What are quarters/trimesters/semesters?

[partygirluk]

Some U.S. schools want to know how long my courses lasted. In the UK we typically have two periods per year when you learn courses 1 from September-December one from January to April. May and June are used for exams. Every course I took lasted 1 or 2 of these periods. Is 1 of these periods a quarter, trimester or semester?

[nolanfan34]

Sounds like a semester, basically.

[Voltron87]

you cant figure this out on your own? good luck getting accepted into any institution of higher learning.

[partygirluk]

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Have you ever considered there is more to the world that the U.S? And that those countries have different languages and systems of education? FYI I asked a friend who is doing a masters in the U.S. and she said it was a quarter, yet the first respondent to my post said it was a semester so..................stfu

[Yeti]

Wow. Semester.

[partygirluk]

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Sounds like a semester, basically.

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Thank you sir.

[RunDownHouse]

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FYI I asked a friend who is doing a masters in the U.S. and she said it was a quarter

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Birds of a feather and all...

I get the feeling the former response was more of a criticism of your effort rather than a failure to overcome any sort of cultural barrier.

[Voltron87]

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you cant figure this out on your own? good luck getting accepted into any institution of higher learning.

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Have you ever considered there is more to the world that the U.S? And that those countries have different languages and systems of education? FYI I asked a friend who is doing a masters in the U.S. and she said it was a quarter, yet the first respondent to my post said it was a semester so..................stfu

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your friend is a [censored] idiot then. if you came from a non english speaking country then it wouldnt be a stupid question.

quarter- 4, tri- 3...

its a stupid reason to make a thread when you could easily google it and get the right answer if you were 100% sure.

[partygirluk]

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you cant figure this out on your own? good luck getting accepted into any institution of higher learning.

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Have you ever considered there is more to the world that the U.S? And that those countries have different languages and systems of education? FYI I asked a friend who is doing a masters in the U.S. and she said it was a quarter, yet the first respondent to my post said it was a semester so..................stfu

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your friend is a [censored] idiot then. if you came from a non english speaking country then it wouldnt be a stupid question.

quarter- 4, tri- 3...

its a stupid reason to make a thread when you could easily google it and get the right answer if you were 100% sure.

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Well over here we have 3 terms, but only 3 of them are for learning. The 3rd is also truncated. So is that a trimester or a semester?

[nolanfan34]

More importantly, I'm assuming you're needing to put this down to transfer credits or something. I'm guessing that you're better off putting down a semester, because more credits will transfer to US schools that way. The quarter system can really screw a transfer student if they're going to a semester college, IIRC.

[Yeti]

No, up until college you have three terms of learning.

At college and university you have two semesters of learning followed by an examination period.

You can't really apply terms from one to the other.

[MrTrik]

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No, up until college you have three terms of learning.

At college and university you have two semesters of learning followed by an examination period.

You can't really apply terms from one to the other.

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Not true at all.

Some colleges use what they call quarters. There are four a year obviously. But the fourth is summer term. Other colleges use the exact same terms but call them trimesters because they don't consider the summer term as part of their 'school year' even though they do offer it. I went to one of these colleges.

Colleges on the semester system have two terms between early fall and late spring. They typically do not include a summer session at all in this sort of designation even though they do offer it. I'm sure that there are exceptions.