<p>I’m an international student from a country where educational system is far different from the educational system of America. In high school we have a fixed timetable of 11 required subjects, and each day we know what we will learn and what books to bring. For example: Monday: Math, Math, Math, Chemistry, English – Tuesday: History, Biology, English, Geology, etc. We are not free to choose courses and don’t have the credit system, so I don’t understand anything when I do some research about American students’ collegiate calendar: trimester, semester, quarter, quarter hour, semester hour, credit hour, unit, course or instructional time. I don’t even know why they count the academic calendar by week, when the number of days of learning in a week may vary because of holiday or break. I don’t know what timetable of an American student looks like.</p>
<p>Therefore I have no clue about the Block Plan essay question of CC. I suppose that I will research about the American collegiate calendar when I am admitted somewhere, but right now I have to write the CC supplementary essay, and I’m unprepared for that. Can anyone explain the above concepts for me?</p>