<p>How does it actually work? I know that you can take some courses in the summer and you can get up to 9 units (as far as I know) if you take three courses. Is summer school usually 6 weeks long? And are you able to take summer courses in a different state from where your college is? Like go to a community college in a different state?</p>
<p>you can take courses at a different university but you have to make sure all the credits transfer b/c there's instances where they don't.</p>
<p>Most colleges will let you take classes at other schools (including community colleges) and transfer the credits. But get your college's approval <em>before</em> taking the classes--not everything will be automatically approved. Typically the grade you receive will not be averaged in your GPA (but, again, different schools have different rules--stop by the registrar's office to find out).</p>
<p>Summer school is cake because most of the people in the class are people who failed it the first time around.</p>
<p>The length of the course varies if you're on semesters or quarters, but usually it's about 6 weeks long, although some schools will have 10 week sessions.</p>