<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I am a prospective exchange student at Penn from this fall. (can’t wait!)</p>
<p>Right now I’m looking at the courses and doing the scheduling, but I can’t figure out whether it’s possible to…</p>
<p>have a course at the Annenberg School (ECON) 9:00-10:30</p>
<p>and then immediately</p>
<p>a course at the Steinberg-Dietrich (FNCE) 10:30-12:00.</p>
<li>How long is the distance and is it physically possible to make it into the FNCE course on time? </li>
<li>Are there NO breaks between classes? (that would be kinda strange, wouldn’t it?)</li>
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<p>Fortunately there’s also the same FNCE class from 1:30-3:00 so looking into enrolling into that one, if the above thingie would be unadvisable…</p>
<p>Anyways, I’d really appreciate any help!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>Ken</p>
<p>The buildings are only a minute or two walk apart, but scheduling classes with no time in between (in case you want to stay after and talk to the professor) might be problematic.</p>
<p>there is time in between. you first class will only go until 10:15 or 10:20.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=9%5B/url%5D">http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=9</a></p>
<p>see where the annenberg school (not center) and steiny-d are located in the center? practically next to each other, as far as proximity goes... you'll have no problem making it (during the year some students have to practically dash across campus in those 10 min of passing time)</p>
<p>and yes, classes that end in a :30 usually are wrapped up around :20. 10 min passing time is standard, though obviously your professor may go longer or shorter on a given day.</p>
<p>hmm... well i'll just leave it at having a period free in between then</p>
<p>thanks for the help</p>
<p>I'm a bit puzzled by that decision. If these are two classes you WANT to take, take them. Classes end 10 minutes before the end time listed. It's not set in stone, but nearly all professors abide by it. Yes, they may run 3 minutes over if they are trying to finish a point, but they do their best to end early. And as far as proximity of the buildings, as someone else said, the building are practically next to each other. This is probably just about the shortest walk you'll ever have between buildings for classes in your four years. Don't worry about time/proximity, you'll be fine. I had to trek fro DRL to Leidy in the 10 minutes passing time for an entire year and even that was not a problem. </p>
<p>If, on the other hand, you're not crazy about the 2nd class, then by all means disregard my post and don't take it. But if you want to take it and don't, once you get to Penn and realize what passing time is like you'll be kicking yourself for not registering.</p>
<p>no thing is the class is also offered a period after, so I'm prolly enrolling into that one</p>
<p>usually people prefer to be done with class earlier rather than later... getting rid of long breaks in between.</p>
<p>might want to check if the professor is the same - you want to get the better one, obviously, if there's two different ones teaching sections of the same course. (to find out which is better, check penn course review)</p>