Just in case the previous blog was confusing (because clearly it was, based on feedback), the issue isn't that Northwestern is inconsistent with our universe, the issue is that it's inconsistent with how it's written in the story. The schedule laid out in Chapter 2 isn't followed in the rest of the story. Mock rounds, their tournament, and the last week are a week sooner than described.
It's that internal inconsistency that I want to fix, and the fix will be to update Chapter 2 and other 'seven week' references, not to add a week in August. Everyone has things to do in Houston over that week :)