What are CC's negatives

07DAD
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:49:01 +0000

WayOutWestMom

My S is a freshman at CC. He’s already had a block in Cal III. He said that it was a lot of time per day to spend in a math class, but he got an A. He’s still in Jackson Hole skiing since CC doesn’t start back until next week. I’ll try to get more detail. I seem to recall hearing that labs are in the afternoon. I’ll see what I can find out.

Here’s the link that includes bio, etc.

[Course Descriptions](http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/CH/coursedescriptio.html)

S has several close friends who are Juniors at CC. I’ll ask him to ask them about the higher math and science courses and how the labs work.

Anecdotally, in 2002 Discover magazine listed the Top 50 Women in Science and three of them graduated from CC. Only MIT had more (4).

On the issue of how to get to read/study massive works. My S mentioned that with time management there really is a sufficient amount of time to get into something deeper than just the assigned material. The challenge is that the student has to want it enough to work it into the schedule.

From what S has related, the one at a time block system makes there no tug-a-war on the student’s time so that it is easier to add stuff in than if you had 5 courses going on at once.