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It varies. A lot.Harvard is blessed to have the resources and professors to offer 2400+ different undergraduate courses, and consequently there is a very wide range of difficulty and workload among different course schedules. There are many “general education” courses that require only about 3 hours a week of work outside the classroom, while others easily take the average student 20+ hours a week (according to the Harvard course evaluation system, the Q guide). The typical student takes 4 classes a semester, with some choosing to take 5.As freshmen, we were asked to estimate how many hours a week we would spend studying in college. The median response was in the upper 20s, which combined with about 15–20 hours of class a week gives about 40–50 hours spent on academics per week on average (see Class of 2018 By the Numbers for the full results). This is probably an underestimate, since courses at Harvard tend to turn out harder than one expects coming in (the physics department agrees; see answer to question 2 in FAQs: Introductory Courses).But as you can see in the most recent senior survey (The Harvard Crimson | Class of 2016 By the Numbers), extracurriculars and social life tend to be almost as important as academics to Harvard students. So while students at Harvard are definitely motivated academically and study hard, they also definitely strive to balance academics with other priorities.

Disclaimer: At the end of the day, ICAI is the boss.I am happy that finally there is a change and I have decided to stay happy by not thinking about possibilities beyond that, since at the end of the day …The change was long awaited and over due as well. It has been a decade since the last major change in syllabus. In a Profession like Chartered Accountants, this is like trying to file Returns for FY 2014–15 in FY 2017–18. On the contrary, Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India (ICMAI) has already resolved to bring New syllabus, every four years. This is not just a resolution, but also very smoothly implemented plan, as ICMAI shifted from Syllabus 2008 to Syllabus 2012 and now Syllabus 2016, trying to keep its syllabus up to date with the trends.Before someone confuses New Syllabus with Devil’s curse, let me explain why changing syllabus is for the benefit of all, with no hardship involved.As I have explained in the past, New Syllabus will be applicable only to students who register for CPT, IPCC or Final after 30th June.For Students who have already registered or will have already registered by 30th June, for any particular level - New Syllabus will applicable to them for the next level.For existing IPCC students, Final will be under new syllabus, similarly for exisiting CPT students, Intermediate & Final will be under new syllabus. The syllabus is not dependent on your exam attempt but your course registration date.So please understand, there is no impact on the efforts that you have already made, books that you have bought or classes that you have joined.Changing course syllabus keeps the students up to date with the trends in the profession, which directly affects their employability. Else, companies would have to invest heavily in training of such Chartered Accountants and they might start considering alternatives.Besides, even ISCA subject has been dropped, IT subject has been streamlined. So if any of the above reasons doesn’t seem acceptable, atleast this would be.On one hand students cry for not getting well paid jobs, and then they also curse ICAI for making any change in the syllabus. “Chit bhi meri, patt bhi meri” (Heads is mine, tails too) will not work in your benefit. So, it is highly important to keep changing the Syllabus as per trends.For beginners, refer New Syllabus[1] & Old Syllabus[2][3] through footnote links.CPC BECOMES FOUNDATIONMore Accounts, Nightmare for Science Stream Students - Good move.Earlier Accounts was for 60 marks, now 100 marks. The increase in marks is coupled with some IPCC topics like Average Due Date, Accounting from Incomplete Records & Financial Statements of Non Profit Organization being introduced at Foundation level. This further strengthens the base for Accounting and for students joining from Science stream, this could be a nightmare.No restriction on other medium students, but learn English before you join CA course - Highly appreciative move.This is what the second paper’s structure says, Law for 60 marks with 40 marks General English. Limited Liability Partnership Act & Introduction to Companies Act has been added to the Foundation level. General English covers Articles, Reports, Emails, Formal Letters, Grammar, Comprehension, Anonymns, Synonyms, etc. Basically, the 10th / 12th standard English subject, compressed into a zip file. Another good move. One reason why many CA students lacked good English skills because there was no restriction on which medium school or college you come from. There is still no restriction, but ICAI has closed that loophole by introducing English. So Non-English medium students will now have to learn English properly and in-depth, before entering CA course.More Mathematics to keep students out of CA course - Good moveMathematics & Statistics has been expanded into a full 100 marks subject rather than the 50 marks zip version. Now this subject is value for study, as earlier too many topics were for too less marks. There is also a 20 marks logical reasoning included. While Mathematics & Statistics may not be extensively useful in CA profession, the knowledge of the same ensures strong reasoning & logical thinking capacity, which is highly important