<p>No one cares when you graduate.</p>
<p>A more practical issue is whether starting in the spring might mess up your course choices. In some subjects, at some colleges, many classes are taught in two-semester sequences, with the first half offered only in the fall and the second half only in the spring.</p>
<p>If you’re in such a situation, you may find it better to start college in the fall.</p>
<p>Also, for what it’s worth, my husband missed a semester because of illness and went on to earn a PhD. My sister graduated late (she had to take summer courses to finish her requirements) and went on to earn an MBA. I graduated on time, but only because I took summer courses between my junior and senior years, and I went on to earn a master’s degree.</p>
<p>Nobody cared about these situations for any of us.</p>