It is finally May, you are finished with your finals and looking forward to another great summer, getting ready for your summer jobs or internships, and preparing for your summer classes. Wait, what? Yes you heard correctly, summer classes. Here at Bentley summer courses are a great part of the Bentley community, but I am sure you are thinking to yourself, why would anyone want to take a class during the summer. Personally, as a student I believe that there are three reasons as to why students would want to take classes at Bentley during the summer.
The first reason I feel students take summer classes at Bentley is to get a jump start on their courses, which could translate into them starting their master’s program a semester or even a year earlier. Here at Bentley if you are accepted into the Master’s Candidate Program you have the opportunity to take graduate courses during your fall and spring semester’s senior year, which gives you the opportunity to finish your graduate degree earlier than most. Also, if you finish your graduate degree ahead of time you are able to start working full-time earlier, which means you start making money earlier (and as students we cannot deny we all enjoy making money). It sounds like a great plan to me! If you are willing to sacrifice a couple weeks out of each summer to take some courses to get ahead on your work to become more financially independent earlier then where can I sign up?
The second reason I feel students take summer courses at Bentley is because it can free up your schedule in the fall and spring semester. Why would students want to do this? Easy, if a student is able to take four classes a semester, as opposed to five, it opens up the door for them to be more involved on campus, be able to manage an internship throughout the semester, and/or focus more time towards your academics. As a student who has taken four classes during a semester I was able to continue my internship from the summer, focus a lot more on my classes which resulted in making the dean’s list, and I was able to get involved in many different clubs and organizations around campus. From a student perspective, taking summer classes to enjoy a possible internship during the year, get better grades, and become a more well-rounded student all sound like positives to me.
Finally, the third reason I feel that Bentley students take summer classes is because there are certain courses offered in the summer that aren’t always offered in the fall or spring semester. This is something I can fully attest to seeing as I was fortunate enough to take a coastal geology course of Cape Cod during the May weekend intensive. The best part about this course was that it was actually on Cape Cod, yes Cape Cod. For a week I was able to fully learn about many various natural causes that are affecting not only our coastlines in Cape Cod, but our coastlines all around the world. It was one of the most eye-opening courses that I have taken during my time as a student here at Bentley and I believe that truly says a lot about the professors teaching the course, as well as the hands-on learning you are receiving while out there. Oh, also I forgot to mention that it was 70 degrees and sunny all week, plus we got to travel to some of the most beautiful beaches in the Cape. Aside from it being extremely educational, it wasn’t a bad place to be for a week either.
As a student who is currently taking classes during the summer, I think it is definitely worth sacrificing a few weeks out of the summer to do this because it can only better you as a student. So next summer when classes are ending in May, log into My Bentley and enroll in a course or two for the summer. From my perspective, you won’t regret it.
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