Semester or Quarter System? (CCC)

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>In short for me, Ohlone or DeAnza?</p>

<p>I’ve started at Ohlone College this past semester, but I have been thinking about transferring to DeAnza because its apparently faster. My goal is to get my prerequisites all clear ASAP and go to a good UC. The students at Ohlone say Ohlone (semester system) is better because it goes at a slower pace. Wheras, the students at DeAnza (quarter system) say that DeAnza is better because is it quick and gets things out of the way faster. You have the chance to make up classes much faster, and you have the opportunity to deal with classes faster. I know a quarter system requires 90 units to transfer wheras a semester system requires 60 to transfer. (Although yes there is a conversion behind it)</p>

<p>See for me, I just want to be quick and get my prerequisites out of the way, to get to my goal to transfer (by the IGETC program)…and I am terribly confused and inexperienced with all this.
ALL INPUT IS WELL APPRECIATED THANK YOU VERY MUCH :)</p>

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<p>If you are taking sequenced courses (e.g. math, physics), then switching between semester and quarter system schools in the middle of the sequence may result in needing to partially repeat courses due to the boundaries between semesters and quarters not lining up.</p>

<p>As far as which CC is better for your purposes, use [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to see which you can most easily complete the requirements for your target major and UC.</p>