<p>I've decided to take summer school to fulfill my very last breadth requirement. I heard that summer classes are much easier than classes held in the academic year.</p>
<p>Is this true? Will I have a higher chance of getting a straight A in this course than if i took it in the academic year?</p>
<p>It really depends on the instructor and the class.</p>
<p>I am taking Philosophy, some kind or another.</p>
<p>I took two econ classes and didn't find it so.</p>
<p>One was really easy but then he made the final incredibly hard because there was no distribution.</p>
<p>Another was by some guy who hadn't taught the class in a long time and the 1st and 2nd midterm were vastly different in terms of difficulty.</p>
<p>Check up on the instructor who's teaching the summer class before you do it.</p>
<p>Also, out-of-state students are milked dry (almost as much as a normal semester) so I wouldn't suggest doing it if you are out of state (see if you can do it in your homestate if possible).</p>
<p>I see. I want the grade counted into my GPA though, that's the only reason why I'm taking it at Berkeley. Unless it's possible if I do it elsewhere? Like at a CC?</p>
<p>Not sure, you might want to ask the department which offers the classes how equivalancy is determined.</p>
<p>For example, I tried to do it for Math 1b (take a CC or local university calc class) and they require me to get a copy of the syllabus and whatnot and if they are any parts missing you have to sit in for that part of the class at cal and take an equivalency test (my memory's kind of skethcy about this since it was a while back). </p>
<p>But I would say definitely try to take the class at someplace at home if possible (or try to fit those classes which you don't need to do at berkeley at home). It would likely be cheaper.</p>
<p>EDIT: If you want to take it for your gpa though, just be careful about your class selection and remember everything is compacted to be twice as fast during summer session. Its like 6k out of state extra fees or something so I would be careful.</p>
<p>Geez, ***.</p>
<p>I thought you just paid for the class? Which is about 800 dollars or something.</p>
<p>I am living in an apartment during the summer, because we are signing the lease in May. So it's still 6k fees?</p>
<p>Do you know where I can go in for advice about summer school? Is there an office for this?</p>
<p>Yeah, they love milking us out of staters because we can't vote :(. I took 2 classes and had to drop one because the prof was bad and the class cost a few hundred but then they slapped on a few k in terms of out of state fees. Bastards.</p>
<p>I'm guessing the advisors at L&S would know about such things.</p>
<p>"Its like 6k out of state extra fees or something so I would be careful."?</p>
<p>Oh really.</p>
<p>Although I've never taken one, I think summer classes have to be easier simply because anyone can take them. You could have a class with a junior in highschool, a fifty year old house wife, and some guy form Denmark. As far as I know, if you're willing to pay the (high) price for the class, you can take whatever you want without any credentials. If I'm wrong about that somebody should let me know.</p>
<p>I will ask L&S on Monday and then update this thread. Thnx for the info.</p>
<p>As of now I think I am still taking a class during the summer, even if that means staying in ghetto Berkeley.</p>
<p>Take 2 easy ones to really max out the value and marginal utility to your gpa per dollar.</p>
<p>hahaha A fellow Econ student?</p>
<p>If I want to max out my marginal utility, I'd take ZERO classes.</p>
<p>Going to the beach everyday for a whole summer is worth more utils to me than going to summer school.... :)</p>