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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matchstick" data-source="post: 3531676" data-attributes="member: 217">It can be difficult.  I was an English major, so it wasn't nearly as bad for me.  I've always explained it as immersion learning.  Using your subject example you're in the classroom for calculus up to four hours each weekday for three and a half weeks (17.5 days, professors are required to have the final done by noon on the 18th day).  Generally it's split into 9-11 and 1-3 each day.  I'm figuring pretty close to the max though because it's calc, many classes don't meet that much.  I had a philosophy class that met 1-3 on Mon, Wed, Fri (that was a great block)!You have no other classes to worry about, and each professor only teaches one class at a time, so he/she can focus on just that class.You're immersed in whatever it is you're learning, whether it be differential equations, Shakespeare's comedies, Biology of the Horse, or a Music class.  It can be difficult, but with everyone concentrating on that one class there's resources to help if you feel you're falling behind.  Classmates and professor certainly.  It's a fantastic way to go for language majors, or for learning languages.  Even maths can be good if you can get the right classes in the right order.I can remember my roomate (physics/math major) having DiffEq with three other guys on our floor.  They would do 4 hours of class a day, take a break til after supper, and then get together in someone's room and do the homework from 7 til whenever they finished.  It wasn't easy, but it was effective.A schedule like this also allows for something like the Shakespeare's Comedies class, where the class, in addition to papers and classroom study, puts on one of Shakespeare's comedies on the last weekend of the block (the pre-finals weekend).  I did this and it was an untouchable collegiate experience.  Class from 9-11, rehearsal/set building/costuming from 1-3, and then more of the same from 7-whenever.  I'm sure I put in 9 hours a day for that class, and loved every minute.  It was a great cross-section of students, and a real bonding experience.  No way could you do that in a college with normal scheduling.  Sadly the professor that used to run that class passed away a few years ago.  I'm not sure if the class still exists or not, I sure hope it does.  If it does I would recommend it whole heartedly for anyone going there, English major or not.Oh, and yeah the almost hidden bonus in the One Course at a Time is the block breaks.  Imagine having a 4.5 day weekend EVERY MONTH of your college career.  Nice!  Oh, and there's nine blocks in a year, but you only have to take eight classes, so you can take a month off if you want/need!  Imagine having six weeks of vacation for Christmas, or a month off around Spring Break!  I did this at the end of my Junior year, my early availability helped me get an internship.That's why I think it's SO much less stressful.  No juggling of classes, resources for help available and encouraged, and a small vacation every month.  It's a crazy good way to go to college.</blockquote>

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