Quarter Vs. Semester

<p>If you want to learn, semester system is the best IMO. Top schools usually are on semester system.</p>

<p>Stanford is on the quarter system. So is Northwestern, UCLA....</p>

<p>Dartmouth is on the quarter system</p>

<p>afterhours, you are talking out your buttocks.</p>

<p>Deviant,</p>

<p>No matter what, any time you visit with a prof will be considered brown nosing. Sad but true. It is very important to do when you can...of course this is very tough in a 200+ GE class. ;)</p>

<p>Heh, I completely detest brown-nosing to the fullest extent. My college's motto or something is like,"Experience college on a first-name basis." I think the student to faculty ratio is like 17 to 1</p>

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<p>Semester:</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn
Duke
Columbia
Berkeley
Brown
Cornell
WashU
John Hopkins</p>

<p>Any questions?</p>

<p>Yeah, why are you such a moron? Top schools are not USUALLY on the semester system...SOME schools are and some are not. Quit passing on misinformation.</p>

<p>Quarter system:</p>

<p>UCLA
Stanford
Dartmouth
UCSD
University of Chicago
Northwestern
CalTech</p>

<p>What about the trimester system? Quarter: 4 grading periods, semester: 2 grading periods, Trimester: I assume three.</p>

<p>yeah - afterhours, if you're implying that a top ranked school is so due to (in any way, shape or form) being on a particular class system (whatever it may be), and you do seem to be implying that from your previous posts, then you really are talking out of somewhere other than your os.</p>

<p>well well, i have never posted on a thread about the quarter system before. actually i have. let me give it to you from someone who has been in both systems, someone who really does know what theyre talking about.</p>

<p>semester system is better if you want to learn. especially if we are talking UC system style quarter system. look, quarter system works for small non-bureacratic schools (like stanford, northwestern, uchicago) that can change pace and direction real fast. not for a large public school. if you dont think quarter system has problems, you havent experienced the ease of the semster system like i have. heres an example: at uci, lecturers rush into material 1st week, cover like 2 chapters a week with one discussion class a week, have nearly no office hours (if they show up), have no reviews for finals (like at USC) and still cant find a way to complete all material needed to finish a given course. happens all the time. what a great way to learn, how academic. and if you think its b/c i get pampered ata private school, dont fool yourself. look, isnt school for learning? i didnt know it was all about who could put aside activities you feel somewhat attached to b/c your prof. wont meet with you outside of their officce hours. or not even knowing your profs. or struggling b/c you cant get help. happened to me. a lot. and what if you get a good prof. on the quarter system? i guess ucla is short of them? you can brag all you want about not being hand holded or whatever, good for you you little girl. i went through the same sytem and trnasfered to greener pastures, good for me. your going to wish somebody was holding your hand looking for a job or grad school.</p>

<p>ill find a thread that i worte about this in detail.</p>

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Yeah, why are you such a moron? Top schools are not USUALLY on the semester system...SOME schools are and some are not. Quit passing on misinformation.

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<p>Misinformation? Moron? Funny, cause I see 23 of 28 (2 schools of top 30 are on different system) on semester system. What is that like 82% of the schools? </p>

<p>Haha some people crack me up.</p>

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<p>That's a pretty dumb statement. Consider this: most 4th-tier and community colleges are in semester systems too.</p>

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yeah - afterhours, if you're implying that a top ranked school is so due to (in any way, shape or form) being on a particular class system (whatever it may be), and you do seem to be implying that from your previous posts, then you really are talking out of somewhere other than your os.

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<p>tell me, do you you retain information better when someone rushes through the material or breaks it into parts and slowly gives you the material in detail? you have no time in a quarter system to sit back and soak up the material. </p>

<p>it's no coincidence that 23 of the top 28 (2 excluded because on different system) are on semester and it is no coincidence that the top 20 schools in the national are all privates.</p>

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That's a pretty dumb statement. Consider this: most 4th-tier and community colleges are in semester systems too.

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<p>and i'll bet $100 you go to a school on quarter system. come on, i like my chances. i'm really curious!</p>

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<p>Probably over 90% of ALL schools are on semester system. Geez..someone needs to grow up and learn how to think critically!</p>

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Probably over 90% of ALL schools are on semester system. Geez..someone needs to grow up and learn how to think critically!

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<p>i still fail to see your point... well aside from the fact that it is nonsequitur.</p>

<p>My point is obvious. Have you taken stats? Some basic knowledge on sets and sample spaces should help. ;)</p>

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My point is obvious. Have you taken stats? Some basic knowledge on sets and sample spaces should help.

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<p>your point is obvious but it is nonsequitur. if you would stop and think for a second you'd realize that. what's next, the point estimate of p?</p>

<p>oh yeah... do you go to quarter or semester school?</p>

<p>tell me, do you you retain information better when someone rushes through the material or breaks it into parts and slowly gives you the material in detail? you have no time in a quarter system to sit back and soak up the material.</p>

<p>First, it isn't trying to sqeeze the same amount of material into a shorter time, but rather spliting the same class time into three parts rather than two. Yes, it's more fast-paced, but thats what I love about it. I would get so bored in a semester class system.
Second, how much time do you need to "soak up information"? If you are a motivated student, you will have no problems whatsoever.</p>

<p>And third, your logic is still extremely flawed. lol</p>