<p>finals right after spring break? ive read it somewhere</p>
<p>No, that is not true. 1st semester finals are in January after the winter break and the reading period. 2nd semester finals are in mid-May. </p>
<p>And to add (in case you confused finals with midterms), midterm exams during the 1st semester are during the last week of October. Midterm exams during the 2nd semester are the week before spring break.</p>
<p>You always have mid-terms right before a week-long break (either fall or spring), which is nice because most professors don’t then assign break work, as they are all busy grading exams. You might have some tight-asses give you an essay though. Nothing too bad. My first fall break at Princeton was the first school vacation I’d had since elementary school when I didn’t have assignments to do.</p>