is it better to go a college that has semester or quarter?any difference?which one is preferable?explain thks?

Semester are a little longer so you don’t get slammed with info. A quarter the instructor only has so much time to teach you the full info of the course! They tend to bombard you with information in a very short period of time!! Totally depends on your learning style which one is better.

Doesn’t matter too much. I’ve done both. You graduate in the same amount of time. You end in May for semesters vs June for quarters, but you start in August while quarter system usually starts in late September. Neither has less school. One just starts and ends earlier in the year than the other. Still about 30 weeks of instruction for a regular school year no matter which method you’re using.

Yes, semesters are longer than quarters, but this can be a good or bad thing. Great if the course allows you time to digest and learn the material. Bad if it never lets up or is really boring and you can’t wait for it to be over.

Quarters are nice b/c you can take more courses. If there are fun courses you want to try, the quarter system lets you take more of them.

I have been in both types of systems and based purely on my own experience here is what I experienced.

Quarter System: Advantages are that the quarters start mid September or so – after semester students have already began. And, you get 3 in a regular academic year (not including the 4th which is summer). The downside is that you have to move fast to keep pace, studying had to be much more focused and you also have to pay attention in class. Project and/or paper assignments were usually equal to that of the semester experience I had, in other words same amount of work required.

Semester: I got into the semester system after I completed my Bachelor degree. I personnally preferred this system because the amount of papers/projects were the same, I felt like I had time to digest the material, and didn’t feel the general pressure as I did in the quarter system. The only disadvantage was that after spring break instead of coming back to a new quarter, I carried on where I left off before spring break began. The distinct advantage here was matriculating in May as opposed to June.

Hope this helps!

Gerry 🙂

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This not a question I could answer with any degree of knowledge,in Ireland we have 3 general levels of education the last being university where we do our degree,then masters if we wish.The year is set out in terms I suppose which you would call semesters.

well the quarter system is very fast its about ten weeks and the semester system is longer and I think better but if you want to finish faster in College take the quarter system : P

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I prefer semesters. They’re constant. I would feel better going and learning everyday. G.B.