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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]

IMO the calendar issue is being blown up for most internships.  Kid don't always have a final for every class.  In fact my DC usually only has 1, the rest being STEM projects or papers that can be turned in early.  So that accounts for about half of a two week overlap and anecdotally I haven't heard of any instances where a company won't work with that.  These are just internships.  The point for a company is to get early exposure to potentially great full time hires.  It is a little more complicated for a kid to work out but as an employer wouldn't you like a kid that can negotiate through a schedule conflict?  The exception, as earlier pointed out by another poster, is probably government programs.  Sometimes the major IBs with huge internship classes - I do know of one family that flew their kid back to school for a final.   It does usually mean they have to take their vacations after, not before, internships.[/quote]

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