Taking a semester off for an extra summer?

Hey guys,

Quick Bio:

- International student from East Asia (F-1 Visa status)
- Currently sophomore at a non-target top20 LAC
- Past Experience: Treasury at Microfinance Non-Profit, Biz Dev at TMT industry back home
- Goal: Get a job in the US after undergrad

Current Status:

After this semester ends, I will be taking two years off from school to do a mandatory military service for my country.

I will be discharged during summer 2016 and go back to school for Fall 2016 semester as a junior.

Question:

Would be acceptable for me to take off a semester and do an off-cycle internship?

In that case, I will be coming back to school for Spring 2017 (Graduate in Dec 2018), instead of Fall 2016. I want to leverage the extra summer to an internship in the US with FT offer.

Any opinion will be helpful. Thanks

4 Comments
 

Sounds like a Korean dude. I also took an year off for my off-cycle internship. I don't think the recruiters would be harsh about taking a semester off for internship

 

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