while auditing. This subject will also ensure students do not pass CA foundation in bulk quantity as before, but a check on the same can be maintained.Improved Understanding of Business - Requesting practical questionsEconomics is same as before, with 10 additional marks and Business Cycles as additional topic. Business & Commercial Knowledge is a wonderful subject added, only if the questions are more practical. The best part of this subject syllabus is the following part - “Students are expected to read atleast one financial newspaper and one business magazine.” Wow! This line says a lot. So question paper may contain some practical questions about ongoing issues. If this is true, then it would be a really great move.No more MCQs in Accounting, Law & English. Negative marking for Economics, Statistics & Mathematics - Great moveAccounting, Law & English are some important subjects which test the writing skills of the students. While Mathematics, Statistics, Economics & Commercial Knowledge is merely objective. Usually all subjects are tested at the same standard, however, ICAI took the brave decision of distinguishing the standard of evaluation for different subjects at the same level. This will definitely improve the competitiveness of the Chartered Accountants. Negative marking is same as before. It keeps answering merely by guess i.e. randomness of answering under check.IPCC BECOMES INTERMEDIATEShifting of Accounting Topics - Nothing special hereSome topics of Accounting have been shifted to Foundation while some topics have been borrowed from Advanced Accounting. Good thing is including all Accounting Standards in Accounting & Advanced Accounting subjects leaving behind only advanced issues for Final level. This will help students during articleship.Inclusion of useful topics at early stage in Law - Good moveTopics like interpretation of statutes, drafting deeds & documents, etc. have been included at Intermediate level itself. Consumer laws & brief introductions to labour laws has also been included. This ensures that the student is not completely blank about interpretations & legal documents. With this knowledge student can further build on with the practical knowledge he/she obtains. Certainly, Intermediate level has been designed keeping Articleship in mind and this is certainly a change for good.Learn the entire Costing all at once - Eat with two spoons nowThere’s one extra subject at Intermediate level, as Costing and Financial Management have been split into two 100 marks paper. The earlier Costing syllabus was certainly not enough for 100 marks paper, so now entire Costing i.e. the Costing at IPCC and Costing at Final level, both have been accomodated in one subject. I am doubtful, how good this move would be. Students have faced difficulties in Costing even at Final level because of multiple methods that can be used. Introducing such difficulty at Intermediate level is a big burden on students. All of this to insert one additional subject at Final level. Keep reading.Tax Subject is same as before. - Too much for too less.I still feel and this is with respect to all three ICAI, ICSI and ICMAI - either select certain chapters of tax laws or make them two different subjects. This is too much to read for so less marks, especially Direct Taxes which is a vast subject. Since ICAI’s motive is to accomodate more & more subjects in the syllabus, this is a move that they have made. As we know, at the end of the day …Advanced Accounting looks like dead end of Accounting - Not sureICAI has included Guidance notes in Advanced Accounting. There are only 5 other topics in Advanced Accounting which means each Guidance Note will now be tested in much deeper sense. In my opinion, it is too early to introduce Guidance notes. The syllabus of Foundation or Group 1 Accounts could have been spread over and shared with Group II Accounts, but ICAI seems to have decided something. I am adding an attention flag, it doesn’t seem appropriate.Audit subject seems quite improved in content - Very Good Move.The Auditing subject under the old course was too simple & pointless. Now the subject has been divided into topics as we have in Audit Plans. This is a significant improvement from the old syllabus as now it seems to include more practical subjects. We will only know how much they have improved the subject when the books are published, but as of now, looking at the topics, it looks convincing.Business Economics seems repetitive - Not so good moveFinancial Management is same as before, and now it feels like the only subject which is true value for marks. There is no cramming of topics in this subject and 60 marks is appropriate. However, the balance 40 marks Business Economics is like History of Finance & India Economy, which is good stuff, but these topics are already covered in Class 11th & 12th. Students already get the basic knowledge of Economics before CA course, so Business Economics seems repetitive. Again this would be a purely theoretical subject from the syllabus, a big question mark here.IT subject streamlined, SM same as before - That’s awesome!In original draft syllabus, ICAI had kept Information Technology subject in tact, but they have now streamlined the subject. As you can see the name is now “Business Information Systems”, thus, certain topics from ISCA will be introduced in IT subject. Only topics which are really very relevant have been retained. Strategic Management has been kept in tact. I wish there are more Case Laws in both IT and SM, it would have made subject more relevant. In CMA course, there are case laws from industry mentioned in Study Material, for students to understand