You arrive in late August or Early September. This is to break the freshmen into the campus, give them orientation, meet dorm-mates, ect.

You’ll have some time off for thanks-giving (maybe 3-4 days)

You’ll get some GOOD time off for christmas around the mid december to early january (maybe like 2-2.5 weeks)

Then it can be a bit cloudy. My friend didn’t have a winter recess in march like some schools did, but he had a long spring break.

Spring break is usually a week or two in march or april.

Then it’s usually a long haul from April to may or early june till you get out.

Don’t worry about being able to go home. They give you time off for holidays for the simple reason that everybody loves having christmas with their family!

The general view of “time to go home” is yours to decide. Unless you have something important (a seminar, or classes) you can be wherever you want.

Just make sure a week before your vacations you know you schedule.

I.E.

Last class is friday

You leave for home saturday morning

get home sunday morning

stay till friday

be back in dorm by satuday

use sunday to recooperate from travels.

Aside from that have fun! I don’t want to stereotype homeschoolers but if you’re in need of somebody to talk to big schools (all schools really) have counselors who help kids that feel lonley, bored and homesick. =)

http://events.nyu.edu/

Spring Break is generally a week in the middle of March…

Yes, you can go home during these times…Most colleges close the dorms during breaks, but make exceptions for people who can’t leave…

You get about a week or two in winter and a week or two in spring.

Often there are student cruises at good rates. You know Princess Cruses to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Cancun.

This luxury is usually only available to undergraduates.

Graduates often get stuck on Medical Rounds or doing a Law Project or having to nurse a Biology or Chemistry project or having to worry about their Master’s Thesis re-writes.