Question about online application, Help please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Sorry, if this has been covered before, but
on the online application where you list the schools you've attended, i dont understand how to do the following..</p>

<p><specialized curriculum="" year-round="" information="">
If you participated in specialized curricular programs in high school, check as many boxes as apply. You may provide details about your involvement in your personal statement, if desired. </specialized></p>

<p>Magnet
Academy
Year-round (specific track:__________________)
Homeschool
Independent study</p>

<p>What is magnet, academy... and year-round?</p>

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<p>Those are types of schools, specifically types of special curricular programs that certain schools have.</p>

<p>If you did year-round schooling, attended an academy or a magnet school or program, then you check the boxes I suppose.</p>

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<p>If you don't know what Magnet and Academy schools are, chances are you are not attending one and would put down year-round. I believe public and private high schools would go under this category (unless they were magnet/academy).</p>

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<p>here is the link to the wikipedia article that explains year-round schools:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_round_school%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_round_school&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>my school doesn't fit into any of those categories, so i just didn't mark anything. it is optional anyway.</p>

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...put down year-round. I believe public and private high schools would go under this category

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<p>I don't think that's right. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.</p>

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<p>thanks for your replies
so...just to clarify.. are most schools (without special curriculums) Single-track Year-round?</p>

<p>since it says

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Single-Track calendars — As with traditional calendars (all single track calendars are modified traditional calendars), all students attend school during the same intervals, and share the same scheduled breaks.

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in the wikipedia link above...</p>

<p>and what is Academy? (just wondering...)</p>

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Whether on a single- or multi-track schedule, students attend school for a prescribed length of time and then have a vacation. Common schedules are 7 to 12 weeks of school, followed by a 1-3 week break. Summer vacations are shortened to as little as 4 weeks in order to support the added breaks throughout the year.

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<p>most schools are not year round and follow the traditional system.</p>