# Free! Free! Free! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443 "2005-04-08T18:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443/21 "2005-04-16T16:50:25Z")
Woohoo! Congrats, **Kythereia** and **Jayn**!!! Damn, you guys get out early for uni - are you on quarters or something? When does the fall semester start? E. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443/22 "2005-04-16T17:43:45Z")
No, I’m not on quarters. Fall semester is the day after the first Wednesday in September until the end of the first week of December. Winter is beginning of January until the end of the first week of April (Roughly four months each, with exams). Both are followed by a two week exam period. I just happened to luck out this semester and have only one exam during the actual exam period–on the first day. However, I did have three final exams, two term papers and a short assignment the last week of semester, which was a wee bit stressful. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443/23 "2005-04-16T18:15:41Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > No, I’m not on quarters. Fall semester is the day after the first Wednesday in September until the end of the first week of December. Winter is beginning of January until the end of the first week of April (Roughly four months each, with exams). Both are followed by a two week exam period. I just happened to luck out this semester and have only one exam during the actual exam period–on the first day. However, I did have three final exams, two term papers and a short assignment the last week of semester, which was a wee bit stressful. Ah, okay. Makes sense. Most of the schools I’ve been to have a longer vacation in January and don’t start until mid-or-late January, so that would account for the time. Fall semester sounds right. And yikes - I remember those days. Those were the nights of pizza and Taco Bell, Coke and fans to keep us awake. I don’t envy you. E. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443/24 "2005-04-16T23:10:20Z")
You absolute bastards! I’ve got five finals, three SOLs, and one AP (at the very end, naturally)! I hate you all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-free-free/298443.md?page=1)