College, Semesters v Quarters

txdude · 01-31-2007, 05:13 PM

Just lookin' to vent y'all

Okay, moved to South Dakota from Texas A&M and never heard of Quarter hours at a college. So I take a classes at a university up here that does quarters. Come to find out, QUARTER HOURS DON'T TRANSFER TO SEMESTER COLLEGES. Semesters give you 3 credit, whereas quarters give you like 2.777 or something, less than 3.

Anyways, the college gave me attitude about dropping my classes for their rival college. I basically told them they were theives looking for profit, not educating todays youth.

By doing quarters...
the school can charge for 1 extra round of classes per year
their students can't transfer to other major universities - forced to graduate with them.

Thanks for listening!

skittleslegend · 01-31-2007, 05:33 PM

Damn, that's foul.

Want a hug? I'm feeling like a hug today. Anybody need a hug?

Kakashi · 01-31-2007, 05:42 PM

My school had "terms".

Nothing transferred.

Si_Chick · 01-31-2007, 05:51 PM

Hmm, that's some fuked up shit... There are two universities in the city I live in. The school I go to recently changed the rules about taking credits at the other school; it must be a required credit for your degree, along with some other conditions I'm sure.
Also, we have semesters, as far as I know most schools here do, BUT each of the courses I take is worth 3 credits, whereas at other schools, even at the other one in this city, their system may be different, such as each course is worth 1.5 or 1 credit.
My school also uses a GPA scale out of 10 and not 4, I've even recently seen one out of 9!
They really need to standardize this sh*t!

01-31-2007, 05:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
txdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NW US Posts: 228 kdub iTrader: 1 / 100%	College, Semesters v Quarters Just lookin' to vent y'all Okay, moved to South Dakota from Texas A&M and never heard of Quarter hours at a college. So I take a classes at a university up here that does quarters. Come to find out, QUARTER HOURS DON'T TRANSFER TO SEMESTER COLLEGES. Semesters give you 3 credit, whereas quarters give you like 2.777 or something, less than 3. Anyways, the college gave me attitude about dropping my classes for their rival college. I basically told them they were theives looking for profit, not educating todays youth. By doing quarters... the school can charge for 1 extra round of classes per year their students can't transfer to other major universities - forced to graduate with them. Thanks for listening!

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01-31-2007, 05:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
skittleslegend Senior Member Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stowe, Vermont Age: 23 Posts: 7,825 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Damn, that's foul. Want a hug? I'm feeling like a hug today. Anybody need a hug?

01-31-2007, 05:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kakashi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Aurora CO Age: 22 Posts: 3,706 iTrader: 1 / 100%	My school had "terms". Nothing transferred.

01-31-2007, 05:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Si_Chick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 23 Posts: 2,756 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hmm, that's some fuked up shit... There are two universities in the city I live in. The school I go to recently changed the rules about taking credits at the other school; it must be a required credit for your degree, along with some other conditions I'm sure. Also, we have semesters, as far as I know most schools here do, BUT each of the courses I take is worth 3 credits, whereas at other schools, even at the other one in this city, their system may be different, such as each course is worth 1.5 or 1 credit. My school also uses a GPA scale out of 10 and not 4, I've even recently seen one out of 9! They really need to standardize this sh*t!