permabear wrote:
In the interview invite, do you get some kind of a "special" notice about Summer Start, or could it be a "surprise" interview question?
In my interview invite it is specified that I was selected for the summer start. It looks like it is not an optional thing. They say you can say no to the summer start, but it feels that if you do you might hurt a little your candidacy.
I've spoken with current students and the feeling I got is that summer start is suggested to people that could use some extra time to get back on academic life. The scholl feels you might need to adjust more than others. Also it might be more directed to international applicants. This way you get some extra time to adjust to the city, organize your life, make some friends (it's only a group 60 people) with a summer schedule that is lighter.
Anyway, my interview is schedule the 02/09, will tell you how it goes. Whish me luck.