Workload of Post Bacc

[rangoon1984]

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Hi All,

I'm strongly considering Northwesterns Post Bacc. Northwestern is on quarters so it's divided up a little differently. Instead of the usual 2 classes + lab required for each set of pre reqs (ie Physics), Northwestern has 3 classes per subject (3 classes of physics would meet the requirements for med schools).

It's a different system than I am used to (I've always been on semesters) and I'm wondering if anyone has ever taken classes in quarters (even better, has anyone out there done Northwestern's post bacc) and how much of a workload it is vs. semesters. How many classes are advisable to take at once?

I was thinking of 3 classes at a time, but I'm not sure if that would be too much.

 

[NuttyEngDude]

the first time through school, i went through the quarter system. I took the same # of hours as I do now in semesters.

the only thing I didn't like about it was my friends from high school were on the semester system and i never got to see them around the same times 😛

sometimes i felt like we went extremely fast or not in depth enough compared to semester but really that depends more on the school or professor.

keep in mind that 3 quarters = 2 semesters when you are looking at pre-reqs. med schools want "a years worth" of physics, bio, chem, ochem, whether that be 3 quarters or 2 semesters. For me, I have to take a quarter of english because that only adds up to 2/3 of a years worth of english for my state school....so annoyed with that.