La Tech is on the quarter system as opposed to the semester system. We have three graduation ceremonies per year instead of two. Many Tech students graduate at the end of Winter quarter at the end of February. I did that the year I graduated. Unless one is aware of this fact, our Spring graduate total will appear to be lower than you would expect. This concept is probably way over EE's head, but for everyone else it should be sufficient to explain why our Spring graduation numbers are what they are.