<p>^yes thats what i meant. thanks for clearing it up for me zenkoan</p>
<p>Wow sorry 
I was just teasing…</p>
<p>haha
i didn’t take offense so no worries :)</p>
<p>what is everyone’s course load for next year? just so I can get an idea… e.g. how many ap/honors classes? thanks! :D</p>
<p>I’ll be taking IB Americas HL , IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB Maths HL, and a Constitution/Bill of Rights/We the People class. Hopefully, I’ll get straight As, which would be a big help for the RD round. I’ll use my EA at Chicago…</p>
<p>I was considering Stanford… but then I found out it was on the quarter system… and well… ew.</p>
<p>^keellota, I gave that a lot of thought as well, but after investigating it seems to me the pros of the quarter system outweigh the cons. With the quarter system, you get maximum opportunity to take a wide variety of courses. For those with many interests, that can be very helpful before deciding on a major at the end of sophomore year. If you enjoy a course and want to continue, you take the next one in the sequence for additional depth and breadth in the material; if not, you can move along to something else. There are three finals periods instead of the two in a semester system, but of course there will be proportionately less material to master for each set of finals. The quarter system moves along at a nice rapid clip, which suits many learning preferences, but I can see that it wouldn’t be optimum for people who need or want to move more slowly or who procrastinate a lot.</p>
<p>oh wow i didnt know about the quarter system thats interesting.</p>
<p>^^ Zenkoan, is the Stanford quarter system split into 3 permanent academic quarters (Fall/Winter/Spring) and a summer “break” quarter or is it like Dartmouth’s D-Plan?</p>
<p>It’s three permanent academic quarters plus summer quarter, which is a break quarter for most students. There are many options for study abroad during the regular quarters after freshman year.</p>
<p>^^Yeah, the D-Plan is really unappealing to me. </p>
<p>^I mean, I guess you’re right about being able to move to the next sequence within the same subject, effectively negating the small time spent per subject… but the whole midterms every 2-3 weeks… it seems like the atmosphere of the classes would feel rushed.</p>
<p>^ I like the D-Plan; it’s quite beneficial for prestigious internship opportunities.</p>
<p>^ We have no mutual interests. This is proven.</p>
<p>Huh. Finding out about this whole D-plan just made it a lot easier for me to decide which school to apply scea</p>
<p>^Just to clarify: only Dartmouth has the “D-Plan” (hence the D in the name of the plan ; ) ). Stanford and Dartmouth both are on the quarter system, but Stanford’s is a fixed-quarter plan, while Dartmouth has students opting in and out of certain quarters after freshman year. (Some students like that flexibility; others feel it limits social and academic continuity.) Stanford has non-binding, restricted early action (like Yale); Dartmouth has binding early decision.</p>
<p>Ok thx 
I still don’t really like the quarter system, but maybe it’s just cuz I’ve never tried it but I think I’ll still apply scea somewhere else</p>
<p>I do not wish to peruse this thread, but I will say that I am a Stanford 2015 hopeful. I plan on applying SCEA. Best of luck to everyone else aspiring to be a Cardinal!</p>
<p>I saw Stanford when I was 6 on a trip to California. Wouldn’t call it a college visit, but it was beautiful and the only reason why I’ll be applying SCEA.</p>
<p>Deciding between Stanford SCEA and Stanford regular, with EA to MIT and UChicago… Hard choice, would definitely prefer Stanford but my counselor says applying early at Stanford doesn’t give a real admissions edge and they tend to reject rather than defer early applicants, which would be a real blow…</p>
<p>^ Yep, Stanford isn’t a big fan of deferrals. Applying REA isn’t an admissions edge either seeing as the applicant pool for REA extremely strong.</p>