<p>Do most students go to Winter Term? Is there are requirement to attend? How do freshmen decide whether to do Winter Term or not?</p>
<p>I went to a small liberal arts college that had a winter term that was required 3 of the 4 years. Is it like that or is it completely independent of the college requirements?</p>
<p>Pima...what about ROTC students...do you know if the ROTC units pay for winter classes?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>There is no requirement to attend. Most students do not go to winter term, I think typically the ones that do are repeating a course or finishing up. I believe the majority of students come from other colleges.</p>
<p>I do not believe ROTC will pay for it, because they pay a flat amount for the yr, and there is a requirement that it is considered full time. I don’t think you can pull 15 credits for that semester.</p>
<p>Also ROTC has the additional requirement of the unit class, which is not in session at that time.</p>
<p>I don’t think most go for winter terms. Not much is really offered and that does reflect how many people take it. It’s not required but people do take them to catch up, get ahead or stay on track with their majors</p>
<p>Last year, D1 was considering doing a “study abroad” session for Winter term, since she really can’t do an entire semester abroad with her planned schedule/majors, etc. She was planning to go to Berlin, but the only class that she was interested in was taught in English. She ended up going to Germany, staying with friends, visiting relatives, talking German the entire time, and spending a lot less money (than the out-of-state tuition would have been). She didn’t need the credit hours, and it turned out to be a much better use of her time (and our money ! 
). I think she may try to work during this year’s winter break. Since it is about 2 weeks longer than most other universities’ winter break, the time spent just hanging out gets a little old for everyone involved, I think, unless they are doing something specific…</p>
<p>^^ so true Astromom. Our S is planning on completing the rough draft of his keystone project which would be a huge relief for him if he gets it done… Next year he’s traveling both semesters.</p>
<p>I took a winter term class both my junior and senior years – I had a research fellowship on campus, so I wanted to stick around College Park and needed something to fill my time with. It was great because it eased up my workload for the regular academic year. Financially it is not the best choice for everyone (why pay extra when you can take the classes during the semester) but it worked out well for me.</p>
<p>I did not find that there were a lot of students from other schools taking winter classes… it was mostly people doing the same thing I was, catching up on credits, or taking something difficult to get into during the fall/spring.</p>