<p>The quarter system sucks in my opinion. My friends at UCLA and all the other UCs always complained about the fact that they had midterms or finals coming up. Listen…studying is great and blah, blah, blah. But don’t kid yourself. College is also about having fun, enjoying your newfound independence, and basically goofing around. If you’re constantly stressed about your midterm that’s coming up about 3 weeks after the start of each quarter, it’ll make things very miserable. And this is for each class! While we Cal students were planning road trips during the semester, my UCLA friends were *****ing about how mid-terms and/or finals were coming up. That is not a happy existence.</p>