Is it possible to do summer school in August at Mac? I plan on taking Orgo I. The reason I want to do it in August as opposed to May is so I can lease an apartment from August 2011 - April of 2012. If I take Orgo in May, I don't know where I'll be able to stay for 1 month (can you lease for 1 month? lol).

Any suggestions on this? :S

idk what you mean by august... there's no summer school in august.

Originally Posted by Strategy

Is it possible to do summer school in August at Mac? I plan on taking Orgo I. The reason I want to do it in August as opposed to May is so I can lease an apartment from August 2011 - April of 2012. If I take Orgo in May, I don't know where I'll be able to stay for 1 month (can you lease for 1 month? lol).

Any suggestions on this? :S

orgo 1 is offered in the first term of summer and orgo 2 is offered in the second term and the second term is done within the first week of aug.

you might be able to sublet an appt from someone for one month?

I don't see why you can't sublet for one month, if you look hard enough. Or maybe get an apartment? Also, you can't take orgo in august. You have to take the first part Chem 2OA3 before you can take 2OB3. And that's only offered in the Spring Term (Starts in May and ends in mid-June) and only after that can you enroll in 2OB3 (Starts from the end of June I believe with exams in the first week of August or so.)

Thanks for the info guys

For those of you who ave taken organic chemistry in the summer (both orgo I and orgo II), can you explain what the schedule was like? (in terms of lectures, tutorials, and labs).

I can't find anything like this at all on the internet, sorry :/ I'm just trying to see if I could maybe commute during the entire summer (I live 40 minutes away from Mac).

where can i see the courses available for summer school ? and how long is it anyway

Originally Posted by Juve

where can i see the courses available for summer school ? and how long is it anyway

I looked and it says the schedule is not posted yet. It will be available in March.

Originally Posted by Strategy

Thanks for the info guys

For those of you who ave taken organic chemistry in the summer (both orgo I and orgo II), can you explain what the schedule was like? (in terms of lectures, tutorials, and labs).

I can't find anything like this at all on the internet, sorry :/ I'm just trying to see if I could maybe commute during the entire summer (I live 40 minutes away from Mac).

I've taken the two first year Chems (1A03 and AA3) in the summer and I'm pretty sure Orgo is run the same way. A summer school course is usually only two days a week (either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays) and each lecture is 3 hours (usually 9am-12pm). Theres one lab a week and the lab is offered three different days of the week, same goes for tutorials. I usually pick a lab and tutorial that are on the same days as my lectures so I don't have to come to Mac another day because I commute.

Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by Juve

where can i see the courses available for summer school ? and how long is it anyway

Schedule for Spring/Summer 2011 comes out in March still.

As for structure of lectures, it's 2 days a week, each is a 3-hour lecture. Last summer, it was 6-9 PM. And then there's a 3-hour lab everyweek, I believe the labs are offered 3-5 days a week at a specific time, I think last year it was 1:30-4:30, and tutorials are also offered several days, probably before or after labs..

PS- If you go to the Master timetable here: https://adweb.cis.mcmaster.ca /mtt/ and look at the dropdown menu under "session" you can see how the schedule was like in Spring/Summer 2010.

Very helpful everyone! If its only 2 days a week, I might as well just commute It's only 40 minutes one way

Originally Posted by Strategy

Very helpful everyone! If its only 2 days a week, I might as well just commute It's only 40 minutes one way

If that's the case, then it would be much cheaper to just commute. I have a friend who took summer school and commuted (1.5 hours each way) and it was fine , plus you get to stay at home .

Originally Posted by Strategy

Very helpful everyone! If its only 2 days a week, I might as well just commute It's only 40 minutes one way

As Sara said, commuting isn't that bad. I've got a 30 minute (with the reliability of the GO buses, it's usually 10-15 minutes above that, if not more) commute - it can be tough during the year, but you shouldn't have any problems with 30-40 minutes in the summer.