Comments on: Are Summer Classes Harder? Only If You Want Them to Be

By: Erin Hempfling

Erin Hempfling — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:01:00 +0000

In reply to Calvin Hodgson. The compressed schedules of summer classes definitely makes it harder to balance other obligations, but you're right that checking the syllabus first is a good idea! I'm sorry to hear that your speech class won't work out :/

By: Calvin Hodgson

Calvin Hodgson — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:54:00 +0000

I echo Will’s comment. Ask the professor for the syllabus before hand to get a better sense of what it will be like. Definitely get ahead on the reading. And most importantly, try to cut back hours, if you work, during those class times.

I did a 5 weeks ethics class a few summers back that wasn’t bad once I got into the beat of it. I got ahead of the reading each week. The last week was intense with a quiz, final, research paper, online discussion, and reading (which I already finished that week before); it was all due by the Friday of that week as well, not the typical Saturday due date. Made it with an A.

Another course (basically why I searched this) I am taking but will drop because of the lack of time and my poor planning skills is a 4-week course. It’s a public speaking class. It is bonkers that there is already a speech planned for the first week on the second day. A reason why I should have asked the professor earlier about the syllabus or searched for his name and class number (I should start uploading syllabi to somewhere like Scribd). Then I’d realize I would not have enough time for both work and prepping for a speech.

By: Naomi Tepper

Naomi Tepper — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:49:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Harper. Hi Michael--thanks for the comment! I've updated the content accordingly. This reminds me that this post needs a refresh all around. The RateMyProfessor platform has changed a bit since we first published this. Cheers!

By: Michael Harper

Michael Harper — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:49:00 +0000

For the record on ratemyprofessor though. 5 on the easiness scale means it is hard. The scale for easy is 1(easy A)-5(hardest thing I have ever done) those are literally the notes for the ranking from the site itself.

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By: Naomi Tepper

Naomi Tepper — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:44:00 +0000

In reply to Will. Awesome tip. Thanks for sharing!

By: Will

Will — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:05:00 +0000

I’m taking differential eq, circuits analysis II, and matlab all during a single summer session. First week was hell, but I got ahead by reading my differential eq book before my classes even started. This took away from a lot of unnecessary pressure that a lot of my classmates are feeling. A good majority of the class has already dropped the course.

If you’re going to take any type of difficult class during the summer, I would suggest finding a syllabus online for the course and buying the book early. That way you can go over the material on your own before you even step foot in the class and just treat the course like an “answer to the hard questions” class.

By: Tanner Littleton

Tanner Littleton — Fri, 30 May 2014 15:54:00 +0000

In reply to Naomi Tepper. Agreed, which is why I got a high A on both classes, 97% on both of them.

By: Naomi Tepper

Naomi Tepper — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:13:00 +0000

In reply to Tanner Littleton. Yeah, I think one of the biggest benefits of summer classes is when you can take them one at a time. It's so much easier to focus on and absorb a single subject.

By: Tanner Littleton

Tanner Littleton — Sun, 25 May 2014 20:00:00 +0000

I took two gen eds last summer (a social science course about the influence of technology on society and an oral communications course), I took one in June and the other in July, it was fairly easy and I still had a lot of leisure time. Not sure how two courses in the same and/or a more difficult course would have gone over for me.