<p>Totally agree with what jack63 said about the benefits of trimester system. It is more efficient for learning. The Carleton student I know likes the pace of teaching. He went to a special high school that offers accelerated courses except the foreign language courses. He disliked the slow pace of teaching in a regular public high school. Some students may feel challenged by the 10-week term at first but they can learn to handle it well. He has no problem getting an internship this summer after the first year. Actually he had to wait for more than a week to start his internship after the finals. You just don’t know when the boss may take his vacation. I also know a Notre Dame student who was done with school in the middle of May but did not start his internship until the end of June. Personally I would not let the trimester factor exclude Carleton from my college application list since it offers quality education and pretty good FA. After all the admission results are received, I will make further comparisons with my choices.</p>