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[madara]

I'm curious, can you only start college in the Fall term?( not including anything like transfering or tech schools) If some of the classes are just "warm ups" to make up for what you may have lacked in the SAT, I wonder if you can start a few in the winter?(second term)

 

[suaveric]

Sure, but trying to get housing might be a bit of a problem.

 

[Phoenix]

Depends on the school, but there are no hard and fast rules at many state schools that prohibit new students from starting in the spring term. heck you can start a variety of post graduate studies in the spring term or even in the summer at Georgia State.

 

[teiresias]

Starting outside the fall term is usually not a problem for undergraduate programs (after all, you can change majors at pretty much anytime during your college career), you just might be out of sequence and end up staying an extra semester because of the way classes are sequenced - that's more likely in specialized majors such as engineering.

Graduate schools can have restrictions on when you can enter, many only allowing you to start the graduate program in the fall - that might be on a departmental basis rather than a university basis though.

 

[Bluecondor]

I went to Purdue (state school in Indiana), and as far as I know, people started in the Fall, Spring and Summer. It is the same at the University of Pittsburgh - which is part state/part private.

 

[Matlock]

Sure, but trying to get housing might be a bit of a problem.

Somewhat, but there should be plenty of vacancies at the start of any term.