<p>Hi there, I want to know what is the different between Quarter and Semeter in community college?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>a quarter is generally 10 weeks long, and a semester is 2 quarters long. So if you are taking a quarter system, the class goes by at a faster rate.</p>
<p>Which one should be better?</p>
<p>and basically, how many credits the students usually take in both quarter and semeter?</p>
<p>Seeing as though I've been in college longer than everyone on here.....I'll put in my two cents. A quarter is usually 10 weeks, while a semester is usually 15, and sometimes 16 depending on each respective school......</p>
<p>In semester programs, 12 units is considered full-time, but depending on the rigors of each course, most people take around 15-18 units approx. I like the semester system much better....probably because I don't feel as rushed and that if I were to fall behind because of illness, or.....family drama, then it's easy to pick up anywhere.....</p>
<p>With a quarter system, you don't have that luxury....Time is of the essence.</p>
<p>but in quarter u have more chance to bring up ur GPA i guess....</p>
<p>and more of a chance to bring it down....lol</p>
<p>Semesters are long, but typically easier to do well in.</p>
<p>This is because usually you have more tests/projects which make up a smaller % of your grade than quarters.</p>
<p>Quarters are nice and quick, but very busy. Exams can really hurt on quarters, for example, many classes will have three exams each making up 33% of your grade or 2 25% midterms and 1 50% final. A friend of mine has a class with only a 50% midterm and 50% final. Obviously this also depends on major, school, etc. But you have one bad day, bye bye A.</p>
<p>Anohter downside is with quarters it won't be at all unusual to have 2-3 midterms on the same day, I was going to have 4 on one day this year but, thank you god, two of them got pushed back.</p>
<p>I've done the quarters for two years now and I like it. But damn it can get rough.</p>
<p>I am very glad of this however, because I am transfering to UCLA which is on quarters as well. Currently the Cal Polys are the only CSUs o quarters. I am sure it would be a more difficult if I had not had quarter expierence.</p>
<p>well, i appled both SMC and De Anza.SMC runs semeter system. De Anza runs Quarter. I am thinking about which school are doing transfer better.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I went to Lake Tahoe Community College for a year, which is on the quarter system. My current CCC, is Riverside Community College is on the Semester System. I like both systems equally for different reasons.</p>
<p>I have attended both quarter and sem system...i prefer the quarter system because it moves much faster. There are three regular semesters (excluding the mini-winter sessions in which the classes offered are narrow ) in a yr. In quarter system, there are four different sessions. Sometimes, in a sem system, you get totally sick of a class because they run upto 5 months. It feels like you are stuck. Also, in case if you drop class(es) and if you want to take it again...you just waisted half a yr...you will have to wait 4-5 months. </p>
<p>Take math for example, if you have to finish all math and if you want to transfer in two yrs....then you will have to take a math class every semester and in one of the quaters, you will have to take 2 math classes togeather (excluding the summer semesters). If you are CS major, then you also have to take Disc math. If for some reason, you drop a course then your planned course sequence is in trouble. In a quarter system, you simply take one class ea quarter and if you drop one, you make it up by taking two classes in one of the quarters.</p>
<p>There are a few advantages that a semester system carrries...one of them is...it's slower, so you have more time to absorb the material.</p>