<p>Hey... I was just wondering if I could get a little feedback how the trimester system is treating y'all at Carleton. It's sort of one of my "cons" for Carleton, but I'm just curious. When I was there, my tour guides were all for it, but I was hoping for some other voices.</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Don't know if my daughter will ever post here again, but I called her to ask (thanks for the excuse) and she seems fine with trimesters. However, she did have an accelerated block schedule in high school, so trimesters aren't much of a change. Her two complaints are her 8:15/8:30 class every day (French), and that her calendar is different from her friends going to other colleges (later start, later end). She says the workload is manageable, not rushed.</p>
<p>Yeah, my biggest problem with the trimester system is that we didn't get out until mid-June, which made it tougher to find internships/summer jobs. I still managed. I liked having the Thanksgiving break and winter break combined, because it would have been a huge pain to fly home and back for Thanksgiving otherwise. I never felt like we were rushing through the material or that the workload was unmanageable.</p>
<p>One more thing my daughter said - she likes that she takes 9 courses each year - so she can get her distros done quickly and take more courses in her major.</p>