<p>Olo:</p>
<p>Not at UoC, but this is more of an issue of the Quarter system per se, and not just UoC. Dartmouth and many other selective colleges are also on the quater system, for example. </p>
<p>But, if you assume that a body of knowledge needs to be disseminated over ~9 months, it really doesn’t matter that much what calendar you are on. Take Frosh Inorgranic Chem for example. You can take two semesters or three quarters, but the material to be covered is essentially the same, and I would suggest that both Princeton and Chicago would cover ~90% of the same material. I would also GUESS that Princeton’s two week reading material means that a semesters worth (16 weeks) of teaching then gets compressed into 14 weeks of classes.</p>
<p>Yes, quarters can have more tests. But, you also have the opportunity to put one bad section behind you and move on to next quarter.</p>