For several important reasons, academic and administrative, the college officially prefers a-semester or full-year academic leaves. Therefore, students who wish to study away for b-semester only must provide strong reasons for needing to be on-campus during a-semester. Those who do not prove sufficient academic need may be required to study away for a-semester rather than b-semester. This policy applies only to study in those countries where a- and b-semester programs are academically equally valid. Some European and Asian programs do not begin until October. Hence, a too short a-term is valid justification for b-term study abroad. A final assessment procedure is also crucial to fall term study. A reasonable assessment must take place in order for the work to transfer to a Vassar College transcript.
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