08-23-2003, 02:59 PM
Most colleges around here start Monday. Private colleges, CSU's (Northridge, San Diego State, CalPoly, etc.), and junior colleges start Monday on a semester system, two semesters for an academic year. Most UC's (UCLA, UCSB, etc.) start on September 22 on the quarter system, which has three quarters for an academic year, with an optional summer. The quarters are 10 weeks long and move rather quickly, it's just a different style. The only UC that I know uses the semester system would be Berkeley (Cal for all you sports fans). So yeah... that's why I start much later than most.