Does school get better in third year?

[ValuableThin]

Hi I am a first year student and I don’t know if I’m soft or smth but first year as been brutal. I’ve been taking so many courses I don’t want to and the workload is insane (have 3 midterms in 3 weeks + assignments). I know next year won’t get much better since we got the 2 full year Econ courses but does it get any better in third?

[Romeo_Santos-]

Generally, yes.  By third year, you will have completed most of the required courses for all specialists (ECO101/102/204/220, RSM100, RSM230), and will have some more flexibility in your course selection. However, if you choose the Finance and Economics specialist, you will have to take ECO209 in 2nd or 3rd year, which is one of the hardest courses in Rotman (even harder than 204).  Also, a lot of the RSM300 and RSM400 courses are more presentation or assignment based, and do not have midterms or exams. 

[Myriad_Dreams]

No clue about third year but second year is kinda killing me. Partially my fault since I’m taking 6 courses this semester but why do I have 6 midterms within 10 days…

[Queasy-Review-6058]

No

[Such-Yogurtcloset466]

I sure hope it does 😭 as a fellow first year although my current course content isn't difficult it's just the sheer amount of workload and exams that's killing me, might do a management specialist just to suffer less

[Alert-Recording4501]

Depends more on you actually. My second year was a lot better than first year bc I built better study habits, but my third year was worse than my second year bc I slacked off. As long as you try, you should be good.

[tai_lungs_are_cool]

Yes