Exam Schedules
I posted this on my blog, then realized it should be here. Here's the text:
Anything else is really quite ridiculous. You should have an entire day between two exams. Period. Seriously, folks, when your entire grade is riding on a single 3 or 4 hour period for a high pressure cumulative (and pretty much completely arbitrary) exam, you should at least get a good night’s rest between the two.
Our Registrar touts that we have a liberal deferral policy, so I decided to check out some of the other top tier schools. After researching, I found that is actually is very liberal in comparison to similarly ranked schools. That is completely outrageous to me. Why is there such a tradition of hazing in professional schools? If you can make it through hellfire for three years (more if med school) and succeed in horrific circumstances, we’ll give you this shiny piece of paper. The bigger jerks we are and the hotter the hellfire, the more respected our institution is (I hate ending sentences with linking verbs…).
Thinking back to my undergrad experience at a small rural work college (heh, not the most felicitous comparison, I know), I realize that most people did so well because the school really wanted everyone to do well and leave with the information. They didn’t want anyone to fail, and the structure reflected that principle. Wouldn’t it be better if our lawyers had that principle as their educational foundation? I think EIW speaks for itself.
Given that, even if our policy is considered liberal I don’t agree with it (but I’m glad it’s “liberal”). Here’s the info I found with the original links for your amusement. I only looked at burdensome exam schedule policies (not emergencies, etc.) so don’t assume these to be the comprehensive policies.
GULC
for any student who has two examinations which BEGIN within 24 hours. Examinations which BEGIN more than 25 hours apart (for example, at 9:00 a.m. on one day and 1:30 p.m. on the following calendar day), DO NOT constitute a conflict under this rule.
for any student who has three examinations scheduled within four consecutive days, or four examinations scheduled within five consecutive days.
Emory
Any student with three 9 a.m. exams on three consecutive days is permitted to move the third 9 a.m. exam to the first make-up day AFTER the exam. When a student has two examinations within a 24-hour period, such as at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the same day, or at 2 p.m. and 9 a.m. the next day, he/she may postpone the 2 p.m. exam to the next make-up day.
Stanford
A student with a burdensome examination schedule may request in writing that one examination time be changed. A student is deemed to have a burdensome examination schedule when:
The student has three examinations scheduled in three or fewer consecutive calendar days (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, but not Friday, Saturday, Monday);
the student has one-day take home examinations on two consecutive calendar days.
Cornell
1. Examination deferrals will be granted by the Administrative Committee in cases when students have examinations scheduled at the same time, three in three days (same week) or four one
week. An examination week is Monday through Friday.
Columbia
Two proctored examinations on the same day
A proctored and an 8- or 24-hour take-home exam on the same day
NYU
A student who is scheduled to take two examinations on the same day may postpone the second examinationto the morning of the first day on which the student does not have a scheduled examination.
A student who has an evening examination and also has an examination scheduled for the following morning may postpone the morning examination to the afternoon of that day.
A student who has three exams on consecutive dayswith course credits totaling 12 credits or greater may postpone one exam to the fourth day.
A student who has
four consecutive examinations within one calendar week may postpone any exam to the following week.
U Chicago
If a student has two proctored exams on the same day – the morning exam is taken as scheduled. The afternoon exam may be taken as scheduled or, upon approved petition, moved to the prescheduled make-up time.
If a students has two take-home exams on the same day - one will be taken on the day scheduled, and the other may be taken, upon approved petition, on any day from Monday, 12/05 through Monday, 12/12. (same with a proctored exam and take home)
If a students has two proctored exams on the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, followed or preceded by a take-home exam, the student may take the two proctored exams as scheduled and move the take-home to any day from Monday, 12/05 through Monday, 12/12. Or, as in rule 1., the student may petition to move the proctored afternoon exam to the make-up day and take the morning proctored exam and the take-home exam as scheduled.
If a student has proctored exams on four consecutive days, the student may move one to the proctored exams make-up time,
Duke
There is a direct conflict in the scheduling of final examinations in two or more courses in which the student is enrolled.
The student is enrolled in three or more courses, each carrying more than one hour of credit, for which examinations are scheduled within a 36-hour period over 2 calendar days. In such circumstances, the examination to be rescheduled shall be the middle examination in the sequence.
