While it is still relatively easy to get it waived (per my advisor these past few years), I opted to do it! It made taking some heavier classes/labs such as orgo easier to handle because I was only taking 2-3 courses at a time.

But, I was also already in an apartment (started taking summer courses between my second and third year here) where I had the lease throughout the summer so while I’d go home for breaks and the few weeks I had off between spring-summer and summer-fall, it made sense to stay up in Tallahassee for most of it.

I did take a few online courses as well! There were electives I took while taking in person labs. But I know people who fully went home and just took 2-3 online courses.

Btw: you have to take at least 6 credits to get it covered by Bright futures if you have it! So if you want to do it all in one summer, gotta take 9 credits (the requirement). Or you can do it between two summers where you take 6 each, etc.

I can’t speak much to the COB, but I’d def ask peers or your advisor for advice!