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[quote=Anonymous]It’s great for the right person. I did semesters as an undergrad and trimesters at Dartmouth for my MBA. Semesters aren’t good for procrastinators and if you make some bad course selections, it is a very long 4 months. Trimesters are good if you train yourself to not procrastinate, but for complex courses or ones with heavy reading and writing loads, they can move a bit too fast.

It’s really important to choose experienced professors for trimester classes, because the worst possible scenario is a guest professor from a semester institution trying to compress their syllabus into a trimester.

Regarding Dartmouth’s undergrad schedule: I have a lot of friends who are alumni and they loved it. It was easier for them to get certain competitive internships (especially in DC and in NYC/LA) during winter or spring term. Finance can be a little tricky depending on how traditional of a path someone wants to take. But I know enough people who did the investment banking route that it can’t be impossible. [/quote]

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