Anything else is really quite ridiculous. You should have an entire day between two exams. Period. Seriously, folks, when your entire grade is riding on a single 3 or 4 hour period for a high pressure cumulative (and pretty much completely arbitrary) exam, you should at least get a good night’s rest between the two.
Our Registrar touts that we have a liberal deferral policy, so I decided to check out some of the other top tier schools. After researching, I found that is actually is very liberal in comparison to similarly ranked schools. That is completely outrageous to me. Why is there such a tradition of hazing in professional schools? If you can make it through hellfire for three years (more if med school) and succeed in horrific circumstances, we’ll give you this shiny piece of paper. The bigger jerks we are and the hotter the hellfire, the more respected our institution is (I hate ending sentences with linking verbs…).
Thinking back to my undergrad experience at a small rural work college (heh, not the most felicitous comparison, I know), I realize that most people did so well because the school really wanted everyone to do well and leave with the information. They didn’t want anyone to fail, and the structure reflected that principle. Wouldn’t it be better if our lawyers had that principle as their educational foundation? I think EIW speaks for itself.
Given that, even if our policy is considered liberal I don’t agree with it (but I’m glad it’s “liberal”). Here’s the info I found with the original links for your amusement. I only looked at burdensome exam schedule policies (not emergencies, etc.) so don’t assume these to be the comprehensive policies.
GULC
for any student who has two examinations which BEGIN within 24 hours. Examinations which BEGIN more than 25 hours apart (for example, at 9:00 a.m. on one day and 1:30 p.m. on the following calendar day), DO NOT constitute a conflict under this rule.
for any student who has three examinations scheduled within four consecutive days, or four examinations scheduled within five consecutive days.
Emory
Any student with three 9 a.m. exams on three consecutive days is permitted to move the third 9 a.m. exam to the first make-up day AFTER the exam. When a student has two examinations within a 24-hour period, such as at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the same day, or at 2 p.m. and 9 a.m. the next day, he/she may postpone the 2 p.m. exam to the next make-up day.
Stanford
A student with a burdensome examination schedule may request in writing that one examination time be changed. A student is deemed to have a burdensome examination schedule when:
The student has three examinations scheduled in three or fewer consecutive calendar days (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, but not Friday, Saturday, Monday);
the student has one-day take home examinations on two consecutive calendar days.
Cornell
1. Examination deferrals will be granted by the Administrative Committee in cases when students have examinations scheduled at the same time, three in three days (same week) or four one
week. An examination week is Monday through Friday.
Columbia
Two proctored examinations on the same day
A proctored and an 8- or 24-hour take-home exam on the same day
NYU
A student who is scheduled to take two examinations on the same day may postpone the second examinationto the morning of the first day on which the student does not have a scheduled examination.
A student who has an evening examination and also has an examination scheduled for the following morning may postpone the morning examination to the afternoon of that day.
A student who has three exams on consecutive dayswith course credits totaling 12 credits or greater may postpone one exam to the fourth day.
A student who has
four consecutive examinations within one calendar week may postpone any exam to the following week.
U Chicago
If a student has two proctored exams on the same day – the morning exam is taken as scheduled. The afternoon exam may be taken as scheduled or, upon approved petition, moved to the prescheduled make-up time.
If a students has two take-home exams on the same day - one will be taken on the day scheduled, and the other may be taken, upon approved petition, on any day from Monday, 12/05 through Monday, 12/12. (same with a proctored exam and take home)
If a students has two proctored exams on the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, followed or preceded by a take-home exam, the student may take the two proctored exams as scheduled and move the take-home to any day from Monday, 12/05 through Monday, 12/12. Or, as in rule 1., the student may petition to move the proctored afternoon exam to the make-up day and take the morning proctored exam and the take-home exam as scheduled.
If a student has proctored exams on four consecutive days, the student may move one to the proctored exams make-up time,
Duke
There is a direct conflict in the scheduling of final examinations in two or more courses in which the student is enrolled.
The student is enrolled in three or more courses, each carrying more than one hour of credit, for which examinations are scheduled within a 36-hour period over 2 calendar days. In such circumstances, the examination to be rescheduled shall be the middle examination in the sequence.
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