Yeah there's about about a one month break between first and second year.
Some may have a differing opinion but this is mine:
MSUCOM has less vacation time than well... every school I have looked at (all Michigan schools, etc). Most schools have a longer Summer break between year one and year two with the purpose of either vacation or research.
I would say the workload is slightly larger because we have a few more classes (not just OMM) however the big factor is classes are much more spread out. Start Year 1 in June (opposed to August/Sept), Summer break late July (opposed to May/June), "end second year" aka start board study late May (opposed to late April/Early May).
The big perk of this is we don't have to do anatomy on top of the rest of Fall classes.
ahh I see it now. I swear I've looked at that schedule soo many times and was convinced we had no time off and that's what I prepared myself for. I'm excited now!