Define "academic year"?

[derrick rose]

Hi all. Going through old secondaries at the moment and noticed that a lot of schools refer to the "academic year". This may be a stupid question, but does this include summers? In particular, the last 2 summers of school I did not take classes and instead did the MCAT, worked payed jobs, volunteered...etc.

Is that part of the academic year or separate? Also, if that is not part of the academic year, is that considered "taking time off" during my undergraduate studies?

Thanks!

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[LizzyM]

Academic year, broadly is August/September through May/June. Usually 32-33 weeks plus breaks. Summer is not part of the academic year.

 

[Kelevra]

That is NOT considered taking time off during ungrad. Time off refers to break during the academic year that other students are NOT taking. For example, you take a semester off, or a year off, and then come back to study.