<p>can someone explain how a trimester works? Pros and cons? seems like not a lot of schools use trimesters</p>
<p>It’s trimester in name only. There are basically 2 terms-fall and winter. Most students start in september and end in late april. Some people, however, take classes in the spring term for a multitude of reasons, which is only about six weeks, so it seems more like we are on the semester system.</p>