concepts practically which are not asked in exams. I hope ICAI either now or later introduces such case laws.FINAL STAYS FINALFinancial Reporting has fewer topics, means more difficult- Not sureThe syllabus of Financial Reporting stays same except for exclusion of certain topics and shifting them to Intermediate level. Now although looking at syllabus, a student may think of it as a scoring subject, I feel the Financial Reporting subject will get more tougher because the topics which have been eliminated were the easier ones. This seems like a Lion’s den to me. Accident prone zone. Guidance Notes are going to bring in tough questions.Financial Management now looks interesting - Very Good moveThe old syllabus didn’t cover valuation in depth. Now there is an entirely new chapter on valuations. Besides, introduction of Islamic Finance is a great move. It would be an interesting topic to read, not sure about exam questions, as they would probably be theoretical. Interest rate risk management has been added considering the need of hour. The syllabus seems better, but I expect inclusion of Practical case studies like ICMAI modules which helps in understanding the practical aspects which students cannot learn in articleship.Advanced Auditing subject seems same - Requesting Case StudiesAdvanced Auditing subject has only been consolidated in a better manner. The subject under old syllabus lacked case studies and I feel the same would happen in new course as well. The way we learn Auditing and the way we apply in real world is different and this gap can only be filled in by Case Studies. Dear ICAI, Auditing is our key subject. Please include Case Studies here, make it more difficult but more practical so that it guides in real life situations as well.Allied Laws is like ‘Yeh bhi padhlo, woh bhi padhlo’ - Worst moveEither increase the weightage of Allied Laws or reduce the number of laws. ICAI did neither of them, but only included more laws without improving the weightage. This subject looks so crammed up. It was already so crammed up, and now they further added more laws to it. Now there are 17 Laws for 30 marks! I won’t say a word further about this, since you know, at the end of the day …Strategic Cost Management & Performance Evaluation, Copy cats! This war between ICMAI & ICAI is getting hotter - Great moveThis is an open war with ICMAI. In Cost & Management Accountant course, you have exactly the same subject at Final level with same name and same topics. This subject is certainly introduced to keep competition with ICMAI in check. This is great subject, in my opinion. It was the biggest difference between CA and CMA course which has now been eliminated. This subject might be partially practical and partially theory. Quantitative techniques have been reduced to four topics which is a good move. I wonder, would ICAI and ICMAI merge in future? They are eating each other’s scope, crossing the lines & raiding territories. When will this war come to an end!ISCA teachers go Jobless; Faith in ICAI restored - Legendary move!In draft curriculum, ISCA was retained with some relevant topics only. However, in Final Draft, they have removed the entire subject and introduced concept of ‘Elective Paper’. This is an absolutely welcome move. The choices in elective paper are nice. In future we may have more elective papers being introduced as per need. Now ISCA is covered in Advanced ICITSS course where ISCA would be an Online / OMR exam with multiple choice questions. ISCA wasn’t entirely relevant, hence they move the important topics to IT subject in Intermediate and some parts to the ICITSS course where I believe it won’t be too difficult. Now we will have Chartered Accountants with one specialization area. This is the future we were talking about. Hatsoff to ICAI, people in committee who stood for this suggestion.Direct Taxes is now more Comprehensive - Good moveThere is now a separate section for International Taxation which is actually very important. The 70 marks syllabus for Direct Taxes is same as before, however, I expect now questions would be more advanced and related to Assessment procedures as the Basic part has been covered in Intermediate level. Direct Taxes subject will require more practical knowledge, case laws would become important. Simple calculation questions won’t be asked.GST is the New Subject - Not ICAI, it’s Ex-FM Jaitley’s good move!The credit for this subject cannot be given to ICAI. It truly belongs to Arun Jaitley’s thoughtfulness and approach. GST is going to be effective soon and the new syllabus will include GST. There is nothing to worry about, as one GST law for 70 marks means many simple questions will also be asked. I am pretty sure, the first few attempts will see, many simple papers. Subject will be easier to pass & score than the other subjects especially because the syllabus isn’t vast and nor difficult. The Law is new and therefore, there aren’t as many complications as in case of Excise. Further, very few case laws would be applicable for first few years, almost negligible.OTHER CHANGESISCA exists, but in a different manner - Good moveThere has been a lot of confusion over ISCA subject, but the above picture will guide you. ISCA is not a theoretical subject anymore, nor it is part of CA Final. It is now a part of AICITSS course as a MCQ pattern paper. This exam will be similar to the old ITT exams, however, with a significant change in the syllabus.You can switch to New Course at any time - As expectedAs mentioned in above FAQ 41, you are allowed to switch over to new course at any point of time if you wish to. Probably the option would exist in the Examination Form