In their case, preparation took the form of intensive classes in everything from adolescent behavior to household budgeting.

Most come to school during the day, for intensive English classes, only after being turned away from their neighborhood high school.

Most undergraduates must take four "writing intensive" classes (20 pages of written work in each); engineering students take two.

Students take four intensive classes every term and most classes last for one or two terms.

Diann Lynch, a nurse who coordinates the intensive class, said about a dozen students took it annually.

You have 10 hours of classes a day, and two hours of intensive class by yourself.

This is a fifteen week intensive pre-release class that is held three hours for five days a week.

A year later, McKee opened the course to the public, giving a 3-day, 30-hour intensive class to sold-out audiences around the world.

"I'll be able to participate in outside theater groups, but will never get the intensive classes and training that Boces offers."

After four weeks of intensive Italian classes, I felt almost like a Roman!