假期季度

What is a vacation quarter?

All international students are eligible for 1 vacation term each year. During your vacation term, you will continue to maintain F-1 status while taking a break from classes. You can also choose to take classes during your vacation term, and it will remain a vacation term. 夏天 is the automatic vacation term for all students, unless otherwise requested. This means that every 夏天, students are allowed to either stay inside the US or depart the US, and can either take classes or not take classes, while still maintaining F-1 status. **EXCEPTION: If 夏天 is your 第一个 宿舍楼, you are required to take a full-time course load in that 夏天 term and it does not count as a vacation. All future 夏天 quarters will be a vacation term.

Changing 假期季度

Depending on your plans, you may want to change your vacation to a different quarter. This may be because you want to return to your home country for a long winter holiday, or simply take a break from classes in a different quarter. If you are interested in changing your vacation quarter, note the following:

• You must apply with the ISC to change your 夏天 term to be a regular quarter, and you must take a full-time course load in the 夏天
• You must be registered as full-time in the 3 quarters PRIOR to your desired vacation term
• You are not eligible for another vacation term until another 3 quarters AFTER your new vacation term
• Your vacation change must be approved by the ISC in advance

Instructions to change vacation quarter:

1. 完成一个 Vacation Change Request Form and send it to your advisor or isc@centraltire.net 
2. Be sure to take a full-time course load in 夏天, since it is now a regular term for you
3. After returning from your vacation quarter, be sure to take a full-time course load for the next 3 consecutive quarters
4. If you want to use a term other than 夏天 for your vacation again, you must complete a new vacation change request form

示例场景: Sara is interested in returning home during the entire winter quarter to be with family. She decides that she will take a full-time course load in spring, 夏天, and fall so that she can be eligible to make winter her new vacation quarter. Before 夏天 quarter starts, she completes a Vacation Change Request form, 发送给ISC, and receives approval and an updated I-20 noting that 夏天 is now a regular quarter and winter is her new vacation term. After she uses winter as her vacation term, she now must be full-time again in the following 夏天.