Pros of the Semester system that people don't realize

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>UCB: semester
UCLA: quarter</p>

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<p>Semester system is better. Less exams.</p>

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<p>Take less finals and more time to study!! LA, Davis, etc. don’t get an entire week off of school, which is sad b/c it rocks.</p>

<p>Especially after being in the semester system 10 week seems like just too short to really learn anything…</p>

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<p>But won’t you have to study more material for the finals in a semester system? That could be a drawback.</p>

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<p>The quarter system is so stressful because you’re ALWAYS having a final! You really have to keep up; if not, then you will end up failing the whole course.</p>

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<p>Semester is better since it gives you more freedom to make mistakes. If you mess up on one midterm it’s usually ok since you might have as many as three that semester (and as a result of having many exams, profs sometimes let you drop one).</p>

<p>The amount of cramming you need to do is about the same either way. There are some classes with four exams a semester and some with zero so your choice of classes plays a larger role in determining your exam schedule.</p>