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<p>You just answered your own question – they don’t want the split the winter quarter with the 2-3 week Christmas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H winter break.</p>
<p>That is the case for other quarter system schools as well:
[Academic</a> Calendar 2013-2018 | Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.uoregon.edu/calendars/academic/condensed_five_years]Academic”>5-Year Academic Calendar | Office of the Registrar)
<a href=“http://www.ous.edu/sites/default/files/stucoun/prospstu/files/2011-2016Five-YearOUSAcademicCalendar5-9-11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ous.edu/sites/default/files/stucoun/prospstu/files/2011-2016Five-YearOUSAcademicCalendar5-9-11.pdf</a>
[University</a> of Washington - 2014-15 Academic Calendar](<a href=“http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/1415cal.html]University”>Academic Calendar)
[Academic</a> Calendar 2013-14 | Stanford University](<a href=“http://exploredegrees.stanford.edu/academiccalendar/]Academic”>Stanford University Bulletin)
<a href=“http://www.registrar.caltech.edu/AcademicCalendar2014-15.pdf[/url]”>http://www.registrar.caltech.edu/AcademicCalendar2014-15.pdf</a>
[Academic</a> Calendar | The University of Chicago](<a href=“Academic Calendar | University of Chicago”>Academic Calendar | University of Chicago)
[2014-15</a> University Calendar: Office of the Registrar - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/calendars/2014-15_University_Calendar.html]2014-15”>http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/calendars/2014-15_University_Calendar.html)
[Carleton</a> College: Academic Calendar](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/calendar/academic/?start_date=2014-07-01&view=yearly]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/calendar/academic/?start_date=2014-07-01&view=yearly)</p>
<p>Louisiana Tech is an apparent outlier as a quarter system school with the split winter quarter:
[Louisiana</a> Tech University - Registrar - Academic Calendars](<a href=“http://www.latech.edu/registrar/calendar.shtml]Louisiana”>Academic Calendar | Louisiana Tech University)</p>