<p>I'd like to visit some schools in late august, so which schools (out of the more selective ones) begin in mid-late august? thanks</p>
<p>i think usc is late august</p>
<p>UIUC starts the 23rd of August.</p>
<p>A lot of schools begin in late August.</p>
<p>Those in the quarter system don't start until September though.</p>
<p>My school (Rice) started orientation around Aug 14 last year and classes started on the 21st. But this year it's moving forward about a week. But you shouldn't have a problem finding schools starting in late August.</p>
<p>What kind of schools are you looking for? What geographic regions are you willing to go to in order to visit?</p>
<p>UCLA = Late Sept
UCB = End of August</p>
<p>Upenn, Duke, NU, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Brown, Uchicago?</p>
<p>Don't go to Stanford then because it starts in late September :)</p>
<p>God bless the Quarter/Trimester System, and the awkward vacations they give us!</p>
<p>UVa starts Aug. 23rd as well, but students move in beforehand.</p>
<p>UGA - August 16th - first day of classes - always early</p>
<p>Chicago, Stanford, Northwestern, and Dartmouth all start late because they're on what's called the quarter system. Basically, the calendar looks something like this:</p>
<p>late September: fall quarter begins (2.5 months)
early December: finals, then winter break
early January: winter quarter begins (another 2.5 months)
mid March: finals, then spring break
late March: spring quarter begins (you get the idea)
mid June: finals, followed by the mysterious "summer quarter"</p>
<p>The University of Chicago was the first school to do this back in the 1930s and after a few years a few other schools followed suit. It's not as bad as it sounds because the courses are designed to be 10 weeks, not 15 weeks long, and you get to take a greater variety of classes before you graduate.</p>