Hi! I'm a first-year student at NOVA. This year we got about a month off for christmas break, a week off in March for spring break, a month off in May, 3 weeks off in July. So our semesters this year were Fall: Aug-Dec. Winter/Spring: Jan-April. Summer: June-July. We have 11 classes (including labs) in the fall and 11 in the winter/spring but only 3 or 4 for summer. 2nd year and above the schedules and breaks are different though, like first year you have the most time off.