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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one child in the quarter system, it seems to be nonstop stress. Wish I could have persuaded DC to go to a semester school. And good luck finding an internship that will wait for your DC to arrive in June :([/quote]

There are schools in semester systems that don’t get done until end of May. UMCP being one of them. May 17th is their final day.

Here is WPI calendar. They get done end of April or first few days of May depending on year. 
https://www.wpi.edu/sites/default/files/docs/Admissions-Aid/Admissions/UG_18-19-26888098ca8740d8836f28e174b7b268.pdf

Quarter system has nothing to do with start/end dates. I don’t think U Chicago has a good calendar at all, but other Q colleges do. [/quote]Most STEM internships DC looked at started early June till early August, school in the quarter system doesn't let out till mid-June and re-starts late Sept[/quote]

Wrong. Look again. WPI finishes in late April/early May and goes back in the early to mid Aug 20’s. Plenty of time.

First Quarter - 7 weeks
Fall Break - 11 days
Second Quarter - 7 weeks 
Winter Break - 3.5 weeks 
Third Quarter - 7 weeks 
Spring Break - 9 days 
Fourth Quarter - 7 weeks 
Summer - all of May, June, July, and more than half of August.  Companies love the time. You can actually do a summer co-op

The 7 week summer semester from May to mid June is OPTIONAL. Same as the 5 week option in July.

Again, not all quarter based colleges are the same.

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