Summer Courses

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Ok so what is the lowdown with summer courses? Is it easier or harder? I will be taking my first summer courses in about a month and want to know what to expect!

Thanks!

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Easier..always easier.

Just don't do something crazy like taking Anatomy with Micro.

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hopeful, that's funny that you said that...I lost my mind and decided to take Advanced Physio(10 weeks) and Chemistry(8 weeks/online!) this summer.

I'm shootin for A's and prayin for C's lmao...I hope you're right about it being easier!

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It depends on the class and instructor. Most of the summer and interession (super accelerated) courses I have taken have been easier. Though, typically, I try to take only easy courses for summer anyway, so maybe they would have been easier anyhow. Plus, it is usually a lighter load and well, summertime so living is easy!

I have though had a couple instructors who did not par down the content at all and crammed every single bit of a 16-18 week course into 6 weeks. That is horrible. I need time to process and "sleep on it" so doing a chapter or two a day for chemistry killed me. Its all about the instructor and content and your familiarity with the subject going in. I would not make a blanket statement, because sometimes it is much harder and other times somewhat easier.

Good luck!

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A good friend of mine told me she finds summer courses easier.

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I'm taking chem and math this summer. My counselor told me the lab classes are really intense in the summer since the time is shorter. Guess we will see!

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