ 401 isn’t, but is at U of M during the summer?</p>
<p>I am taking my summer classes at Eastern or Wayne to save money, maybe Madonna or something. I am 8 credits short for graduating because of a foreign language requirement debacle. I resent said debacle too much to let Michigan get paid for it.</p>
<p>My only concern would be verifying with an adviser that 1) the course will transfer, and 2) if needed, the course can still be used as a prereq/requirement despite being taken out of residence.</p>
<p>If the class is not offered at a community college and you can’t find any other courses to take, you can take it at U of M. Its just unreasonably expensive.</p>
<p>Full time (6-9 credits)
Instate - $2,868
OOS - $8,687
*for LSA underclassman</p>
<p>Compared to 720$ for WCC for 9 credits.</p>
<p>Compared to community college</p>