I want to enroll in a two-semester (or a summer plus one-semester) MAP. Does the second portion have to immediately follow the first?
In most cases, it is to your advantage to follow up the first semester’s or the summer’s work without an interruption. Your mentor can probably explain to you how difficult it can be to start up a project after a hiatus of several months. However, in some cases such a delay cannot be avoided. In particular, summer research MAPs may be conducted over the course of two summers. I had planned to work on a summer MAP, had worked everything out with my professor, and had filed my application. Out of the blue, however, I’ve got this great opportunity to travel the length of the Amazon river! Can I just drop the MAP? MAPs aren’t like regularly offered courses. This is even more the case for summer MAPs. Considerable resources have already been allocated to your MAP before you even file the application. Furthermore, your mentor has made a commitment to you that may have involved changing summer plans in order to remain on-campus for the duration of your MAP. If your MAP is part of a faculty me
