<p>Ok, my question doesn't really pertain to admissions, but I thought experienced Cornellians might be able to answer my question</p>
<p>Prelims are coming up x.x and I have 3 scheduled at the same time. One professor would like to schedule the makeup so that I would have a 1/2 hour break between two of the prelims.</p>
<p>Are they really allowed to do that? If so, is there any way around it? I would really prefer more than 1/2 hour to relax, get the testing stress out, study, and walk to my next prelim.</p>
<p>couldn’t you just let your professor know that you would like a more comfortable amount of time to get to the testing location and rest between exams?</p>
<p>Yes they are allowed to do that. Yes it is possible to do well. </p>
<p>My very first semester at Cornell I had 3 finals within a 26 hour period including 2 that were 1/2 hour apart and 1 that was on a Saturday. I also had a 4th final that was on the following Monday.</p>
<p>I don’t think they’ll let me skip a prelim, and I wouldn’t really want to anyway lol
I’m trying to work with my professor right now, but since it’s a TA handling the exam issues, it’s kind of a complicated 3rd party thing</p>
<p>norcal - I’m sure I can still do well lol, it’s a question of doing “just as well” that I’m concerned with. I would actually love that Saturday/Monday arrangement, just not the 1/2 hour apart one haha. But if the professor is technically allowed to do that I guess I just have to talk with him.</p>
<p>doesn’t that still leave you with two exams at the same time? what will you do about that?</p>
<p>I did the two prelims in a row thing freshman year. I know it’s not ideal but at least you do have a chance to take both exams! I remember just being relieved about that, at first I was going to drop one of the classes over it.</p>
I guess I just have to talk with him.</p>