College: 18 credit hours per semester or 20 credit hours per quarter more difficult?

[phatj]

Which is tougher?

 

[jlee]

I've never had quarters..but 18 hours in a semester is a lot of class time. Fortunately, I didn't have to study much for any of it.

 

[bonkers325]

18 is tough, 20 is tougher. i did 20 once, was my best semester ever. go figure.

 

[Specop 007]

It both sounds fairly easy unless your doing some ultra hard NASA type program.

 

[Vinfinite]

20/quarter is pretty bad, never had semester though

 

[mugs]

I suppose that would depend entirely on the school and what classes you're taking...

I preferred taking 12 hours each semester senior year.

 

[Vinfinite]

Originally posted by: mugs
I suppose that would depend entirely on the school and what classes you're taking...

I preferred taking 12 hours each semester senior year.

yeah I don't recommend bio majors doing this...i hate it so much

 

[mrkun]

It depends on your major. If you're an Engineering/Science major, it sucks.

 

[Maximus96]

i had one 20 unit quarter towards the end for my civil BS degree in UCD. five 4-unit classes plus working part time was hard, but not too difficult as i still found time to hang out and get drunk every now and then.

 

[mercanucaribe]

I don't knwo how the quarters work, but I was taking 17 hours this semester and it was crazy. Dropped one class.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Maximus96
i had one 20 unit quarter towards the end for my civil BS degree in UCD. five 4-unit classes plus working part time was hard, but not too difficult as i still found time to hang out and get drunk every now and then.

How did you end up in that situation?

 

[Tiamat]

Ive had 20hrs in both quarters and semesters since my school decided to switch from quarters to semesters. Both is quite a bit of class time. The Quarter was more crunchtime and rushed - basically "midterm 1" then "midterm2" then "midterm3" then final all separated by 2 weeks. The first 3 weeks were without any tests.

This test after test after test got pretty stressful during the Organic Chemistry/Thermodynamics/Transport Phenomina days.

(quarter = 10 weeks)