@yogalife I agree there seems to be much consternation over the Summer Arch and questions as to its benefits. To me it appears to be generally beneficial, but it remains to be seen – I’ll write up something about my D’s experience once she’s in it. If your S has good internships for this summer, then I see no need for him to sign up for summer arch. Part of the reason why my D decided to do the Summer Arch was because she had started working on getting internships for this summer too late (due to being maxed out with school work and she kept putting it off), and because she felt it would be easier to get internships during the semester instead of the summer. I think CS internships are easier to come by than engineering ones.