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First Year
FALL QUARTER
Orientation Week
: Week before Labor Day
Instruction Begins:
Tuesday following Labor Day
Quarter Ends:
mid- December
WINTER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
1st week in January
Quarter/Instruction Ends:
Late March
SPRING QUARTER
Quarter/Instruction Begins:
Late March/Early April
Quarter/Instruction Ends:
mid- June
Second Year
FALL QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
Tuesday following Labor Day
Quarter Ends:
mid- December
WINTER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
1st week in January
Quarter/Instruction Ends:
late March
SPRING QUARTER:
2020 Quarter/Instruction Begins:
late March
USMLE Step I Study Time – 6 weeks (late March to mid-May)
Quarter/Instruction Ends:
mid-May
Third Year
SUMMER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
mid-May
Quarter Ends:
early August
FALL QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
mid-August
Quarter Ends:
early November
WINTER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
early November
~2 week Holiday break
Quarter Ends:
mid-February
SPRING QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
mid-February
Quarter Ends:
early May
Fourth Year
SUMMER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
mid-May
Quarter Ends:
early September
FALL QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
early September
Quarter Ends:
late November
WINTER QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
late November
~2 week Holiday break
Quarter/Instruction Ends:
late February/early March
SPRING QUARTER
Instruction Begins:
late February/early March
Quarter Ends:
late May
COMMENCEMENT
first Sunday in June
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