"In some ways, it was superior [to Cal State]because the name always tends to attract reallymotivated people," Kanotz says.

On the other hand, some students-especiallythose enrolled in language courses-seem to havefound their expectations of intense workloadsfrighteningly accurate.

"I thought the courses would be a lot easier,but it's very intense," says Helen M. Kim, who inSeptember will start her senior year at ParkwayNorth High School it St. Louis.

But Kim says there is a definite difference-atleast in terms of workload-between her classes inpsychology and Japanese.

"I guess that language courses are different,"she says.

But Kim says she "didn't expect to study somuch over the summer."

The intensity of her workload has influencedher overall evaluation of the program, Kim says.Asked if she would have attended summer school ifshe knew in the spring what she knows now, Kimsays, "I don't know if I would do it again."

"It was a cool experience," she says. "But I'venever studied so much before."

Virginia Makeris, a summer student from Greecewho will also be entering her senior year of highschool, says she is taking elementary Spanish.

She describes the course as "not difficult,just time-consuming."

"It's a lot more work than I thought it wouldbe," Makeris says.

But summer school students intimidated byintense work levels aren't just drawn from theranks of foreign language classes.

Gen Chijiiwa, who will start his senior year ofhigh school in Germany next year, is takingArchaeology and Film Psychoanalysis.

And those classes are more work than heexpected, Chijiiwa says.

"I was surprised at the amount of reading wehad to do," Chijiiwa says.