<p>A few quick thoughts:
- Making any judgments on the quarter/semester system is somewhat silly. Nobody who hasnt transferred from one type to the other has any clue what they’re talking about. The quarter system “moves fast”? Does anybody REALLY know what that means? Are we reading more pages, covering more material, taking more exams per week?
We take 4 classes while everyone else takes 5. </p>
<p>And college students get a TON of free time. You are in the classroom 12-20 hrs/wk. That is the equivalent of going to HS for Monday and Tuesday and being off for the rest of the week in terms of hrs. Extracurriculars (or a truly uncomfortable obsession with GPA) are what really keep you busy.</p>
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<li><p>I was a Poli Sci major and did a theater show while holding down quite a few other ECs. Its doable if you want it to be.</p></li>
<li><p>In terms of location/campus type: visit the schools. NU very much has its own campus. When you go 1-2 blocks off of campus, you are in a college town. Emory is similar, but the 1-2 blocks doesn’t have much. It’s the 1-2 miles that has Atlanta.</p></li>
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