<p>My DD will be an incoming Freshman in August and we are trying to book her plane tickets for the winter holiday. Her last final is on Saturday 12/13, but the class is English. Does anyone know if they have finals in English classes? Also, the dorm website says the dorms must be vacated 24 hours after the student's last final. Is this policy enforced? </p>
<p>Generally I believe freshman english classes don’t have finals, just final papers, which are either due before the scheduled final date or on that date. I never took freshman english so I could be wrong, but from what I remember my friends in freshman english didn’t have actual final tests. If the professor’s name is listed on the class you could always email the professor asking about the final, or see if they have posted their syllabus to the Tulane website.</p>
<p>The RAs generally make a big deal about the 24 hour rule, but I’ve never seen the policy be enforced. I think they just don’t want people who have finished their finals hanging around and being loud/disturbing other students who still have finals, so they try and get people to leave as soon as their last final is over. However, all students must be out of the dorms by 9am on a certain date (you can find it on the academic calendar), and that policy is strictly enforced, so make sure you book your daughters flight before then! </p>
<p>Also have a freshman heading to Tulane. @oldbear14, where can we find the schedule for final exams for the upcoming fall semester?</p>
<p>Nevermind…I found it by Google…thanks anyway </p>
<p>I’ve been told that the school does show some flexibility with the being out within 24 hours thing because so many people travel so far and flights have to be booked ahead of time. As long as the student is not a distraction or bothering anyone that is still taking finals I can’t imagine it would be too big of a deal. Of course if it is I would make sure it doesn’t happen in the future. I booked my sons flight home in December already and I’m glad I did because the price increased dramatically! If it came down to it and it was a huge issue I’d book a hotel for him for the night or two. </p>
<p>Unless the RA was a real hardnose (have to watch my language!), which I think would be rare for this issue, it shouldn’t be a problem. Besides, people could always claim they have papers they are still working on. Doesn’t take a genius to come up with some little fibs that would justify still being there. And I echo what the others are saying, as long as the student isn’t disruptive to others that really do have work to do, there shouldn’t be an issue. But that 9 AM deadline on the day after all finals is a pretty firm one. I have heard of them letting people slide an hour or so, but that’s about it.</p>
<p>Fast forwarding, the spring move out they do like to see people leave in a more well spaced schedule because they have to do final inspections and get the students to sign off on the final report. So they don’t want that to be too loaded up on the last day or two of move-out. They still aren’t too hard about it, but will tend to enforce it more strictly, from what I understand.</p>
<p>Oh, and finally, I wouldn’t take a chance generalizing about any department and whether they will have a final. That is up to each prof. So while it is true that most English classes tend to have final papers in lieu of a sit down final, you cannot count on it. But it is also true that most profs will be happy to respond to an email asking if they already know if there will be an actual final, if the student explains that it would be their last final and that by buying tickets now they can save hundreds of $$. Most profs are sympathetic to wanting to save money. Is the prof already listed for each section? I know that often doesn’t get put on the schedule until later.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for all the great advice. We will probably schedule her flight after her English test date, just to be sure. Of course this is all made a bit more complicated because of outstanding AP tests, which might cause her schedule to change.</p>