How do return offers work for December grads/sophomores?

^ title is TL;DR basically. I’m a Dec 22 graduate but technically a senior since I started in 2018 (wanted the extra semester of college life to make up for COVID) currently in a program that can convert. However, most of my program are May 22 so they’ll start once the coming school year ends, but I’ve got another summer to go. What happens to me then? Is it one of these:

1) offer to come back again as an intern in Summer 2022, either same desks or different desks 2) deferred start full-time offer, I can mess around next summer 3) no offer (this not a specific non-soph program, @ people who got roles as a sophomore did you get invited back? Did you graduate early?) 4) other?? what else could there be?

Yes I also should be asking HR but I will be needing H-1B sponsorship eventually so I wanted to ask others first instead of coming to HR before getting a written and signed offer. Technically, I would be able to graduate May 22 but I don’t want to make that decision based on what a firm says if it is in fact possible for them to rescind me. IDK I’m a paranoid bellend sorry

If anyone (fellow December people/sophomores who stuck with their firm/internationals) could shed some light that would be fantastic. Please help a clueless person out

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I'm doing SA 21 right now, graduate in December 2021 and essentially they explained that I pretty much have "6 months off" to do whatever I want. I still start at the same time as if I'd graduated in Spring 2022 because training is always in the summer (August/Sept/etc.) and they don't really care. At a mid-tier BB if that matters. Lol glad I saw this. My return offer would be the same if I'd graduate in Spring 2022 or Winter 2021.

 

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