Students who have three exams in 24 hours during exam week are not required to take all three exams that day. Students have the option to alter a specified exam time by reporting to the Department of Registration and Records, where a form is  provided for students to file the request.

Kate Wilson, administrative support for Registration and Records, said students must bring their student ID with them when requesting the form.

According to Wilson, the form is only accessible in the Registration and Records office.

“A student can only qualify for an alternative exam period if they have three exams scheduled in 24 hours. They must be consecutive: morning, afternoon and evening,” Wilson said.  

Holly Swart, assistant registrar, said when students come to Registration and Records they are verified for eligibility before the form is handed to them.  Once approved, the common exam is usually the first option to reschedule.

Students are to take the completed paperwork to the corresponding instructor to arrange an alternative time period for the exam to be taken, Wilson said. Both the student and the instructor must sign the form, with the new exam date initialed.

The instructor and student should retain a copy of the form for time misconceptions to be avoided.

Alex Smetana, junior in accounting, said he does not have three exams on the same day but, if he did, he would not go through the process of getting one changed.

“It’s too much work to get all of the paperwork signed. I’d rather just take all three exams and get them over with. I wouldn’t want to worry about coming back to take the other [exam],” Smetana said.

Students are responsible for returning the form to the Registration and Records office for their modification to be processed.  

“We certainly hope this helps relieve stress from students. It should give them more time to study for the third exam instead of going test, to test, to test,” Swart said.

Marie Basista, senior in communications, said last spring semester she had three exams in one day and really wanted one of her finals switched but not all teachers agree with this policy.  

“I asked each of my instructors and only one teacher [out of three], agreed to give me my own personal exam, which I took a couple days after the scheduled exam time,” Basista said.

Swart said many students seem to take advantage of this procedure when they are impacted.  

Final exams begin Wednesday, Dec. 9 and students who wish to execute this procedure must have all paperwork signed and turned in before exam week begins.