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[quote=Anonymous]It really depends on how many courses are taken.  The advice is usually to start with 3 per quarter in freshmen year to acclimate.  However, I don't believe my kid was unusual in taking 4.  The thought being it would leave him room to drop whichever one he didn't like.  It never happened though and there were quarters I thought he was burning too many candles between studies, ECs and recruiting.  But he apparently didn't.  The university now allows up to 5 classes per quarter which leads me to believe there is demand for that pace.  My kid could graduate junior year and that's with two majors.  He is not alone in that.  Many of his friends are in the same position and interspersing their last two years with travel abroad and internships or adding a masters degree.  I don't know how these kids do it.  However, this isn't everyone.  There are kids who basically take 3 classes and have a lot of down time. The key is that the quarter system allows the flexibility to pace the undergraduate experience they way they want.  I would say the only down side is if you get sick, it's tough to catch up.  But I think there are options to drop or take an incomplete.[/quote]

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