that you fill up.Pass any Group of Articleship - A move for benefit of students.You can pass any Group of Intermediate, complete ICITSS training and start Articleship i.e. even after passing Group II, you can start Articleship.Combining IT Training & GMCS - Good move.ITT, Orientation & GMCS have been combined to form ICITSS and Advanced ICITSS. The first one has to be done prior to Articleship, while the other one in last two years of articleship.Final exam 2.5 years rule retained same as before - Good decisionIn Draft rules, it was mentioned, final exams can be given only after completing entire 3 years training. However, ICAI has after re-thinking, restored the rule to same as before i.e. after 2.5 years you can give your final exams.Alert! Irrespective of your Registration, ITT/Orientation/GMCS will be under New ICITSS course only - owing to administrative reasonsEven if you are registered under old course and you have not completed your GMCS or Orientation & ITT course by 30th June, you will be required to pursue ICITSS course instead of existing courses.Conclusion: Almost all remarks are appreciative. See why I am happy. There is change and the change is good. This is something that everyone will accept. The only problem here is, we are human beings. We have a lot of expectations. Our expectations have no boundaries and therefore, the more we think, the more we will be discontent. I feel happy that atleast some appropriate changes have been done. There can be so many more changes that we could imagine, but the Expert committee does consist of Experts who would have considered everything. No point in pondering over what could have been done or what should have been done, since at the end of the day …Friends who feel there could have been more changes or better changes - Yes, maybe you are right. However, let’s first appreciate the changes that have come after waiting for a decade and stay happy with what’s happening, instead of bothering over something that is not happening or not going to happen atleast in next few years.Edit 1 : The answer has been updated to reflect changes between draft curriculum & final curriculum. Feel free to ask queries about New curriculum in comments. If queries are personal, visit my profile for contact details.Related queries[1] In the CA final paper 6, which subject will have better career options?[2] What is the most significant change in new curriculum of the CA course?[3] Who will be most adversely affected by the new curriculum of CA course?Footnotes[1] http://resource.cdn.icai.org/45557bos35643.pdf[2] http://resource.cdn.icai.org/45099bos35101cpc.pdf[3] http://resource.cdn.icai.org/45100bos35101ipc.rar

Not the schools on the Common App - I think all of them require a transcript to be submitted with the application because the application form has space only for current or most recent courses.For domestic applicants, many schools use SSAR. For example, UF - University of Florida uses self-reported record SSAR FAQs - University of FloridaThe Student Self-Reported Academic Record (SSAR)SSAR is the student self-reported academic record that lists the courses and associated grades that have been attempted, or will be attempted, for high school and/or college credit. It replaces the high school and college transcripts used by the Office of Admissions during the initial review process. All freshman applicants, with a few exceptions, will enter their courses and grades in the SSAR. The SSAR should be submitted and linked with your application by December 1.How can I make sure my SSAR is accurate?Accuracy is very important in the completion of your SSAR. Thus, you are advised to have a copy of your high school transcript available to use as a reference when you create your SSAR. If you are admitted to UF and choose to enroll, you will be required to submit an official final transcript to the Office of Admissions by July 31.When do I send my official high school and college (if dual enrolled) transcripts?Only applicants offered admission will be required to submit official high school and college transcripts after graduation. These transcripts will be used to validate the information on the SSAR. Students with inaccurate SSARs will be contacted and their admission is subject to revocation and, if discovered after classes begin, cancellation of registration. Final transcripts must be received by July 31.BUT international applicants are allowed to submit SSAR only if you will be completing or have completed secondary school in an institution that follows a U.S. grading system. The others are required to submit a credential evaluation report.Credential EvaluationFreshman applicants are required to submit secondary and college or university credentials from non-U.S. institutions to a credential evaluation agency for a course-by-course evaluation with grade point average calculation. Companies offering these evaluation services include:Academic Evaluation ServicesEducational Credential EvaluatorsJosef Silny & Associates Inc., International Education ConsultantsIf using the Josef Silny & Associates, please refer to the UF application on their site.UF also recommends any member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.International admissions International - University of Florida.Whatever the reasons are why you can’t or don’t want to submit your transcript with your application, I really doubt though that any legit US college would accept an international applicant on the base of self-reported coursework, unless the high school they attend is some kind of officially recognized English curriculum school that the college has in their trusted database.