Does college start in the spring or fall?

tay900
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:12:45 +0000

Hey!

Might be a silly question but I always thought college starts in the fall (September) however while browsing through some college websites I saw stuff like this:

“pdf for students applying for the fall semester 2012”
“pdf for student applying for the spring semester 2013”

What does this mean? I’m applying as a freshman. Can I start my first year of college in the spring instead of waiting for September??

Because, you see, I go to high school outside the US and here the school year starts in January and ends in December. Thus I will graduate from high school in December 2012. If I can start college in the spring of 2013 instead of waiting for September, it will save me alot of time.

Can someone please help clear this up? Thanks :)